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Sweden’s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in the Roller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and a Half of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Survey. The elderly were not isolated as pensions were cut, full indexation abandoned and taxes increased during Sweden … hand, poverty increased in absolute terms. In contrast in the following years of rapid economic growth, the growth in the … income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703767
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The Distributional Impact of Public Services When Needs Differ
Aaberge, Rolf; Bhuller, Manudeep Singh; Langørgen, Audun; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality … and poverty rates by almost one-third. However, adjusting for differences in needs for public services across population … subgroups offsets about half the inequality reduction and some of the poverty decrease. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529135
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The British Household Panel Survey and its Income Data
Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...
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The Income Distribution in the UK: A Picture of Advantage and Disadvantage
Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167205
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Comparing Real Wage Rates
Ashenfelter, Orley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A real wage rate is a nominal wage rate divided by the price of a good and is a transparent measure of how much of the good an hour of work buys. It provides an important indicator of the living standards of workers, and also of the productivity of workers. In this paper I set out the conceptual...
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The Parameters of a National Minimum Hourly Wage
Askenazy, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Both academic and political debates over the minimum wage generally focus on the minimum wage rate. However, the minimum wage is a complex institution composed of a wide variety of parameters. In this note, I show that nominal rates provide a very crude picture of minimal compensation and of...
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Socioeconomic Gradients in Children's Cognitive Skills: Are Cross-Country Comparisons Robust to Who Reports Family Background?
Jerrim, John; Micklewright, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The international surveys of pupil achievement – PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS – have been widely used to compare socioeconomic gradients in children's cognitive abilities across countries. Socioeconomic status is typically measured drawing on children's reports of family or home characteristics...
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The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness
Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of equivalent affluence. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to disentangle the influence of objective circumstances versus...
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International Differences in Longevity and Health and Their Economic Consequences
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana P.; Lakdawalla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In 1975, 50 year-old Americans could expect to live slightly longer than their European counterparts. By 2005, American life expectancy at that age has diverged substantially compared to Europe. We find that this growing longevity gap is primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of...
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Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC
Hanushek, Eric A.; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of human capital, and evidence incorporating direct...
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