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Choosing the right parents : changes in the intergenerational transmission of inequality - between 1980 and the early 1990s

Levine, David I. (contributor); … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Revised estimates of intergenerational income mobility in the United States

Mazumder, Bhashkar (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"Solon's (1992) landmark study estimated the intergenerational elasticity (IGE) in income between fathers and sons to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001920632

Estimating the returns to community college schooling for displaced workers

Jacobsen, Louis (contributor); … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The growing importance of family and community : an analysis of changes in the sibling correlation in earnings

Mazumder, Bhashkar (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"This study presents evidence that the correlation in brothers' earnings has risen in recent decades. We use two distinct cohorts of young men from the National Longitudinal Surveys and estimate that the correlation in earnings between brothers rose from 0.26 to 0.45. This suggests that family...

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Maternal employment and overweight children

Anderson, Patricia M. (contributor); … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Returns to education in Suriname

Gardiner, Shopie; Stampini, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

We analyze the relationship between education and employment in Suriname, using data from a 2007 IDB household survey (representative nationally and at the level of three macro areas: Urban Coast, Rural Coast and Interior). We find that education brings returns in terms of both likelihood of...

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Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life Title: Calidad de vida: Más allá de los hechos

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Duryea, Suzanne; Powell, Andrew; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...

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Is Entrepreneurship a Channel of Social Mobility in Latin America?

Castellani, Francesca; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

income persistence coefficients estimated with pseudo-panel data for Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay indicate that … indicate the direction of such mobility, the estimates of income differentials between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs for …

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Elderly Health and Salaries in the Mexican Labor Market

Parker, Susan W. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

evaluate the impact of health on the income of working elderly individuals. The results find that health measures have a strong …

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Evaluación de los proyectos FOMIN: Funcionamiento de mercado: Promoción de la competencia y protección del consumidor Title: Evaluation of MIF Projects: Market Functioning: Promoti...

Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano …; … - 2003

El objetivo de la presente evaluación (MIF/GN-78-14) es evaluar un grupo de proyectos del FOMIN integrantes de la cartera de "Funcionamiento del Mercado" que incluye 12 proyectos por un monto de contribución total del FOMIN de US$7,6 millones. Los proyectos del FOMIN bajo análisis se...

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