the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … with SES across countries. While the smallest SES gaps are found in Australia and Canada for both types of outcome …

days per week rose more than three-fold in the U.S and by a factor of five or more in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and …

Ireland, a reversal of the commonly observed healthy migrant effect. Recent birth-cohorts living in England and born in … Ireland, however, are healthier than the English population. The substantial Irish health penalty arises principally for …

from Lithuania and work permit and census data from the UK and Ireland, I demonstrate that emigration had a significant …

voluntary work provision in three English-speaking countries - England, Ireland and the U.S. We draw on data from the ELSA …

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 …

the introduction of minimum wages in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Using survey data for the two countries, we develop a … gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in …

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …

.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, we construct beauty measures in different ways that allow putting a lower bound on the true …

. Using administrative annual earnings data from Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, it applies the approach used in the …