of their offspring and examine whether it is gender-assortative or whether the maternal or paternal overweight is related …We study the intergenerational transmission of overweight, that is the association between parental overweight and that … differently to daughters than to sons. We draw from 15 years of data from the Health Survey for England, which contains records of …

This paper uses a particular school exit rule previously in effect in England and Wales that allowed students born …

moments of the distributions of earnings, employment and wage shocks across individuals. Our main finding is that …

by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one's quality of life: employment, earnings and …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits …

This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … Germany. In line with previous studies, the estimated employment effect is only modestly negative and statistically …

transfer of the gender gap in labor force participation. We explore the extent that family- and community-level characteristics …, measured in childhood, differentially predict the likelihood of employment for adult Norwegian men and women. Drawing on … theories pertaining to the importance of information, skills and gender norms transfer, our empirical analysis demonstrates …