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Wage differentials across sectors in Europe : an east-west comparison
Magda, Iga; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan; Valsamis, … - 2008
countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech … countries. It is relatively small in Norway and Belgium, large in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777922
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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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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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Patterns of integration : low educated people and their jobs in Norway, Italy and Hungary
Köllő, János - 2013
jobs of different complexity contribute to unskilled employment in Norway, Italy and Hungary. In search of how unqualified … relationships. The data suggest that unskilled employment in Norway benefits from synergies between work in skill-intensive jobs …, intense adult training, informal learning and involvement in civil activities. In Italy, workplaces requiring no literacy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194753
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Older and wiser? : Birth order and IQ of young men
Black, Sandra E. (contributor);  … - 2007
Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth order effects on IQ using both cross-sectional and within-family methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003639202
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Small family, smart family? : Family size and the IQ scores of young men
Black, Sandra E. (contributor);  … - 2007
Norway and focuses on one family characteristic: the effect of family size on IQ. Because of the endogeneity of family size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003639203
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Pennies from heaven? : using exogeneous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievements
Haegeland, Torbjørn (contributor);  … - 2008
by the location of natural resources in Norway we examine the effect of school resources on pupil outcomes. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729411
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The impact of local public services and geographical cost of living differences on poverty estimates
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; … - 2008
Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates. Unlike the standard approach in studies of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755513
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Estimates of intergenerational elasticities based on lifetime earnings
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vaage, Kjell; Aakvik, Arild; … - 2008
Using Norwegian intergenerational data with a substantial part of the life-cycle earnings of children and almost the entire life-cycle earnings for their fathers, we present new estimates of intergenerational mobility. Extending the length of the fathers' earnings windows from 5 to 30 years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759019
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Informal care and labor supply
Fevang, Elisabeth (contributor);  … - 2008
Based on Norwegian register data we show that having a lone parent in the terminal phase of life significantly affects the offspring's labor market activity. The employment propensity declines by around 1 percentage point among sons and 2 percentage points among daughters during the years just...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759323