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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001669953
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Generalized selection bias and the decomposition of wage differentials
Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999
) when the two expectations are measured using the estimates from the joint estimation of the whole model (log-wages and …-wages, where the deterministic component is computed using the estimates from the joint estimation. That is, the GSB is the … expectation of the residuals estimated from the joint estimation. It is appropriate to apply the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001437664
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Estimation in a duration model for evaluating educational programs
Brännäs, Kurt - 2000
The paper proposes two estimation approaches for duration models that are subject to right censored observations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001449796
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Parametric and semiparametric estimation in models with misclassified categorical dependent variables
Dustmann, Christian - 2000
immigrants in Germany. We find that a parametric model which explicitly allows for misclassification performs better than a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268747
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The role of social work norms in job searching and subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael - 2001
Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001605250
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Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological and psychosocial health
Shields, Michael; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 2001
This paper explores the determinants of individuals' psychological and psychosocial health using recent Health Survey for England data. We find evidence that our dependent variables, defined, respectively, from the GHQ12 and Perceived Social Support scores, are negatively related to household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001654747
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The determination of a migration wave using ethnicity and community ties
Locher, Lilo - 2001
If people come to live in a country different from their nation state, due to border shifts, expulsion, or migration, they adopt some of the new country's habits after some time. This paper investigates their (return) migration decision when they have been restricted to live in the foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001630249
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Works councils and collective bargaining in Germany : the impact on productivity and wages
Hübler, Olaf; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2001
bargaining in Germany. Based on a simple bargaining model we derive our main hypothesis: In establishments covered by collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001610714
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Selection correction in panel data models : an application to labour supply and wages
Dustmann, Christian; Rochina Barrachina, María E. - 2000
the estimation methods discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001502478