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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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More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food
Brunello, Giorgio - 2012
We use scanner data of supermarket sales to investigate the effects of the EU School Fruit campaign, conducted in a sample of primary schools in the city of Rome during 2010 and 2011, on the consumption of unhealthy snacks. We allocate supermarkets to treatment and control groups depending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107203
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The Distributional Impact of in Kind Public Benefits in European Countries
Paulus, Alari - 2009
International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...
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Six-Country Survey on Covid-19
Belot, Michele - 2020
, Italy, the UK and the four largest states in the US. The information collected relates to work and living situations, income …
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The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries : How Large is it for Men?
O'Dorchai, Sile - 2007
penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e., Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show … 28 percent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 percent in the UK and to 149 percent in Ireland. Human capital differences explain … remains unexplained by differences in observed characteristics (except in Italy). Overall, results suggest that policy …
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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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Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing Using Millions of Digitized Books
Proto, Eugenio - 2015
, Italy and Spain). To highlight some results, we find a positive short-run effect for GDP and life expectancy on subjective …
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …
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Managerial Practices and Students' Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana - 2014
centralized systems (Italy and Germany) lagging behind the more autonomous ones (Canada, Sweden, the UK, the US). For Italy, we … find that managerial practices are positively related to students' outcomes. The estimates imply that if Italy had the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046258
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Do Women Manage Smaller Funds?
Hübler, Olaf - 2010
Based on a sample of 467 asset managers from four countries we robustly find that women manage smaller funds than men, despite tough competition in this industry. Interestingly, the gender gap exists only for managers of smaller funds, i.e. at the lower end of the hierarchy, as quantile...
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