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explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to …
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1970 -- the income gap between the US and the sending country, the education gap between the US and the sending country …
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adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …
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the main variables used, a report of results and tests, and discussion of the links among social capital, education …, income and well-being. The main innovation of the paper, relative to earlier studies of subjective well-being, lies in its …
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"This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …
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We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job. Language acquisition is found to interact positively...
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