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Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence from European Immigrants in the US

Furtado, Delia - 2011

This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining country of origin differences in divorce rates of immigrants in the United States. Because childhood-arriving immigrants are all exposed to a common set of US laws and institutions, we interpret relationships...

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The Causal Effect of Education on Health : What is the Role of Health Behaviors?

Brunello, Giorgio - 2011

In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12...

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Underreporting of Earnings and the Minimum Wage Spike

Tonin, Mirco - 2011

This paper documents a positive correlation within European labour markets between the proportion of full-time employees with earnings on the minimum wage and the extent of underreporting of earnings in the economy. Using a simple model of a competitive labour market, I show how this correlation...

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Health and Economic Development : Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care

Strittmatter, Anthony - 2011

This paper investigates the causal effect of changes in health on economic development using a long panel of European countries. Identification is based on the particular timing of the introduction of public health care systems in different countries, which is the random outcome of a political...

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Informal Workers Across Europe : Evidence from 30 Countries

Hazans, Mihails - 2011

Europe than in the West, except for Ireland, the UK and Austria. Between 2004 and 2009, no cases found when unemployment and … dependent informality rates in a country went up together, suggesting that work without contract is pro-cyclical in Europe … equal. In Southern and Western Europe, immigrants from CEE and FSU feature the highest dependent informality rate, whilst in …

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Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and the period of...

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Youth Unemployment in Europe and the United States

Bell, David N.F. - 2011

lessons have been learned that may guide future policy. We focus on Europe and USA, but introduce evidence from other …

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Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Functioning at Older Ages?

Schneeweis, Nicole E. - 2012

of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …

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Gender, Risk and Venture Creation Intentions

Dawson, Christopher J. - 2012

This paper is concerned with whether women are less likely to express business start-up intentions because of a less favourable attitude to risk. Previous research suggests that attitude to risk differs significantly between genders, but has not addressed the question of whether this contributes...

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Bridge Jobs in Europe

Brunello, Giorgio - 2012

had different effects in Central / Northern Europe (Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Sweden) and in Mediterranean … Europe (Italy and Spain). In the North, transitions into bridge jobs have increased, with no significant effect on …

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