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Why do self-employed immigrants in Denmark und Sweden have such low incomes?
Andersson, Pernilla (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
in Western Europe. The immigrants are overrepresented among the selfemployed, self-employed immigrants are in other … paper we look at the incomes for the self-employed in Denmark and Sweden. To minimize the problems with unreported income we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002226401
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Other forms of employment : temporary employment agencies and self-employment
Andersson, Pernilla (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002084577
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Temporary employment agencies : a route for immigrants to enter the labour market?
Andersson, Pernilla (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001986927
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Self-employed immigrants in Denmark and Sweden : a way to economic self-reliance?
Andersson, Pernilla (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002035880
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Receiving Countries' Perspectives: The Case of Sweden
Gerdes, Christer; Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Sweden has made its labour market more open for labour immigration since the mid1990s: becoming member of the common … rather stable in the years after the crisis in 2008. The main explanation is most likely that the recession in Sweden was … were employed. If the present EMU crisis is spreading to Sweden the result may of course be different. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959693
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278192
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"For One More Year with You": Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe
brunello, giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Fort, Margherita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school reforms significantly affect educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703505
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Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496997