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Much has been written about 19th century African American and white statures and body mass index values. However, little is known about their physical activity and calories required to sustain height and weight. This paper considers two alternative measures for biological conditions that address...
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dependence of hazard rates, which determine individuals’ behavioral response w.r.t. education, work and age of retirement …
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Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, it is shown to be second …
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The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we survey the way in which the tax burden on labour has been proxied for … extent the conclusions of some studies change if some alternative indicator for the tax burden on labour is employed. We … indicator for the tax burden on labour is also shown to affect the conclusions of some well-known empirical models. …
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Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, it is shown to be second …-best efficient to deviate from Ramsey’s Rule and to distort qualified labour less than nonqualified labour. The result holds for …
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A Beveridgean pension scheme invariably reduces the marginal return to labour, and will thus discourage labour. A … pension contribution will discourage labour less if the scheme is Bismarckian than if it is Beveridgean. A Bismarckian scheme … may even encourage labour. …
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that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …
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accounting for 8% of total pharmaceutical sale in Norway. With use of a unique natural policy experiment in Norway, this paper …
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Rational choice theories of electoral participation stress that an individual's decision to vote depends on her expected net benefit from doing so. If this instrumental motive is relevant, then turnout should be higher in elections where more is at stake. We test this prediction, by studying how...
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Using Norwegian individual register data of young workers, from the period 1986-2008, we analyze whether there are large and persistent negative relationships between unemployment and the risk of repeated unemployment and being out of labor force. A nearest-neighbor propensity score matching...
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