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The British Household Panel Survey and its Income Data
Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on … aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net … household income are derived. The BHPS net household income definition is modelled on that used in Britain’s official personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682961
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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data
Brainerd, Elizabeth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade - sometimes rapidly - from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700973
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Ostdeutschland 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall: Was war und was ist heute mit der Wirtschaft?
Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Der Artikel zeigt in den grundlegenden Zügen die Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland seit dem Beginn der Umstrukturierung auf und zieht eine Bilanz zum Stand des Anpassungsprozesses 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall. Wie sich an der Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsleistung zeigen lässt, ist der wirtschaftliche...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615433
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Scraping By: Income and Program Participation After the Loss of Extended Unemployment Benefits
Rothstein, Jesse; Valletta, Robert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
. Using SIPP panel data and an event-study regression framework, we examine the household income patterns of individuals whose … household income roughly by half on average, and for UI recipients benefits replace just under half of this loss. Accordingly …, when benefits end the household loses UI income equal to roughly one-quarter of total pre-separation household income (and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884314
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Intergenerational Transmission of Healthy Eating Behaviour and the Role of Household Income
Goode, Alison; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Smith, Murray - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
. Unhealthy eating intergenerational transmission appears to be more intense amongst lower household income individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822318
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The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis
Hacker, Jacob S.; Huber, Gregory Alain; Nichols, Austin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096062
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Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in Middle East and North African Countries
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Ben Youssef, Adel; M'henni, Hatem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This article extends the recent findings of Liu (2005), Ang (2007), Apergis et al. (2009) and Payne (2010) by implementing recent bootstrap panel unit root tests and cointegration techniques to investigate the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279316
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Exploring the Causality Links between Energy and Employment in African Countries
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Ben Youssef, Adel; M'henni, Hatem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using a bootstrap panel analysis that allows for cross-country dependence, without requiring the use of pre-tests for a unit root, we study the causality links between energy use and employment for a sample of 16 African countries over the 1991-2010 period (according to availability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795363
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Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam
Binci, Michele; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884249
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Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Roubaud, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
structure compared to that of the formal sector. Taking advantage of the VHLSS dataset in Vietnam, in particular its three wave …, we draw conclusions highlighting the Vietnam's labour market specificity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212747