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A General Semiparametric Approach to Inference with Marker-Dependent Hazard Rate Models
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Janys, Lena; Mammen, Enno; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
-life mortality using data from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study of individuals born in 1915-1929. The results suggest a relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886137
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Long-Run Longevity Effects of a Nutritional Shock Early in Life: The Dutch Potato Famine of 1846-1847
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … individual characteristics and additional (early life) determinants of mortality. Results: Men exposed to severe famine during …. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first evidence suggesting long-run effects of early nutritional stresses on mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566356
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First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
the United States and Canada are compared. These countries’ immigration flows have large differences in source countries …, scale and timing, and Canada has a much larger policy emphasis on skilled workers. Following from these, the educational … attainment of US immigrants is currently lower than that in Canada and the intergenerational transmission of education is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703360
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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries over the Twentieth Century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506080
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Economic Mobility, Family Background, and the Well-Being of Children in the United States and Canada
Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529141
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A Journey Home: What Drives How Long People Are Homeless?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Herault, Nicolas; Scutella, Rosanna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper uses survival analysis to model exits over time from two alternative notions of homelessness. We are unique in being able to account for time-invariant, unobserved heterogeneity. We find that duration dependence has an inverted U-shape with exit rates initially increasing (indicating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959801
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Are Worker-Managed Firms Really More Likely to Fail?
Burdín, Gabriel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Different theoretical explanations suggest that worker-managed firms (WMFs) are prone to failure in competitive environments. Using a long panel of Uruguayan firms, the author presents new evidence on firm survival comparing WMFs and conventional firms. Excluding microenterprises and controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271999
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With or Without You: Divorce Rates and Intra-Household Allocation of Time
Tabasso, Domenico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently likely to decrease the risk of divorce. All such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694997
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Dependence Measures in Bivariate Gamma Frailty Models
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Effraimidis, Georgios - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Bivariate duration data frequently arise in economics, biostatistics and other areas. In "bivariate frailty models", dependence between the frailties (i.e., unobserved determinants) induces dependence between the durations. Using notions of quadrant dependence, we study restrictions that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757340
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Surviving the Genocide: The Impact of the Rwandan Genocide on Child Mortality
Ciani, Federico; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
-level information on the intensity of the conflict, we examine the impact of the civil war on infant and child mortality. War exposure … mortality for the exposed and the unexposed birth cohorts. We find large positive effects of exposure to the conflict on infant … and child mortality. Moreover, restricting our sample to the survivors, we find that child mortality is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685861