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Intergenerational Persistence in Health in Developing Countries: The Penalty of Gender Inequality?
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper is motivated to investigate the often neglected payoff to investments in the health of girls and women in terms of next generation outcomes. This paper investigates the intergenerational persistence of health across time and region as well as across the distribution of maternal...
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Mobilitätspolitik in Europa
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Das Papier erläutert die Bedeutung der Arbeitsmobilität für die Verbesserung der Allokation und der Verteilung der volkswirtschaftlichen Ressourcen. Angesichts eines steigenden Fachkräftemangels bei wachsender Tendenz zur Arbeitslosigkeit unter gering Qualifizierten bleibt neben der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615414
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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Europa: Status Quo und (keine?) Perspektiven
Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Die eklatant hohe Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in vielen europäischen Ländern stellt eine enorme ökonomische wie auch gesellschaftliche Herausforderung dar. Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick über die derzeitige Situation in Europa und analysiert die verschiedenen Politikoptionen. Als zentrale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884071
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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis
Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
where the concavity of the mobility process, the degree of social mobility, the knowledge of personal income and the degree …The “prospect of upward mobility” (POUM) hypothesis formalised by Benabou and Ok (2001a) finds explicit assumptions … provided the mobility process is concave in expectations, redistribution policies are expected to last for a sufficiently long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822040
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Education and Mobility
Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822153
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How General Is Specific Human Capital?
Gathmann, Christina; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
patterns in mobility and wages to analyze how portable specific skills are in the labor market. The empirical analysis combines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822260
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Sin City
Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? We investigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners by moving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danish couples. We find that of the couples who married in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822290
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Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration
Wildasin, David E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
heterogeneity, and that mobility provides a form of insurance for investment in risky human capital. Mobility also constrains the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822379
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Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison
Ridder, Geert; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822504
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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality
Biewen, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822659