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regressions of Mincer equations and analysing the differences in returns to education across the wage distribution and across time …, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
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, since the landmark Robbins Report in 1963, and its consequences for levels of and inequalities in household income, physical … education on inequality of opportunity (IOp) in income and only small reductions in IOp in physical and mental health. …
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Using panel data from the BHPS and its Understanding Society extension, we study life satisfaction (LS) and income over … from lowest to highest LS, though their average income was always higher. In spite of rapid income growth up to 2008 …/09, the less educated showed no rise in LS, while highly educated LS rose after the crash despite declining real income. In …
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The causes of people's political attitudes are largely unknown. We study this issue by exploiting longitudinal data on lottery winners. Comparing people before and after a lottery windfall, we show that winners tend to switch towards support for a right-wing political party and to become less...
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In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set … that there are substantial differences between the permanent and transitory income determinants - also in terms of the … direction of the effects. Moreover, we find that income effects often differ significantly in size and sometimes sign according …
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We estimate the effect of additional pension income on mortality outcomes by exploring the eli- gibility criteria of a … to a 2-month delay in age at death (censored at 75). Survey evidence suggests that additional pension income improves …
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This article analyzes the causal impact of advanced broadband accessibility on firm performance. We exploit a unique local policy intervention of a staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), generating a source of exogenous...
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