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, Yugoslavia and Turkey living in Denmark or Sweden in 2010. Income data on all such persons aged 65 to 82 living in the two … destination countries are analysed. In both Denmark and Sweden, we report much higher poverty rates among the immigrants studied … than among natives. Estimated probability models show that being poor is related to a person's education, family status and …
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between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful "omnibus measure" of the overall impact of family and … somewhat sensitive to some assumptions that have to be made, we conclude that the family and community factors are more …
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family friendly policies chosen in the Nordic countries are unique. The availability of generous parental leave schemes … evaluate family-friendly policies in the 'Nordic model' with respect to the two modes of child care i.e. either parental care …-off between family-friendly policies and family welfare, and are there serious negative boomerang effects of family …
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This paper uses administrative data to in detail document how the share of youths not in employment, education or training has evolved over time in the Scandinavian countries. We study both first- and second-generation immigrant youths as well as natives to explore whether the pattern differ...
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welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark, and it reduced their disposable income by 30 percent on …
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crime as well as peer effects that determine youth criminal activities. This paper explores these channels by examining … learning mechanisms. Peer maternal incarceration increases adolescent female criminal activities and reduces male crime and the …
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We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US … family earnings, on the other hand, leads to estimates of intergenerational mobility in the Nordic countries which exceed …
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, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
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We evaluate the criminogenic effects of Universal Credit (UC), a monumental welfare reform designed to radically change the social security payment system in the United Kingdom. We exploit the UC rollout across constituencies using monthly data from 2010 to 2019 for England and Wales. We find UC...
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challenging due to data availability and correlated unobservables. This paper overcomes these challenges in the context of Norway …'s criminal justice system, offering new insights into how incarceration affects subsequent crime and employment. We construct a …. Exploring factors that may explain the preventive effect of incarceration, we find the decline in crime is driven by individuals …
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