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Can Anyone Be 'the' One? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating
Belot, Michèle - 2011
Marriage data show a strong degree of positive assortative mating along a variety of attributes. But since marriage is an equilibrium outcome, it is unclear whether positive sorting is the result of preferences rather than opportunities. We assess the relative importance of preferences and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756954
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Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137799
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health : What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio - 2011
In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120822
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Health Risk Factors Among the Older European Populations : Personal and Country Effects
García-Muñoz, Teresa - 2014
2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and Retirement Europe (SHARE) is used for the exploration of the full spectrum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045071
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Living Arrangements in Western Europe : Does Cultural Origin Matter?
Giuliano, Paola - 2006
the fraction of young adults living with their parents in Mediterranean Europe. This paper presents a cultural … living arrangements in Northern and Southern Europe on account of the closer parent-child ties in Southern Europe. Such an … country of origin, the US living arrangements of second-generation immigrants mimic those in Europe across countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059086
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Biology and Gender in the Labor Market
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2016
Can biology help us to better understand gender differences in labor market behavior and outcomes? This chapter reviews the emerging literature which sheds light on this question, considering research in four broad areas: i) behavioral endocrinology; ii) human genetics; iii) neuroeconomics; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978158
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Writing Tips for Crafting Effective Economics Research Papers 2023-2024 Edition
Nikolov, Plamen - 2023
This paper aims to provide insights for those who value careful, precise communication to draft effective economics papers. It is designed to be a helpful and convenient guide, which is divided into well-defined, thought-provoking sections
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The Demographic Transition:Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the variousmechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition.Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance forthe understanding of...
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Income Volatility and Health
Halliday, Timothy J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We investigate the impact of exogenous income fluctuations on health using twenty years ofdata from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics using techniques from the literature on theestimation of dynamic panel data models....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861088
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Earnings Over the Lifecycle:The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications
Polachek, Solomon W. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings aredistributed across the population. In the years since Mincer’s seminal work, he as well as hisstudents and colleagues extended the original human capital model, reaching importantconclusions about a whole array...
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