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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. …

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Books Are Forever: Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Income

Brunello, Giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Weiss, Christoph T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …

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Non Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits: Labour Market Relevance and their Development in Education & Training Systems

Brunello, Giorgio; Schlotter, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

labour market outcomes, with a focus on Europe. There is evidence that high cognitive test scores are likely to result not …

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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...

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Laterborns Don't Give Up: The Effects of Birth Order on Earnings in Europe

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

While it is well known that birth order affects educational attainment, less is known about its effects on earnings. Using data from eleven European countries for males born between 1935 and 1956, we show that firstborns enjoy on average a 13.7 percent premium over laterborns in their wage at...

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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 significant, independently of gender. Given the nature of...

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Education and Earnings Growth: Evidence from 11 European Countries

Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We use cohort data from 11 European countries to study whether experience profiles differ by educational attainment. Previous literature does not provide a clear answer to this question, that is important to evaluate private returns to education over the working life of individuals. We find...

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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...

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On the Complementarity between Education and Training in Europe

Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper is an empirical investigation of the complementarity between education and training in 13 European countries, based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). After confirming the standard result that training incidence is higher among individuals with more education, I find...

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Barriers to Entry, Deregulation and Workplace Training

Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We develop a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our theoretical model yields ambiguous predictions on the sign of this relationship. On the one hand, given the number of firms, a deregulation reduces profits per unit of output, and...

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