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Does Obesity Hurt Your Wages More in Dublin than in Madrid? Evidence from ECHP

Béatrice d’Hombres; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of obesity on wages in 9 European … countries, ranging from Ireland to Spain. We find that the common impact of obesity on wages is negative and statistically … wages in the countries of the European "olive belt" and a positive relationship in the countries of the "beer belt". We …

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Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings

Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We exploit the cross-country and time variation in the demographics and education structure in 11 European countries to study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size has a negative and statistically significant effect...

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Are the More Educated Receiving More Training? Evidence from Thailand

Ariga, Kenn; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off the job, using a unique dataset based on a survey of Thai employees conducted in the summer of 2001. We find a significant and negative relationship between educational...

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Does School Tracking Affect Equality of Opportunity? New International Evidence

Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

at educational attainment and labour market outcomes. When looking at early wages, we find that parental background …

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The Optimal Timing of School Tracking

Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …

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