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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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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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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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Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?
Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating working conditions into a monopsony model where higher wages raise firm labour supply, but less...
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A Web Survey Analysis of the Subjective Well-being of Spanish Workers
Guzi, Martin; de Pedraza, Pablo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper makes use of a large sample of individual data obtained from web surveys in the WageIndicator project. Data includes extensive information on the quality of working conditions together with different well-being indicators. The paper emphasizes the role of work-related characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212760
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Work, Risk and Health: Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain
Solé, Meritxell; Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodriguez … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyze the impact of working and contractual conditions, particularly exposure to job risks, on the probability of acquiring a disability. We postulate a model in which this impact is mediated by the choice of occupation, with a level of risk associated to it. We assume this choice is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742955
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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers: Evidence from an Inland City
Wang, Huashu; Pan, Lei; Heerink, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes towards living and working form an increasing share of the migrant labour force. At the same time, the destinations of migrants are changing as a result of government policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659257
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Do Occupational Demands Explain the Educational Gradient in Health?
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The aim of this paper is to investigate to what extent occupation-specific demands explain the relationship between education and health. We concentrate on ergonomic, environmental, psychical, social and time demands. Merging the German Microcensus 2009 data with a dataset including detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751647
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Share Capitalism and Worker Wellbeing
Bryson, Alex; Clark, Andrew E.; Freeman, Richard B.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We show that worker wellbeing is not only related to the amount of compensation workers receive but also how they receive it. While previous theoretical and empirical work has often been pre-occupied with individual performance-related pay, we here demonstrate a robust positive link between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105411
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Beschäftigungsfähigkeit als ein zentraler Faktor eines längeren Erwerbslebens
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Weiterbildung als auch durch die Gestaltung von Arbeitsbedingungen und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten, die ein längeres, gesünderes und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961043