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The evolution of catholic-protestant labour market inequality in Northern Ireland, 1983-2014
Rowland, Neil; McVicar, Duncan; Shuttleworth, Ian - 2018
Ethnic and religious differentials in labour market outcomes within many countries have been remarkably persistent. Yet one very well-known differential - the Catholic/ Protestant unemployment differential in Northern Ireland - has largely (although not completely) disappeared. This paper charts...
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The puzzle of Muslim advantage in child survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; Soest, Arthur van - 2009
documents and analyses this seeming puzzle. The religion gap in survival is much larger than the gender gap but, in contrast to … literature on the role of religion or culture as encapsulating important unobservable behaviours or endowments that influence … health, indeed, enough to reverse the SES gradient that is commonly observed. -- Religion ; caste ; gender ; child survival …
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? : a comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
several data sets (the International Social Survey Program - ISSP: Module Religion, 2008; the European Social Survey - ESS … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion … mainly the function of a buffer and of "balm to the soul". -- immigration ; religion ; integration ; Europe ; United States …
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Faith primary schools : better schools or better pupils?
Gibbons, Steve; Silva, Olmo - 2009
We provide estimates for the effect of attending a Faith school on educational achievement using a census of primary school pupils in England. We argue that there are no credible instruments for Faith school attendance in this context. Instead, we partially control for selection into religious...
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Do labour market institutions matter? : Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries
Geishecker, Ingo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries and construct comparable measures of outsourcing at the...
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American exceptionalism in a new light : a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States
Jäntti, Markus (contributor) - 2006
We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We examine earnings mobility among pairs of fathers and sons as well as fathers and daughters...
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Social segregation in secondary schools : how does England compare with other countries?
Jenkins, Stephen (contributor);  … - 2006
; secondary schools ; England ; cross-national comparison ; PISA …
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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor);  … - 2008
The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...
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An innovation index based on knowledge capital investment : definition and results for the UK market sector
Clayton, Tony; Borgo, Mariela Dal; Haskel, Jonathan - 2009
We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we could get more GDP without innovation by simply...
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The life-cycle and the business-cycle of wage risk : a cross-country comparison
Bayer, Christian; Juessen, Falko - 2009
This paper provides a cross-country comparison of life-cycle and business-cycle fluctuations in the dispersion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896465