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Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada
Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley - 2010
and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269450
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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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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
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Trends in economic research: an international perspective
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269503
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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US: New results
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287662
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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?
de Grip, Andries; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009
hardly affect the migration decision. When analysing country choice, countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia appear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274069
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Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada
Boudarbat, Brahim - 2004
In this paper, we estimate a structural model of choice of field of study by community college students. We use data from the Canadian Survey of Graduates for 12,871 individuals who successfully completed their programs in Canadian community colleges (CEGEPs in Quebec) in 1990 and 1995. Over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261904
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Cut-Point Shift and Index Shift in Self-Reported Health
Lindeboom, Maarten; van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2004
There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations or even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group comparisons and measures of health inequality. This paper proposes a test for differential reporting in ordered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262035
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The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship
DeVoretz, Don J.; Pivnenko, Sergiy - 2004
Immigrants ascend to citizenship at differential rates in Canada. Why is this so? This paper investigates the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262137
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Self-Selection, Immigrant Public Finance Performance and Canadian Citizenship
DeVoretz, Don J.; Pivnenko, Sergiy - 2005
Canada?s treasury circa 1996 over their life cycle. Naturalized citizens from OECD countries contributed the largest public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262189