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Children's Schooling and Parental Migration: Empirical Evidence on the "Left Behind" Generation in Albania

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This article investigates the long-term effects of parental migration abroad on the schooling of children left behind … in Albania. Although parents' migration usually benefits children economically, the lack of parental care may cause … relational and psychological problems that may affect children's welfare in the long-term. The phenomenon of children left behind …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536010

Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty in Rich Countries Since 1990

Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233815

Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries

Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

. This involves a method for embodying the ideal of children having priority on social resources into a particular set of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822097

The Impact of Tax and Transfer Systems on Children in the European Union

Corak, Miles; Lietz, Christine; Sutherland, Holly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on the economic resources available to children … groups, and in particular to what degree do cash transfer and tax systems benefit children relative to older groups? Second …, what fractions of the needs of children are supported by elements of the tax and transfer systems directed explicitly to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703070

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566617

Child Poverty in English-Speaking Countries

Micklewright, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries – the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. Do all these countries really stand out from other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty, as is sometimes assumed? And what policies have they adopted...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762178

Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants

Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in other countries. These include, inter alia, unemployment,...

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Neighborhood Decline and the Economic Crisis

Zwiers, Merle; Bolt, Gideon; van Ham, Maarten; van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional variation in economic and political structures (including variety in national welfare state arrangements), combined with differences in neighborhood history, development and population composition, makes it...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106161

Taxing Home Ownership: Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income

Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Imputed rental income of homeowners is tax exempt in most countries, despite the long-standing arguments recommending its inclusion in the tax base, on both equity and efficiency grounds. The current fiscal crisis revived interest towards this form of taxation. The paper investigates the fiscal...

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Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Akay, Alpaslan; Martinsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, where relative income has shown a significant and negative impact on subjective well-being, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703003

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