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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...

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The Long and Short of It: Maternity Leave Coverage and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes

Hashimoto, Masanori; Percy, Rick; Schoellner, Teresa; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We investigate the effects of maternity leave coverage on women’s post-birth wages, job tenure, and labor market attachment. We pay particular attention to unobservable characteristics that are correlated with maternity leave coverage and that affect labor market outcomes. We use a control...

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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives

Constant, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts on the natives by drawing on research findings from the existing academic literature on the economics of French migration. The research questions are: how do immigrants fare with respect to wages,...

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Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?

Duncan, Greg J.; Sojourner, Aaron J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

-based early childhood education intervention? Data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), which randomly assigned …

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The Risk and Return of Human Capital Investments

Koerselman, Kristian; Uusitalo, Roope - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

income, and to calculate certainty equivalent lifetime income at different levels of education. We find that university … education is associated with about a half a million euro increase in discounted lifetime disposable income compared to … with only moderately higher lifetime income compared to compulsory education, and the entire difference is due to …

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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …

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Can Intensive Early Childhood Intervention Programs Eliminate Income-Based Cognitive and Achievement Gaps?

Duncan, Greg J.; Sojourner, Aaron J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

-quarters of the gaps in age-eight IQ and achievement would be eliminated by the early education program. …

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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Inequality in China

Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

education characteristic of the pre-reform era has given rise to substantial inequality in access to higher levels of education …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …

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Repeated Selection with Heterogenous Individuals and Relative Age Effects

Dawid, Herbert; Muehlheusser, Gerd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In contexts such as education and sports, skill-accumulation of individuals over time crucially depends on the amount …

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The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany

Pfeifer, Christian; Cornelißen, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...

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