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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?
Wiklund, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999
Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job … experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of subsequent wages while no such effect could be found for women. These findings … unemployment duration was rather short, which may have prevented general capital from depreciating. However, the presence of large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644621
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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?.
Wiklund, F. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999
Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job … experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of subsequent wages while no such effect could be found for women. These findings … unemployment duration was rather short, which may have prevented general capital from depreciating. However, the presence of large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669549
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Social Insurance and Retirement: A Cross-Country Perspective
Laun, Tobias; Wallenius, Johanna - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
In this paper we study the role of social insurance, namely old-age pensions, disability insurance and healthcare, in accounting for the differing labor supply patterns of older individuals across OECD countries. To this end, we develop a life cycle model of labor supply and health with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643588
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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data
Andersson, Björn - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2001
This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644646
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Parental unemployment and child health
Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
parental unemployment. We find that children with unemployed parents are 17 percent more likely to be hospitalized than other … parental unemployment on child health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890034
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Within-the-Family Education and its Impact on Equality
Nordblom, Katarina - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2001
This is a theoretical study of human-capital accumulation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...
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College Achievement and Earnings
Gemus, Jonathan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010
I study the size and sources of the monetary return to college achievement as measured by cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA). I first present evidence that the return to achievement is large and statistically significant. I find, however, that this masks variation in the return across...
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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance–growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490328
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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance–growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490330
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Age Structure Effects and Growth in the OECD, 1950-90: Further Evidence
Lindh, Thomas; Malmberg, Bo - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1996
Economic growth depends on human resources and human needs. The demographic age structure shapes both of these factors. We study five-year data from the OECD countries 1950-90 in the framework of a human capital augmented neoclassical growth model with gradual technical adjustment due to...
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