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The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality: Evidence from Targeted Incentives to Retire Early
Bloemen, Hans; Hochguertel, Stefan; Zweerink, Jochem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper identifies and estimates the impact of early retirement on the probability to die within five years, using … civil servants became eligible for retirement earlier than expected during a short time window. This exogenous policy change … is used to instrument the retirement choice in a model that explains the probability to die within five years. Exploiting …
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Joint Retirement of Couples: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Bloemen, Hans; Hochguertel, Stefan; Zweerink, Jochem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We estimate and explain the impact of early retirement of husbands on their wives’ probability to retire within one … approach in which the retirement choice of husbands is instrumented with eligibility rules for generous early retirement … benefits that were temporarily and unexpectedly available to them. We find that early retirement opportunities of husbands …
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Does It Pay to Work for Free? Wage Returns and Gender Differences in the Market for Volunteers
Cozzi, Guido; Mantovan, Noemi; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Working as a volunteer is a widespread phenomenon that has both individual and societal benefits. In this paper, we identify the wage returns to working for free by exploiting exogenous variation in rainfall across local area districts in England, Scotland and Wales. Instrumental variables...
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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies
Ko, Chia Chiun; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...
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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston
Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila; Angrist, Joshua; Hull, Peter D.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Lottery estimates suggest oversubscribed urban charter schools boost student achievement markedly. But these estimates needn't capture treatment effects for students who haven't applied to charter schools or for students attending charters for which demand is weak. This paper reports estimates...
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The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper uses data on both self-reported and true measures of individual Body Mass Index (BMI) to examine the nature of measurement error in self-reported BMI and to look at the consequences of using self-reported measures when estimating the effect of BMI on economic outcomes. In keeping with...
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Testing the Internal Validity of Compulsory School Reforms as Instrument for Years of Schooling
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Weber, Guglielmo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In the large empirical literature that investigates the causal effects of education on outcomes such as health, wages and crime, it is customary to measure education with years of schooling, and to identify these effects using the exogenous variation provided by school reforms increasing...
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Mothers' Labour Market Participation: Do Grandparents Make It Easier?
Arpino, Bruno; Pronzato, Chiara D.; Tavares, Lara P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Childcare arrangements are key in women's ability to juggle motherhood and working outside the home. As such, the study of the access to childcare and its use is of great policy relevance. We focus on a particular kind of informal childcare, the one provided by grandparents. Empirically,...
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The Turkish Wage Curve: Evidence from the Household Labor Force Survey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines the Turkish wage curve using individual data from the Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS) including 26 NUTS-2 regions over the period 2005-2008. When the local unemployment rate is treated as predetermined, there is evidence in favor of the wage curve only for younger and...
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Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 Italian NUTS3 regions, including new measures of institutional performance calculated using data on the provision of different areas of public services. In order to address...
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