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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - CESifo - 2012
differences in social mobility and persistence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548565
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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith - 2012
differences in social mobility and persistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106535
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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas - 2010
inequality was indeed more due to changes of household structure and employment behavior rather than changes in wages. Moreover … household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends like a decline in birth rate and an increase in the risk of divorce … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136651
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Exporting and Labor Demand : Micro-Level Evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas - 2014
It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056834
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Exporting and Labor Demand: Micro-level Evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - CESifo - 2014
It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877822
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Distributional Consequences of Labor-Demand Shocks : The 2008-09 Recession in Germany
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
, administrative matched employer-employee data. The distributional analysis is then conducted by transposing predicted employment … effects of actual output shocks to household-level microdata. A scenario in which labor demand adjustments occur at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127632
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Distributional Consequences of Labor-demand Shocks: The 2008-09 Recession in Germany
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Peichl, Andreas; … - CESifo - 2011
, administrative matched employer-employee data. The distributional analysis is then conducted by transposing predicted employment … effects of actual output shocks to household-level microdata. A scenario in which labor demand adjustments occur at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914277
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Measuring the Consumption Value of Higher Education
Alstadsæter, Annette - 2009
This paper argues that the consumption value of education is an important motivation for the educational choice. While controlling for ability, we document that individuals are willing to forego substantial future wage returns in order to acquire a particular type of higher education. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155936
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The Consumption Value of Higher Education
Alstadsæter, Annette; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2021
The consumption value of higher education is an important factor behind the individual’s educational choice. We provide a comprehensive literature survey, and define the consumption value as the private, intended, non-pecuniary return to higher education. We provide new empirical evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316279
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Measuring the Consumption Value of Higher Education
Alstadsæter, Annette - CESifo - 2009
This paper argues that the consumption value of education is an important motivation for the educational choice. While controlling for ability, we document that individuals are willing to forego substantial future wage returns in order to acquire a particular type of higher education. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533984