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Social Networks and Labor Market Inequality between Ethnicities and Races

Toomet, Ott; Leij, Marco van der; Rolfe, Meredith - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <A HREF="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9148929&fileId=S2050124213000209">'Network Science'</A>, 2014, 96(5), 936-948.<P> This paper analyzes the relationship between unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on the other hand. Our...</p></a>

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Who can predict their own Demise? Accuracy of Longevity Expectations by Education and Cognition

d'Uva, Teresa Bago; Ciftci, Esen Erdogan; O'Donnell, Owen; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2015

probabilities that are less accurate in predicting their in-sample mortality. There is little evidence that the gradients in the … veracity of expectations are due to the less educated and cognitively able responding less to changes in objective mortality …

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The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality - Evidence from Targeted Incentives to retire early

Bloemen, Hans; Hochguertel, Stefan; Zweerink, Jochem - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This paper identifies and estimates the impact of early retirement on the probability to die within five years, using administrative micro panel data covering the entire population of the Netherlands. Among the older workers we focus on, a group of civil servants became eligible for retirement...

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Health Effects of Containing Moral Hazard: Evidence from Disability Insurance Reform

Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; Gielen, Anne C. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

and mortality. A €1,000 reduction in annual benefits leads to a rise of 4.2 percentage points in the probability of being … the hospitalization of men subject to stricter rules but their mortality rate is reduced by 1.2 percentage points. The …

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HIV/AIDS, Risk Aversion and Intertemporal Choice

Lammers, Judith; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

time preference are not considered simultaneously. We correct for differential mortality risk, risk aversion and …

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Inequity in the Face of Death

Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; Schokkaert, Erik; Ourti, Tom Van; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

We apply the theory of inequality in opportunity to measure inequity in mortality. Ourempirical work is based on a rich … dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking informationabout mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that … distinguishing between differentchannels via which mortality is affected is necessary to test the sensitivity of the results …

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Childhood Intelligence and Adult Mortality in the Brabant Data Set: Technical Report

Cramer, J.S. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

and the mortalitydata. The second section discusses the variation of mortality rateswith age in the population and in the …

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Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability

Bijwaard, Govert; Kippersluis, Hans van; Veenman, Justus - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … measures of cognitive ability and family background at age 12. The data are subsequently linked to the mortality register 1995 …-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that the treatment effect of education(i.e. the …

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Childhood Intelligence and Adult Mortality in the Brabant Data Set: First Report

Cramer, J.S. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

studies we find that among theearly variables recorded at age 12 the only significant determinantof adult mortality is …

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Long Run Returns to Education: Does Schooling Lead to an Extended Old Age?

Kippersluis, Hans van; O'Donnell, Owen; Doorslaer, Eddy van - Tinbergen Instituut

to linked data from health surveys, tax files and the mortality register to estimate the causal effect of education on … mortality. The reform provides a powerful instrument, significantly raising years of schooling, which, in turn, has a large and … significant effect on mortality even in old age. An extra year of schooling is estimated to reduce the probability of dying …

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