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On human capital formation with exit options : comment and new results

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006

Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration, region-specific shocks may increase the average level of education. Previously, Poutvaara (2000) derived a corresponding result with Cobb-Douglas technology and migration which...

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The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018

We propose a regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences framework to estimate non-pecuniary returns to adult education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains. Using data from the German SOEP, we evaluate the...

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Optimal policy towards families with different amounts of social capital, in the presence of asymmetric information and stochastic fertility

Cigno, Alessandro (contributor); … - 2006

We examine the effects of differences in social capital on first and second best transfers to families with children, in an asymmetric information context where the number of births, and the future earning capacity of each child that is born, are random variables. The probability that a couple...

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Trade and the distribution of human capital

Bougheas, Spiros P. (contributor); … - 2005

We develop a two-country, two-sector model of trade where the only difference between the two countries is their distribution of human capital endowments. We show that even if the two countries have identical aggregate human capital endowments the pattern of trade depends on the properties of...

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The effect of labor market shocks across the life cycle

Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2021

shocks across the life cycle on labor market outcomes and major life decisions: human capital investment, mobility, family …

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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium : technical progress, globalization and European monetary union

Franz, Wolfgang - 1999

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage p olicy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

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Patient mobility, health care quality and welfare

Brekke, Kurt R.; Levaggi, Rosella; Siciliani, Luigi; … - 2014

Patient mobility is a key issue in the EU who recently passed a new law on patients' right to EU-wide provider choice …. In this paper we use a Hotelling model with two regions that differ in technology to study the impact of patient mobility … on health care quality, health care financing and welfare. We show that without patient mobility quality is too low (high …

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Homeownership : low household mobility, volatile housing prices, high income dispersion

Ortalo-Magné, François; Rady, Sven - 2002

We develop a dynamic stochastic equilibrium model of two locations within a city where heterogeneous households make joint location and tenure mode decisions. To investigate the effect of homeownership on equilibrium prices and allocations, we compare the response of this model economy to a...

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Spatial and social mobility

Borck, Rainald; Wrede, Matthias - 2015 - This version: December 14, 2015

This paper analyzes the relationship between spatial mobility and social mobility. It develops a two-skill-type spatial … income inequality are negatively correlated with relative regional social mobility. In the model, segregation is driven by … mobility in the respective region. …

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Young liberals and old conservatives : inequality, mobility and redistribution

Muren, Astri (contributor); Nyberg, Sten (contributor) - 2005

The paper examines the impact of income inequality and mobility on income redistribution in a modified median voter … and mobility are not unambiguous but depend on factors such as how mobility changes in different groups and causes of …

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