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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
Björklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jäntti, Markus; … - In: Journal of population economics 15 (2002) 4, pp. 757-772
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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
Björklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jäntti, Markus; … - 2000
The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful "omnibus measure" of the overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we compare brother correlations in long-run (permanent) earnings between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic...
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Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state : brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932 - 1968
Björklund, Anders (contributor);  … - 2007
The goal of this study is to examine trends in the importance of family background in determining adult income in … Sweden. We investigate whether the association between family background and income in Sweden has changed for cohorts born … 1932-1968. Our main finding is that the share of the variance in long-run income that is attributable to family background …
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Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state : brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932 - 1968
Björklund, Anders; Jäntti, Markus; Lindquist, Matthew J. - In: Journal of public economics 93 (2009) 5/6, pp. 671-680
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Nonlinearities in intergenerational earnings mobility : consequences for cross-country comparisons
Bratsberg, Bernt; Røed, Knut; Raaum, Oddbjørn; … - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 117 (2007), pp. 72-92
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Nonlinearities in intergenerational earnings mobility : consequences for cross-country comparisons
Bratsberg, Bernt; Røed, Knut; Raaum, Oddbjørn; … - 2006
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Earnings risk and demand for higher education
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2002
We develop a simple human capital model for optimum schooling length when earnings are stochastic, and highlight the pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use Spanish data to document the gradient and to estimate individual response to earnings risk in...
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2015
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …
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Is earnings uncertainty relevant for educational choice? : an empirical analysis for China
Hartog, Joop; Ding, Xiaohao; Liao, Juan - In: Education economics 22 (2014) 5/6, pp. 471-483
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Is earnings uncertainty relevant for educational choice? : an experimental analysis for China
Hartog, Joop; Ding, Xiaohao; Liao, Juan - 2011
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