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Should We Extend the Role of Private Social Expenditure?

Pearson, Mark; Martin, John P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Some people make great claims about the advantages to be gained from greater reliance on the private sector for the provision of social protection. Many of the claims for great macroeconomic advantages do not stand up to scrutiny. However, there is some reason hope that private provision might...

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The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Medical Care Utilization and Self-Assessed Health in Germany

Hullegie, Patrick; Klein, Tobias J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is universal, co-payments and deductibles are moderate, and premia are based on income. However, they may buy private insurance instead if their income exceeds the compulsory...

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Social Capital and Immigrants' Labour Market Performance

Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; Vaira-Lucero, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

levels using the Households Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) longitudinal survey data. We find a positive …

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The Effect of Paid Parental Leave on Child Health in Australia

Broadway, Barbara; Kalb, Guyonne; Kuehnle, Daniel; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

the provision of paid parental leave, even for short periods (as usually available in Australia), will benefit children …

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Job Insecurity and Future Labour Market Outcomes

McGuinness, Seamus; Wooden, Mark; Hahn, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper uses longitudinal survey data to test the degree to which measures of job insecurity are correlated with changes in labour market status. Three major findings are reported. First, the perceived probability of job loss is only weakly related to both exogenous job separations and...

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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

McGuinness, Seamus Mcguinness; sloane, peter james; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general patterns of … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in …

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Gender Differences in Rates of Job Dismissal: Why Are Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs?

Wilkins, Roger; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

of detailed investigation. In this paper, household panel survey data from Australia are used that also find higher …

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Does the Military Train Men to Be Violent Criminals? New Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries

Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon; Paull, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam …-era conscription lotteries for identification and criminal court data from Australia's three largest states, we seek to estimate the …

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From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia’s "Great Leap Forward"?

Frijters, Paul; Gregory, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The twenty-five years after WW 2 witnessed strong labour market institutions and beneficial labour market outcomes - high wage growth and integration of low-skilled immigrants. Then came the macro shocks of the mid 1970s. Labour market outcomes deteriorated as full-time employment population...

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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific"...

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