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with work, financial situation, health, family life, friends, and life in general. We find almost no statistically … significant effects of this 6 to 9 month career interruption for young German men, with the exception of hourly wage, which shows …
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several early-life health indicators. Robust evidence shows that such nutrition supplements effectively increase boys' weight …This paper examines the growth effect of one of the largest nutrition assistance programs in early life. The program … covers 5.8 million children in poor rural China and provides 6-24-month old children with a free nutrition supplement that …
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significantly positive impacts on hemoglobin levels and reduced the prevalence of anemia by 20 percent but these health gains did …
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children aged below five years. Using detailed dataset from the current and fourth round of the National Family Health Survey … child health outcomes, we find that while domestic violence primarily affects child health via deterioration in maternal … health, neglect of children in terms of inadequate provision of essential child care also seem to matter. The results from …
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We test if firms statistically discriminate workers based on race when employer learning is asymmetric. Using data from the NLSY79, we find evidence of asymmetric employer learning. In addition, employers statistically discriminate against non-college educated black workers at time of hiring. We...
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-, required, and under-education) equations aggregated at the firm level. Our results show that the over-education wage premium is …-education between natives and immigrants outweighs the corresponding wage premium differential, we conclude - based on OLS and dynamic …
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Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their similarly educated peers who are in correctly matched...
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or wage levels? Which factors affect this nexus, considering premature deindustrialisation? Using a firm-level dataset … conditional wage distribution among manufacturing firms. Based on a structural analysis, we identify the differences in these …
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physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written …/or threats in their present job experience worse physical health and increased levels of depression. The study found that the … without a job contract might experience a high degree of workplace precariousness and exclusion from health benefits and …
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Employing nonparametric bounds, we examine the effect of military service on incarceration outcomes using the Vietnam draft lotteries as a possibly invalid instrumental variable for military service. The draft is allowed to have a direct effect on the outcomes independently of military service,...
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