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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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Work hours constraints and health
Bell, David; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2011
Germany and the United Kingdom. Based on nationally representative longitudinal data, our results show that work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282274
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The gender pay gap for private sector employees in Canada and Britain
Drolet, Marie; Mumford, Karen - 2009
. Workplace effects, however, reduce the wage gap by 14.5% in Canada and increase the gap by 3.2% in Britain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269161
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A Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition
DeVoretz, Don J.; Werner, Christiane - 2000
by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving countries as Canada, Germany, Israel and the United States. It is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272933
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Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison
Wolter, Stefan C. - 2003
In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261949
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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
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Bonin, Holger; Arnds, Pascal - 2003
Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper surveys some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262234
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2008
, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268855
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"Beauty is the promise of happiness"?
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Abrevaya, Jason - 2011
.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, we construct beauty measures in different ways that allow putting a lower bound on the true …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278626
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468154