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Health Risk Factors among the Older European Populations: Personal and Country Effects

García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; Neuman, Tzahi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

It is now common to use the individual's self-assessed-health-status (SAHS) as a measure of health. The use of SAHS is supported by numerous studies that show that SAHS is a better predictor of mortality and morbidity than medical records. The 2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and...

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Employment, Wages, and Alcohol Consumption in Russia: Evidence from Panel Data

Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females in Russia. Both cross sectional and fixed-effects models are estimated utilizing data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The results from the models that do not control for...

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Do Parents Drink Their Children's Welfare? A Joint Analysis of Intra-Household Allocation of Time

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether excessive parental alcohol consumption leads to a reduction of child welfare. To this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases time spent by parents looking after their children and working. Using the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring...

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Does Changing the Legal Drinking Age Influence Youth Behaviour?

Boes, Stefan; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the impact of a reduction in the legal drinking age in New Zealand from 20 to 18 on alcohol use, and alcohol-related hospitalisations and vehicular accidents among teenagers. We use both a difference-in-differences approach and a regression discontinuity design (RDD) to...

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Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption

Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

To date, 16 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their effects. Using state-level data, we examine the relationship between medical marijuana laws and a variety of outcomes. Legalization of medical marijuana is associated with increased use of marijuana among...

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Ireland's Recession and the Immigrant/Native Earnings Gap

Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The economic collapse was more severe in Ireland relative to elsewhere. Many questions have arisen concerning the …

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Using a Census to Assess the Reliability of a National Household Survey for Migration Research: The Case of Ireland

Barrett, Alan; Kelly, Elish - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Much research has been conducted on immigration into Ireland in recent years using data from the Quarterly National … Household Survey (QNHS), the official source for labour market data in Ireland. As it is known that the QNHS undercounts … immigrants in Ireland, a concern exists over whether the profile of immigrants being provided is accurate. For example, QNHS …

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Is There a Wage Premium for Returning Irish Migrants?

Barrett, Alan; O’Connell, Philip J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Higher rates of economic growth in recent years have led Ireland from being a country characterised by emigration to … compare the wages of returned migrants with the wages of those who stayed in Ireland. In a recent paper, it has been argued … find support for this argument for men. On average, returning males earn 10 percent more than men who stayed in Ireland …

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Immigrants in a Booming Economy: Analysing their Earnings and Welfare Dependence

Barrett, Alan; McCarthy, Yvonne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Ireland’s exceptional economic growth in recent years has led to an influx of immigrants. Given the favourable economic … nationally representative sample drawn in 2004 are used to assess the earnings of immigrants in Ireland relative to the native …

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Surviving the Crisis: Foreign Multinationals vs Domestic Firms in Ireland

Godart, Olivier; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries …

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