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Inequality and Mobility
Hassler, John; Mora, Rodríguez; Vicente, José; Zeira, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
inequality. We show that the correlation between mobility and inequality depends on which factor caused the change in inequality …. The model can thus help discriminate between different competing explanations of the recent rise in US wage inequality … correlation between wage inequality and mobility. Public subsidies to education reduce inequality, but the effect on mobility is …
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How Important Is the Family?: Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed …
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Re-employment Expectations and the Eye of Providence
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Schatz, Sonja G. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Using a nationally representative panel dataset, this study investigates the extent and impact of systematic misconceptions of the currently unemployed concerning their statistical re-employment probability, affecting their labor market behavior in a sub-optimal way. Specifically, people with...
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Reference-Dependent Effects of Unemployment on Mental Well-Being
Grunow, Martina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper provides an empirical analysis of reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental well-being. We show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental well-being depends on expectations about the future employment status. Several contributions to the literature have shown that...
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Rotten Kids with Bad Intentions
Netzer, Nick; Schmutzler, Armin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We examine a "Rotten Kid" model (Becker 1974) where a player with social preferences interacts with an egoistic player. We assume that social preferences are intention-based rather than outcome-based. In a very general multi-stage setting we show that any equilibrium must involve mutually unkind...
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Real Wage Inequality
Moretti, Enrico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
use real wages. To understand the implications of this finding for changes in well-being inequality I use a simple general … increase in well-being inequality even if the increase in real wage inequality is limited. Alternatively, it is possible that … that the increase in well-being inequality between 1980 and 2000 is smaller than the increase in nominal wage inequality. …
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Forced to be Rich? Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain
Devereux, Paul J.; Hart, Robert A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Do students benefit from compulsory schooling? Researchers using changes in compulsory schooling laws as instruments have typically estimated very high returns to additional schooling that are greater than the corresponding OLS estimates and concluded that the group of individuals who are...
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Is It the Family or the Neighborhood?: Evidence from Sibling and Neighbor Correlations in Youth Education and Health
Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In this paper we present sibling and neighbor correlations in school grades and cognitive skills as well as indicators of physical and mental health for a sample of German adolescents. In a first step, we estimate sibling correlations and find substantial influence of shared family and community...
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Are We Architects of Our Own Happiness?: The Importance of Family Background for Well-Being
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
that family background explains, on average, between 30% and 60% of the inequality in permanent wellbeing. The influence is …
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A New Look at Intergenerational Mobility in Germany Compared to the US
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Motivated by contradictory evidence on intergenerational mobility in Germany, I present a cross-country comparison of Germany and the US, reassessing the question of whether intergenerational mobility is higher in Germany than the US. I can reproduce the standard result from the literature,...
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