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Top‐Down vs. Bottom‐Up: The Long‐Term Impact of Government Ideology and Personal Experience on Values
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Wagner, Gert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
sports. We apply the German Reunification Approach to the microcosm of Berlin and exploit its 40‐year long division into a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632789
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The Substitutability of Labor of Selected Ethnic Groups in the US Labor Market
Kahanec, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper investigates the substitutability of labor of selected ethnic groups in the US labor market. In the generalized Leontief framework, the analysis of US census-based data reveals that labor of non-White ethnic groups is complementary to that of White ethnic group. This finding supports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822462
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Ethnic Competition and Specialization
Kahanec, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender...
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Skill Policies for Scotland
Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822555
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Determinants of Bilingualism among Children
Chiswick, Barry R.; Gindelsky, Marina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper analyzes the determinants of bilingualism (i.e., speaks a language other than English at home) among children age 5 to 18 years in the American Community Survey, 2005-2011. Two groups of children are considered: those born in the US (native born) and foreign-born children who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105075
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Female Self-Employment and Children: The Case of Sweden
Andersson Joona, Pernilla - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden … women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959838
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Skill Disparities and Unequal Family Outcomes
Lundberg, Shelly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
converged. Family change has not been uniform, however, and the widening gaps in marital status, relationship stability, and …-Oaxaca decompositions of differences in key family outcomes across education groups show that, though individual non-cognitive traits are … percent of differences in these outcomes by family background (measured by mother's education), but this effect disappears …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884283
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Spousal Employment and Intra-Household Bargaining Power
Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that spousal work status may be correlated with unobserved factors that also affect bargaining power within...
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Social Mobility and the Importance of Networks: Evidence for Britain
Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar; Micklewright, John; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Cohort Study. We consider help given to people from all family backgrounds and not just to graduates and those in higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078417
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Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter?
Giuliano, Paola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Why are there such large differences in living arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in living arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults living with their parents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761776