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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor);  … - 2008
principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793501
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Entrepreneurship, wealth, liquidity constraints and start-up costs
Fonseca, Raquel (contributor);  … - 2007
We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts that, with liquidity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609770
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Protecting working-age people with disabilities : experiences of four industrialized nations
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Daly, Mary C.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
disability programs in four countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. We show how growth in the receipt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295543
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How different are immigrants? : A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and … the USA. The first step of the analysis shows how far countries differ regarding immigrants' educational disadvantage. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485607
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A comparison of the poverty impact of transfers, taxes and market income across five OECD countries
Bibi, Sami (contributor); Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor) - 2008
This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries. Since the estimation of that impact can depend on the order in which the various income sources are introduced into the analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777874
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Life satisfaction
Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, Arthur van - 2009
We analyze the determinants of global life satisfaction in two countries (The Netherlands and the U.S.), by using both … determinant of global life satisfaction, it is more important in the U.S. than in The Netherlands. Indeed life satisfaction varies … substantially more with income in the U.S. than in The Netherlands. -- Happiness ; life satisfaction ; vignettes ; reporting bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810881
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Tall or taller, pretty or prettier : is discrimination absolute or relative?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2012
Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of height and beauty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545351
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Does employment protection reduce the demand for unskilled labor?
Daniel, Kirsten (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
using annual distributions of recruits' characteristics from a 1975-95 panel of plants in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002265112
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International comparisons of work disability
Banks, James; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002005406
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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim (contributor); Smeeding, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2008
provide comparable results for seven European countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726795