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Subjective Health Assessments and Active LaborMarket Participation of Older Men: Evidence froma Semiparametric Binary Choice Model withNonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific Ef...
Maurer, Jürgen; Klein, Roger; Vella, Francis - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We use panel data from the US Health and Retirement Study 1992-2002 to estimate theeffect of self-assessed health limitations on active labor market participation of men aroundretirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning typically introduce anendogeneity bias when studying the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860503
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Does Job Satisfaction Improve the Health ofWorkers? New Evidence Using Panel Data andObjective Measures of Health
Fischer, Justina A.V.; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health ofworkers using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Methodologically, it addressestwo important design problems encountered frequently in the literature: (a) cross-sectionalcausality problems and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860580
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Income Volatility and Health
Halliday, Timothy J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We investigate the impact of exogenous income fluctuations on health using twenty years ofdata from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics using techniques from the literature on theestimation of dynamic panel data models....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861088
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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024597
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Is Education the Panacea for EconomicDeprivation of Muslims? Evidence fromWage Earners in India, 1987-2005
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Few researchers have examined the nature and determinants of earnings differentials amongreligious groups, and none has been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multireligioussocieties like the one in India. We address this lacuna in the literature by examiningthe differences in the...
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Migrant Networks, Migrant Selection,and High School Graduation in Mexico
Miranda, Alfonso - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
are estimated to controlfor the endogeneity of education and migrant network variables... …
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Education, Market Rigidities and Growth
Aghion, Philippe; Askenazy, Philippe; Bourlès, Renaud; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This note investigates the effects of the education level, product market rigidities andemployment protection …
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Gender Gaps in Spain: Policies and Outcomes over the Last Three Decades
Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez-Marcos, Virginia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work, and if they work they are more likely to be employed part time and with temporary contracts. The gender gap (after...
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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national …’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation
Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of...
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