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Immigrants' return to schooling in Sweden
Nordin, Martin - 2007
The aim of this paper is to examine if the returns to immigrants’ schooling are lower than the returns to natives’ schooling. In addition the paper tries to establish whether immigrants who invest in different amounts of Swedish education also differ in their returns to schooling. The...
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Why a positive link between age and income-related health inequality?
Nordin, Martin; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2010
income, and the probable mechanism is health affecting the labour supply of the individual. In addition the study report that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208557
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Productivity or discrimination? An economic analysis of excess-weight penalty in the Swedish labor market
Dackehag, Margareta; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Nordin, Martin - 2011
, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence … significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties …
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Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in drug utilization for Sweden 2005-2006: Evidence from linked survey and register data
Nordin, Martin; Dackehag, Margareta; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2011
analyze the socioeconomic gradient in drug utilization. It finds a significant education gradient (but no income gradient) in …
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