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An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566758
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Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China
de Brauw, Alan; Giles, John T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of households in rural China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and that this effect is stronger for poorer households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010675506
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Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
Newhouse, David; Wolff, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper utilizes a cross-country panel of 83 developing countries to examine how changes in cohort size are correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of development. In low-income countries, young adults that are born...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884291
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Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin: Is There a Role for Policy?
Doorley, Karina; Sierminska, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach in this literature, we show that cohort effects exist … the association between household wealth portfolios at the intensive margin (the level of assets) and household …-country differences in asset and debt levels, except for housing wealth, which displays large unexplained differences for both the under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959745
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Why Are Saving Rates of Urban Households in China Rising?
Chamon, Marcos; Prasad, Eswar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
From 1995 to 2005, the average urban household saving rate in China rose by 8 percentage points, to about one quarter of disposable income. We use household-level data to explain why households are postponing consumption despite rapid income growth. Tracing cohorts over time indicates a virtual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247694
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Amerisclerosis? The Puzzle of Rising U.S. Unemployment Persistence
Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Koustas, Dmitri - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
persistence of unemployment in the U.S., but the evolution in mobility and demographics over time should have more than offset the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709718
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Caught in the Bulimic Trap? Persistence and State Dependence of Bulimia Among Young Women
Goeree, Michelle S.; Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Eating disorders are an important and growing health concern, and bulimia nervosa (BN) accounts for the largest fraction of eating disorders. Health consequences of BN are substantial and especially serious given the increasingly compulsive nature of the disorder. However, remarkably little is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151024
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To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective
Sierminska, Eva; Doorley, Karina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188128
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Demography, Capital Flows and Unemployment
Marchiori, Luca; Pierrard, Olivier; Sneessens, Henri R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper contributes to the already vast literature on demography-induced international capital flows by examining the role of labor market imperfections and institutions. We setup a two-country overlapping generations model with search unemployment, which we calibrate on EU15 and US data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371176
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The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis
Barrett, Alan; O'Sullivan, Vincent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal case-study of the link between wealth … this massive fall in wealth, measures of health and well-being remained broadly unchanged. However, expectations about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884281