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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270632
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Educational Production in East Asia : The Impact of Family Background and Schooling
Woessmann, Ludger - 2003
improve student performance in East Asia. But other schooling policies such as school autonomy over salaries and regular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261886
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Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market
Hyslop, Dean; Stillman, Steven - 2004
This paper analyses the effects of a large reform in the minimum wages affecting youth workers in New Zealand since 2001. Prior to this reform, a youth minimum wage, applying to 16-19 year-olds, was set at 60% of the adult minimum. The reform had two components. First, it lowered the eligible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261850
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The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: Evidence from New Zealand
Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - 2010
has been measured in recent years by means of micro level data in Australia, North America and Europe. However, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274604
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Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005874
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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries over the Twentieth Century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506080
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The dynamics of women's labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269754
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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time: the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George S.; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later transmit to the household the ideas, values and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275920
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Child Poverty in English-Speaking Countries
Micklewright, John - 2004
The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries – the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261869
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How Different Are Immigrants? : A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2004
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262141