Similar Search Results

Long-run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual … positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662093

Mozart or Pelé? The effects of teenagers’ participation in music and sports

Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

subjective health. For educational outcomes, doing both activities appeared to be most successful. The results are subjected to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272715

Exploiting Regional Treatment Intensity for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792373

Earnings Effects of Training Programs

Lechner, Michael; Melly, Blaise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In an evaluation of a job-training program, the influence of the program on the individual earnings capacity is important, because it reflects the program effect on human capital. Estimating these effects is complicated because earnings are observed for employed individuals only, and employment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114283

Labor market effects of sports and exercise: Evidence from Canadian panel data

Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on … individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083408

Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England

Downward, Paul; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083502

Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start

Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral … neighboring a single discontinuity). Participation in the program reduces the incidence of behavioral problems, serious health …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084092

The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees

Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees’ labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084617

Partial Insurance and Investments in Children

Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is … small. We cannot reject the hypothesis full insurance against temporary shocks. Another interpretation of our findings is … that there is very little insurance available, but the fact that skill is a non-separable function of parental investments …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266538

Facilitating Consumer Learning in Insurance Markets—What Are the Welfare Effects?

Lagerlöf, Johan N. M.; Schottmüller, Christoph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

What are the welfare effects of a policy that facilitates for insurance customers to privately and covertly learn about … their accident risks? We endogenize the information structure in Stiglitz's classic monopoly insurance model. We first show …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083449