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The Co-twin Methodology and Returns to Schooling – Testing a Critical Assumption
Sandewall, Örjan; Cesarini, David; Johannesson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Twins-based estimates of the return to schooling feature prominently in the labor economics literature. The validity of … such estimates hinges critically on the assumption that within-pair variation in schooling is explained by factors which … unique dataset of monozygotic twins, strong evidence against it. Di¤erences in adolescent IQ test scores predict within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963485
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Women's Representation and Public Spending
Svaleryd, Helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
This paper studies whether the degree of women’s representation in Swedish local councils affects local public expenditure patterns. Theoretically, the individual preferences of elected representatives may have an impact on public expenditure if full policy commitment is not feasible. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645438
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Are Female Workers Less Productive Than Male Workers? Productivity and the Gender Wage Gap
Meyerson, Eva M.; Petersen, Trond; Snartland, Vemund - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
It is extraordinarily difficult to determine the extent to which the gender wage gap reflects discriminatory behaviors … of gender because one is paid for what one produces. With this as our point of departure, we compared men and women … easy to summarize. First, the gender wage gap is clearly smaller under piece- than under time-rate work. According to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019064
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Are Female Workers Less Productive Than Male Workers? Productivity and the Gender Wage Gap?
Meyerson, E.M.; Petersen, T.; Snartland, V. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
It is extraordinarily difficult to determine the extent to which the gender wage gap reflects discriminatory behaviors … of gender because one is paid for what one produces. With this as our point of departure, we compared men and women … easy to summarize. First, the gender wage gap is clearly smaller under piece- than under time-rate work. According to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670114
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Gender, Wages, and Social Security in China’s Industrial Sector
Rickne, Johanna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
-wage income in the form of social insurance payments. The gender-wage gap is wider among workers with more than 12 years of … discrimination is thereby rejected. Equal average wages between men and women are found among firms located in China’s Special …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008503172
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Is Financial Risk-Taking Behavior Genetically Transmitted?
Cesarini, David; Johannesson, Magnus; Lichtenstein, Paul; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
In this paper, we use a sample of almost 30,000 Swedish mono- and dizygotic twins to study the heritability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645296
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Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy
Welander, Anna; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nilsson, Therese - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
Good health is crucial for human and economic development. In particular poor health in childhood seems to be of utmost concern since it causes irreversible damage and have implications later in life. Recent research suggests globalization is a strong force affecting adult and child health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818421
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Om förlängd skolgång
Eliasson, Gunnar; Kazamaki Ottersten, Eugenia - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611587
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Education, Competence Development and Economic Growth - A Micro Explanation to Macro Economic Growth
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685071
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Can Investment in Intangibles Explain the Swedish Productivity Boom in the 1990s?
Edquist, Harald - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
After a severe crisis in the early 1990s, the Swedish economy experienced a boom in productivity growth. According to economists there have been primarily three explanations for the fast productivity growth in 1995–2004: Market reforms, recovery from the crisis and the impact of information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528482