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Sizeable gender differences in employment rates are observed in many countries. Sample selection into the workforce … densities in the presence of covariates which incorporates sample selection. We describe a simulation algorithm to implement … that when sample selection is taken into account gender wage gap widens, especially at the bottom of the wage distribution …
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gender wage gap by estimating wage distributions in the presence of covariates and sample selection and by counterfactual …
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wage distributions in the presence of covariates and sample selection separately for highly and low educated men and women … control for sample selection induced by unobservables, the penalties for low educated women become even larger, above all at …
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We analyse how the financial support for long-term elderly care affects the level of household savings. Using a difference-in-differences estimator, we investigate the 2002 Scottish reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all the elderly aged 65 and above residing in Scotland. Our...
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We investigate the impact of a policy reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all those aged 65 and above, on caregiving behaviour. Using a difference-in-differences estimator, we estimate that the free formal care reduced the probability of co-residential informal caregiving by...
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care recipients' health outcomes. Our results demonstrate that switching from informal to formal care does very little to … the recipients' hospital usage and health outcomes. …
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This paper is a meta-analysis on the relationship between unemployment and health. Our meta-dataset is made up of 327 … estimators. The average effect of unemployment on health is negative, but small in terms of partial correlation coefficient. We … psychological domains of health and that short- and long-term unemployment spells equally affect health. Dealing with endogeneity …
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We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …
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This paper presents a meta-analysis on the effects of retirement on health. We select academic papers published between … 2000 and 2021 studying the impact of retirement on physical and mental health, self-assessed general health, healthcare … health outcomes. Almost 60% of the observations do not provide statistically significant findings. Using meta …
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High temperatures can have a negative effect on workplace safety for a variety of reasons. Discomfort and reduced concentration caused by heat can lead to workers making mistakes and injuring themselves. Discomfort can also be an incentive for workers to report an injury that they would not have...
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