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Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap

Blau, Francine D. - 2001

institutions are responsible for an important portion of international differences in wage inequality, the inverse relationship … between the gender pay gap and male wage inequality suggests that wage-setting mechanisms, such as encompassing collective …

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Health at older ages : the causes and consequences of declining disability among the elderly

Cutler, David M. (ed.); Wise, David A. (contributor) - 2008

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Economic Crises and Mental Health : Effects of the Great Recession on Older Americans

Cutler, David M.; Sportiche, Noémie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We examine the effect of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 on the mental health of older adults, using longitudinal Health and Retirement Study data linked to area-level data on house prices. We use a variety of measures to capture mental health and rely on the very large cross-sectional...

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Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy In the U.S. Elderly Population

Chernew, Michael - 2016

Understanding how healthy lifespans are changing is essential for public policy. This paper explores changes in healthy lifespan in the U.S. over time and considers reasons for the changes. We reach three fundamental conclusions. First, we show that healthy life increased measurably in the US...

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Evidence for Significant Compression of Morbidity In the Elderly U.S. Population

Cutler, David M. - 2013

The question of whether morbidity is being compressed into the period just before death has been at the center of health debates in the United States for some time. Compression of morbidity would lead to longer life but less rapid medical spending increases than if life extension were...

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The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups

Blau, Francine D.; Cohen, Isaac; Comey, Matthew L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on … lower-tail inequality between men and women, Blacks and Whites, and Hispanics and Whites. We use estimates from three … empirical strategies -- two reduced-form, one structural -- to provide counterfactual simulations of between-group inequality …

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