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Anticipation, Free-Rider Problem, and Adaptation to Trade Union: Re-examining the Curious Case of Dissatisfied Union Members

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper documents evidence that rejects the paradox of dissatisfied union members. Using eleven waves of the BHPS, it studies the past, contemporaneous, and future effects of union membership on job satisfaction. By separating union "free-riders" from other nonmembers in the fixed effects...

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How Does Marriage Affect Physical and Psychological Health? A Survey of the Longitudinal Evidence

Wilson, Chris M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

and disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the health gain from …

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A Family Affair: Job Loss and the Mental Health of Spouses and Adolescents

Bubonya, Melisa; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This study examines the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of family members. Estimates from fixed-effects panel data models, using panel data for Australia, provide little evidence of any negative spillover effect on the mental health of husbands as a result of their wives' job...

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Neighbourhood Effects on Migrant Youth's Educational Commitments: An Enquiry into Personality Differences

Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Hooimeijer, Pieter; van Ham, Maarten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

association between neighbourhood characteristics and educational attainment. The step in between, that adolescents actually … effects. To test our hypothesis we used longitudinal panel data with five waves (N=4179), combined with fixed-effects models … proportions. Besides, we find that adolescents with a resilient personality experience less influence of the neighbourhood context …

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Religion and Child Health

Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported overall health and psychological health of the child....

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Strategic Sophistication of Adolescents: Evidence from Experimental Normal-Form Games

Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco; Rützler, Daniela; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides …

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Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Simeonova, Emilia; Copeland, William; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

family member results in an almost 4 cm gain in height-for-age. Adolescents coming from worse-off households experience an …

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