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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 …

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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

This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

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Inequality during the early years: Child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States

Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011

the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child … but the disparities are notably greater in the United States and the United Kingdom than in Australia, and particularly in … with SES across countries. While the smallest SES gaps are found in Australia and Canada for both types of outcome …

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Immigration Policy and the Skills of Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001

ties to Mexico than with the fact that skill-based admissions are less important in the United States than in Australia and …

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ORU analyses of immigrant earnings in Australia, with international comparisons

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009

This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation …

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How do immigrants spend their time? The process of assimilation

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2010

Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation - what immigrants do with their...

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Selection criteria and the skill composition of immigrants: a comparative analysis of Australian and US employment immigration

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard - 2008

This paper uses survey data on employment immigrants in Australia and the United States to identify the main …. (4) Within a sending country, Australia attracts less total but higher-skill migrants than does the United States. This … can be attributed, however, to the fact that the skill price in Australia is lower than the U.S. skill price, so that …

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Employment protection, technology choice, and worker allocation

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Gautier, Pieter A.; de Wind, Joris - 2010

Using a country-industry panel dataset (EUKLEMS) we uncover a robust empirical regularity, namely that high-risk innovative sectors are relatively smaller in countries with strict employment protection legislation (EPL). To understand the mechanism, we develop a two-sector matching model where...

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The transatlantic productivity gap: Is R&D the main culprit?

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011

last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …

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Demography, capital flows and unemployment

Marchiori, Luca; Pierrard, Olivier; Sneessens, Henri R. - 2011

capital flows, because of stronger employment adjustments in comparison with a competitive economy. We next exploit the model …

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