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Testing for Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects in the Presence of a Quasi-Instrument
de Luna, Xavier - 2012
The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...
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The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity
Deryugina, Tatyana; Molitor, David - 2021
Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other confounders make it difficult to disentangle the effects of place on health from other geographic differences in life...
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The Impact of the Announcement of Temporary Building Sites for Refugees on House Prices in Gothenburg
Kjellander, Josef - 2018
We evaluate the price development of apartments in neighborhoods surrounding temporary housing for refugees using the unpredicted announcement of three building sites, targeting refugees, in Gothenburg. More in particular, we look at the price development in the year after the announcement. We...
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Firm Pay Dynamics
Engbom, Niklas; Moser, Christian; Sauermann, Jan - 2022
model using linked employer-employee data for Sweden from 1985 to 2016. By drawing on detailed firm financials data, we show … secular increase in firm-year pay dispersion in Sweden since 1985 is accounted for by greater persistence of firm pay among …
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Hidden Consequences of a First-Born Boy for Mothers
Ichino, Andrea - 2011
We show that in the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy are less likely to work in a typical …
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The Role of Parental Income Over the Life Cycle : A Comparison of Sweden and the UK
Bjorklund, Anders - 2012
the UK than in Sweden. We use similar data sets for the two countries to explore whether these cross-national differences … association between parental income and these outcomes, and the associations are stronger in the UK than in Sweden.Therefore, we … weight and height are too weak to account for hardly any fraction of the UK-Sweden difference in intergenerational income …
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Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence : Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
Goerke, Laszlo - 2012
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that trade union members are dismissed less often than non-members, we construct a model to predict how absence behaviour will respond to the sick pay reform. We show that union members...
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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Top Earnings Inequality and the Gender Pay Gap : Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom
Fortin, Nicole M. - 2017
. Using administrative annual earnings data from Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, it applies the approach used in the …
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Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe
Hansen, Hans - 2016
In this paper, we calculate the disposable incomes in 2012 of three selected family types receiving social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe. We also calculate the net replacement rates for families receiving social assistance, calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes...
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