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Escaping from hunger before WW1 : nutrition and living standards in Western Europe and USA in the late nineteenth century
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew; Reynolds, Kevin - 2017
We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We … estimate that households in the USA, on average, had about five hundred daily calories per equivalent adult more than their … French and German counterparts, with Belgian and British workers closer to the USA levels. We ask if that energy bonus gave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732355
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Parental marital disruption, family type, and transfers to disabled elderly parents
Pezzin, Liliana E. (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper examines the family variables that affect intergenerational living arrangements and adult children's time and cash transfers to their unpartnered disabled elderly parents. The family variables we examine include parental marital status, parental marital history, whether the index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777879
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Does retirement kill you? : evidence from early retirement windows
Coe, Norma B. (contributor); Lindeboom, Maarten (contributor) - 2008
The magnitude of the effect that health has on the retirement decision has long been studied. We examine the reverse relationship, whether or not retirement has a direct impact on later-life health. In order to identify the causal relationship, we use unexpected early retirement window offers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771973
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335455
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Golden years? : The labor market effects of caring for grandchildren
Wang, Ying (contributor); Marcotte, Dave E. (contributor) - 2007
"The number of Americans raising grandchildren has been rising steadily. In this paper, we add to what is known about the implications of this trend by focusing on the economic effects of raising a grandchild. We make use of a unique data set compiled from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003451839
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Health and wealth of elderly couples : causality tests using dynamic panel data models
Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called "health-wealth gradient", is repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study analyzes causality from health to wealth (health...
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Joint labour supply dynamics of older couples
Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Childhood circumstances and health inequality in old age: comparative evidence from China and the United States
Chen, Xi; Yan, Binjian; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … Life History Mail Survey (LHMS) in the USA, to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution …
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The power of social pensions
Huang, Wei; Zhang, Chuanchuan - 2016
This paper examines the impacts of social pension provision among people of different ages. Utilizing the county-by-county rollout of the New Rural Pension Scheme in rural China, we find that, among the age-eligible people, the scheme provision leads to higher household income (18 percent) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595168
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Does retirement affect voluntary work provision? : evidence from England, Ireland and the U.S.
Eibich, Peter; Lorenti, Angelo; Mosca, Irene - 2020
Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the related "social distancing" measures, working from home (WfH) has suddenly become a crucial lever of economic activity. This paper combines survey and administrative data to compute measures for the feasibility of working from home among German employees....
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