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Gensowski, Miriam - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Talented individuals are seen as drivers of long-term growth, but how do they realize their full potential? In this paper, I show that even in a group of high-IQ men and women, lifetime earnings are substantially influenced by their education and personality traits. I identify a previously...

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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes

Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...

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The Impact of Education and Occupation on Temporary and Permanent Work Incapacity

Datta Gupta, Nabanita; Lau, Daniel; Pozzoli, Dario - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper investigates whether education and working in a physically demanding job causally impact temporary work incapacity, i.e. sickness absence, and permanent work incapacity, i.e. the inflow to disability via sickness absence. Our contribution is to allow endogeneity of both education and...

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The Impact of Economic Integration on Employment – An Assessment in the Context of EU Enlargement

Fertig, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper is motivated by the idea that the enlargement of the European Union is only one part of an overall process, known as economic integration, which characterizes the involvement of European economies into the global division of labor. Therefore, the paper aims at providing a quantitative...

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Measuring Globalization

Andersen, Torben M.; Herbertsson, Tryggvi Thor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

The multivariate technique of factor analysis is used to combine several indicators of economic integration and international transactions into a single measure or index of globalization. The index is an alternative to the simple measure of openness based on trade, and it produces a ranking of...

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Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings

Courtemanche, Charles; Soneji, Samir; Tchernis, Rusty - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We propose a Bayesian factor analysis model to rank the health of localities. Mortality and morbidity variables empirically contribute to the resulting rank, and population and spatial correlation are incorporated into a measure of uncertainty. We use county-level data from Texas and Wisconsin...

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Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa

Annim, Samuel; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Kostov, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b … three estimations support the hypothesis that financial perception has a greater effect on the decision to access and use … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …

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Usage of Financial Services in South Africa: Perceptions Matter

Kostov, Philip; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Annim, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

specification to examine the effect of financial perception. Our results suggests that after controlling for endogeneity of choices … of financial perception however reduces and gradually disappears as one moves up the financial access ladder towards more …

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Immigration and Crime: New Empirical Evidence from European Victimization Data

Nunziata, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

whether immigration affects crime victimization and the perception of criminality among European natives. Using data from the …

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Wish You Were Here? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Education on Attitude toward Immigrants

d'Hombres, Beatrice; Nunziata, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We use European Social Survey and Labour Force Survey data to estimate the causal effect of education on European natives' opinion toward immigration exploiting reforms in compulsory education in Europe in the 1960s through the 1990s. Our findings show that higher education leads to a more...

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