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Intergenerational transmission of unemployment : evidence for German sons

Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - 2014

This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...

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Sickness absence and search unemployment

Holmlund, Bertil - 2004

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … movements across labor force states. The employed worker prefers absence for sufficiently severe sickness and the unemployed … worker may prefer nonparticipation if the disutility of search is amplified by sickness. The decisions governing labor force …

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Growth and convergence in a two-region model of unified Germany

Funke, Michael; Strulik, Holge - 1999

The paper sets up a two-region endogenous growth model to discuss growth and regional convergence of unified Germany. It emphasises the role of private and public capital accumulati on during the developing process. The theoretical part derives fiscal policy rules which establish convergence of...

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Accounting for the duality of the Italian economy

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Laudati, Dario; Ohanian, … - 2023

After 162 years of political unification, Italy still displays large regional economic differences. In 2019, the per capita GDP of Lombardia was 39,700 euros, but Calabria's per capita GDP was only 17,300 euros. We build a two-region, two-sector model of the Italian economy to measure the wedges...

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Social interaction and sickness absence

Lindbeck, Assar (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor); … - 2008

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Taxing sin goods and subsidizing health care

Cremer, Helmuth; De Donder, Philippe; Maldonado, Darío; … - 2008

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Job security and work absence : evidence from a natural experiment

Lindbeck, Assar (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor); … - 2006

We analyze the consequences for sickness absence of a selective softening of job security legislation for small firms …

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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...

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Sick leave cuts and (unhealthy) returns to work

Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2022

We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...

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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...

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