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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860764
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Is Education the Panacea for EconomicDeprivation of Muslims? Evidence fromWage Earners in India, 1987-2005
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Few researchers have examined the nature and determinants of earnings differentials amongreligious groups, and none has been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multireligioussocieties like the one in India. We address this lacuna in the literature by examiningthe differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861100
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Economic and Ethnic Polarisation among Childrenin Sweden´s Three Metropolitan Areas
Biterman, Danuta; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
income based on income of parents... …This paper investigates certain issues of economic and ethnic segregation from theperspective of children in the three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861356
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Earnings Mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela:Testing the Divergence of Earnings and theSymmetry of Mobility Hypotheses
Fields, Gary S.; Duval-Hernandez, Robert; Freije, Samuel; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines changes in individual earnings during positive and negative growthperiods in three Latin American economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. We askwhether those individuals who start in the best economic position are those who experiencethe largest earnings gains or the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861360
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Earnings Over the Lifecycle:The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications
Polachek, Solomon W. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings aredistributed across the population. In the years since Mincer’s seminal work, he as well as hisstudents and colleagues extended the original human capital model, reaching importantconclusions about a whole array...
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How Reliable Are Income Data Collected with aSingle Question?
Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke Viola - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Income is an important correlate for numerous phenomena in the social sciences. But manysurveys collect data with just … a single question covering all forms of income. This raisesissues of quality, and these are heightened when individuals … are asked about the householdtotal rather than own income alone. Data are typically banded, implying a loss of information …
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