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Questioning the Stereotype of the 'Malingering Bureaucrat' : Absence from Work in the Public and Private Sector in Germany
Prümer, Stephanie - 2019
for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868787
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Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
Black, Sandra E. - 2012
these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106633
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Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
Black, Sandra E. - 2013
significant costs that are borne by displaced workers. We study how job displacement in Norway affects cardiovascular health using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088650
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway
Bertrand, Marianne - 2014
In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051793
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Does Grief Transfer Across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Black, Sandra E. - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056645
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Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise : Birth Order and Adult Health
Black, Sandra E. - 2015
Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range of health and health-related behaviors, outcomes not previously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016313
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Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
Norway and focuses on one family characteristic: the effect of family size on IQ. Because of the endogeneity of family size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316845
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Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order and family size on IQ, an outcome not previously available in datasets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316848
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The (Un)Importance of Inheritance
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Landaud, Fanny; … - 2022
inequality. This paper uses administrative data for the population of Norway to examine the share of the Total Inflows (defined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083901
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Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Black, Sandra E. - 2010
separately identifying the role of peers. This paper uses data on the population of Norway and idiosyncratic variation in cohort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141770