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Great Expectations : The Determinants of Female University Enrollment in Europe
Casarico, Alessandra - 2011
17-21 age group drawn from EU-Silc, available for the years 2004-2008. From the same survey we construct context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127634
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The Dynamics of Income-Related Health Inequality Among US Children
Chatterji, Pinka - 2011
We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120563
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'Cultural Persistence' of Health Capital : Evidence from European Migrants
Costa-Font, Joan - 2017
We examine the persistence of the association between subjective health assessments of both first and second … variables including citizenship and cultural proxies. Our results show robust evidence of persistence of health assessments, and … such associations do not fade over generations. We estimate that a one standard deviation change in ancestral health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968639
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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl : Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2021
health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315589
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Size Matters! Body Height and Labor Market Discrimination : A Cross-European Analysis
Cinnirella, Francesco; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
Taller workers earn on average higher salaries. Recent research has proposed cognitive abilities and social skills as explanations for the height-wage premium. Another possible mechanism, employer discrimination, has found little support. In this paper, we provide some evidence in favor of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316340
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Unemployment and Domestic Violence : Theory and Evidence
Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - 2021
Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315745
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"Murky Protectionism" in Europe : how should binding rules be evaluated in tough times?
Evenett, Simon J. - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 44 (2009) 2, pp. 70-71
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831756
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Government measures in support of the financial sector in the EU and the United States
Stolz, Stéphanie Marie; Wedow, Michael - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 46 (2011) 1, pp. 53-60
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008822447
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Europe's leading cities : success factors and policy perspectives
Bräuninger, Michael; Stiller, Silvia - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 42 (2007) 6, pp. 335-340
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EC: harmonization by competition
Gutowski, Armin - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 22 (1987) 4, pp. 161-162
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