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Survival of the best fit : exposure to low-wage countries and the (uneven) growth of US manufacturing plants
Bernard, Andrew B. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001765989
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The effects of social policies on the working careers of Europeans
Brugiavini, Agar; De Luca, Giuseppe; MaCurdy, Thomas E.; … - 2020
We analyse the pattern of work and other labour market states, such as unemployment and out-of-labour-force, over the life course, by making use of a long retrospective panel of older Europeans. Based on stochastic simulations of a reduced form transition probability model, we document to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253166
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Taxation of human capital and wage inequality : a cross-country analysis
Guvenen, Fatih; Kuruşçu, Burhanettin; Ozkan, Serdar - 2009
Wage inequality has been significantly higher in the United States than in continental European countries (CEU) since the 1970s. Moreover, this inequality gap has further widened during this period as the US has experienced a large increase in wage inequality, whereas the CEU has seen only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902623
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What determines private school choice? : a comparison between the UK and Australia
Dearden, Lorraine; Ryan, Christopher J.; Sibieta, Luke - 2010
This paper compares patterns of private school attendance in the UK and Australia. About 6.5% of school children in the … UK attend a private school, while 33% do so in Australia. We use comparable household panel data from the two countries … parents attended one in the UK, and anywhere up to 20 percentage points more likely in Australia. The analysis also reveals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657856
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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK : can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Levell, Peter; … - 2016
In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in spite of income paths being similar. We explore several possible causes, including different employment paths, housing ownership and expenses, levels and paths of health status,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011534273
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Comparing in-work benefits and financial work incentives for low-income families in the US and the UK
Brewer, Mike - 2000
The goals of income transfer systems in the US and the UK for low-income families are to reduce poverty and welfare dependency and encourage work. Both the US and UK have made in-work benefits a key part of their strategy through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Working Families' Tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537933
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Wealth inequality in the United States and Great Britain
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Smith, James P. - 2000
In this paper we describe the household wealth distribution in the US and UK, and compare both wealth inequality and the form in which wealth is held. Unconditionally, there are large differences in financial wealth between the two countries at the top fifth of the wealth distribution. And even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538390
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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK : can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Levell, Peter; … - 2015
In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in spite of income paths being similar. We explore several possible causes, including different employment paths, housing ownership and expenses, levels and paths of health status,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498398
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Understanding the relative generosity of government financial support to families with children
Banks, James (contributor); Brewer, Mike (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001633915
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Competition and innovation : an inverted u relationship
Aghion, Philippe (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001643568