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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A ?general to specific?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262797
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Immigrant wage and employment assimilation: A comparison of methods
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - 2012
We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …-effects model generates estimated employment assimilation profiles that are flatter and significantly different to those produced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291359
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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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Risky human capital investment, income distribution, and macroeconomic dynamics
Grossmann, Volker - 2003
This paper analyzes the interaction between intergenerational wealth transmission, human capital investments under uninsurable labor income risk, and economic growth in a small open overlapping-generations economy with heterogeneous agents. It demonstrates how the role of the personal income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261651
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Do rising top incomes lift all boats?
Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a panel of 12 developed nations observed for between 22 and 85 years. After 1960, however, a one percentage point rise in the top decile's income share is associated with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269773
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The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development
Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross …-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor …-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries is susceptible to a resource curse, and grows rapidly in response to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289844
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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Quheng, Deng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It compares the extent as well as profile of child poverty in both countries. Comparisons on the extent of child poverty, over time and across countries, are made using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286262
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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287588
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Then and now: Reflections on two Australian mining booms
Gregory, Robert G. - 2011
Australia is experiencing its largest mining boom for more than a century and a half. This paper explores, from a … trading gain effect and indirect real GDP effect, primarily through increased employment levels - have increased Australian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280677
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The Effect of Health Changes and Long-Term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians
Au, Doreen; Crossley, Thomas F.; Schellhorn, Martin - 2004
health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self-reported health … estimates of the impact of health on employment using self-assessed health, the HUI3, and a ?purged? health measure similar to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262030