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study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
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study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262046
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
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In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …
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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...
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had different effects in Central / Northern Europe (Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Sweden) and in Mediterranean … Europe (Italy and Spain). In the North, transitions into bridge jobs have increased, with no significant effect on …
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in the Europe 2020 strategy and one of the five benchmarks of the strategic framework for European cooperation in … and school resources - as well as more targeted policies. While our focus is mainly on Europe, we also consider important …
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While it is well known that birth order affects educational attainment, less is known about its effects on earnings. Using data from eleven European countries for males born between 1935 and 1956, we show that firstborns enjoy on average a 13.7 percent premium over laterborns in their wage at...
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quality jobs. For Europe at large, persistent skill gaps and mismatches come at economic and social costs. This paper reviews … the recent economic literature on skill mismatch and skill shortages with a focus on Europe a focus on Europe. …
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We use cohort data from 11 European countries to study whether experience profiles differ by educational attainment. Previous literature does not provide a clear answer to this question, that is important to evaluate private returns to education over the working life of individuals. We find...
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