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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868114
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Nineteenth Century Stature and Family Size: Binding Constraint or Productive Labor Force?
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2010
here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of … considerable debate, and there was an inverse relationship between material inequality and stature. The paper also supports a bio …
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A Quantile Approach to the Relationship between Body Mass, Wealth, and Inequality
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2010
Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds … BMIs and average state-level wealth, and an inverse relationship between BMI and wealth inequality. After controlling for … wealth and inequality, rural agricultural farmers had greater BMI values than their urban counterparts in other occupations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833904
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Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited
Fairlie, Robert W.; Krashinsky, Harry A. - CESifo - 2012
A large body research shows a positive relationship between wealth and entrepreneurship and interprets the relationship … job loss and those who do not reveals generally increasing entry rates through the wealth distribution for both groups … entrepreneurship and a different measure of wealth – net housing equity – for the two groups. Second, we examine the liquidity …
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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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The Impact of Losing in a Competition on the Willingness to Seek Further Challenges
Buser, Thomas - CESifo - 2014
How do people react to setbacks and successes? I introduce a new measure of challenge-seeking to determine the effect of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of...
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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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Restrictive Immigration Policy in Germany: Pains and Gains Foregone?
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Geis, Wido; Kohler, Wilhelm - CESifo - 2008
Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and employment effects. We quantify these effects for Germany. Following Borjas (2003), we estimate a structural model of labor demand, based on elasticities of substitution between...
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Nineteenth Century Black and White US Statures: The Primary Sources of Vitamin D and their Relationship with Height
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2008
Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766094
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How Much Sunlight Does it Take to Disinfect a Boardroom? A Short History of Executive Compensation Regulation
Dew-Becker, Ian - CESifo - 2008
This paper reviews the history of executive compensation disclosure and other government policies affecting CEO pay, and as well surveys the literature on the effects of these policies. Disclosure has increased nearly uniformly since 1933. A number of other regulations, including special taxes...
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