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Human capital investment strategies in Europe
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The paper analyses alternative investment policies and their consequences for the evolution of human capital in Europe based on a model of age dependent skill formation where the life span depends on investments during childhood. What makes the approach special is the analysis of the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024656
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Pollution exposure and infant health: Evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, Christa Katharina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child's health during the first three years of life … significantly negative impact for some pollutants on infant health during early childhood. In comparison to outdoor pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756439
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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on educational and health outcomes
Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children's educational and health outcomes in eleven sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869213
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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at … one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child's noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child's health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097504
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Self-Productivity in Early Childhood
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Coneus, Katja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at … one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child's noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child's health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097506
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Impacts of parental health on children's development of personality traits and problem behavior: Evidence from parental health shocks
Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Westermaier, Franz - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior …. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on observed parental health shocks as a more exogenous source of … health variation to identify these effects and control for child and family characteristics including variables reflecting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283661
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Impacts of parental health shocks on children's non-cognitive skills
Westermaier, Franz; Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data … base, we draw on significant changes in selfreported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify … effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and six years. At the age of six, we observe that maternal health shocks in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985651
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Why training older employees is less effective
Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
This paper shows that training of older employees is less effective. Training effectiveness is measured with respect to key dimensions such as career development, earnings, adoption of new skills, flexibility or job security. Older employees also pursue less ambitious goals with their training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228819
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Economic Development and CO2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach
Azomahou, Théophile; Laisney, François; van Phu, Nguyen - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
We examine the empirical relation between CO2 emissions per capita and GDP per capita during the period 1960-1996, using a panel of 100 countries. Relying on the nonparametric poolability test of Baltagi et al. (1996), we find evidence of structural stability of the relationship. We then specify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097768
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The impact of parents migration on the well-being of children left behind: Initial evidence from Romania
Botezat, Alina; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
are more likely to be depressed and more often suffer from health problems especially in rural areas. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957654