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Unequal Access to Higher Education in the Czech Republic: The Role of Spatial Distribution of Universities

Franta, Michal; Guzi, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...

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Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households

D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...

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Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada

Boudarbat, Brahim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

In this paper, we estimate a structural model of choice of field of study by community college students. We use data from the Canadian Survey of Graduates for 12,871 individuals who successfully completed their programs in Canadian community colleges (CEGEPs in Quebec) in 1990 and 1995. Over...

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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … of time in Canada on earnings. …

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Self-Selection, Immigrant Public Finance Performance and Canadian Citizenship

DeVoretz, Don J.; Pivnenko, Sergiy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Canada’s treasury circa 1996 over their life cycle. Naturalized citizens from OECD countries contributed the largest public …

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The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991

Kuhn, Peter; Riddell, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Using data spanning a half century for adjacent jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada, we study the long-term effects of …

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Canadian Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes: Why the Differences in Outcomes between Sweden and Canada?

Picot, Garnett; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Immigrants to Canada enjoy labour market outcomes that are more favourable than those for their counterparts in Sweden …. In an effort to understand these gaps, Canada’s immigration policy and outcomes are contrasted to the Swedish immigration … deteriorated significantly in Canada since the 1980s, as they have in many western countries including Sweden. …

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Quality and Quantity in Primary Care Mixed Payment Models: Evidence from Family Health Organizations in Ontario

Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

physicians in Ontario, Canada. Using a panel of administrative data that covers one year before and two years after the FHO model …

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The Recent Evolution of Retirement Patterns in Canada

Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; Michaud, Pierre-Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

retirement behaviour in Canada. We also investigate trends in work after retirement. Our findings are in line with findings from …

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Profit Sharing and Workplace Productivity: Does Teamwork Play a Role?

Long, Richard J.; Fang, Tony - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The conditions under which profit sharing affects workplace productivity have never been fully understood. Using panel data, this paper examines whether there is any link between adoption of an employee profit sharing plan and subsequent productivity growth in Canadian establishments, and...

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