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Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method
Si, Yafei; Zhou, Zhongliang; Su, Min; Wang, Xiao; Li, Dan; … - 2018
smokers was 0.039 (men 0.033; women 0.038). The majority of the inequality could be explained by educational attainment, age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931673
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples : Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van Soest, Arthur - 2004
A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called "health-wealth gradient", is repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study analyzes causality from health to wealth (health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262057
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The benefits of separating early retirees from the unemployed: simulation results for Belgian wage earners
Desmet, Raphaël; Jousten, Alain; Perelman, Sergio - 2005
The pool of early retirees is characterized by a large heterogeneity along several criteria. The present paper focuses on the key distinction between those in forced early retirement and those who retire early by individual choice. We start by estimating a retirement probit model for older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267322
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Does the Child Penalty Strike Twice, and If So Why?
Gørtz, Mette; Sander, Sarah; Sevilla, Almudena - 2023
This paper compares the labor market impact of grandparents before and after the arrival of the first grandchild. We show that grandmothers' labor market outcomes decline more steeply than grandfathers' after the first grandchild's arrival, leading to a 4-10 percent gender earnings gap 5-10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469363
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The Benefits of Separating Early Retirees from the Unemployed: Simulation Results for Belgian Wage Earners
Desmet, Raphaël; Jousten, Alain; Perelman, Sergio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The pool of early retirees is characterized by a large heterogeneity along several criteria. The present paper focuses on the key distinction between those in forced early retirement and those who retire early by individual choice. We start by estimating a retirement probit model for older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762244
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called "health-wealth gradient", is repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study analyzes causality from health to wealth (health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763570
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UK households' carbon footprint: A comparison of the association between household characteristics and emissions from home energy, transport and other goods and services
Buchs, Milena; Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2013
Does the association between household characteristics and household CO2 emissions differ for different areas such as home energy, transport, indirect and total emissions in the UK? Specific types of households might be more likely to have high emissions in some areas than in others and thus be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293156
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Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2018
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument – the … the true role of the government in attenuating income inequality. The estimated relationship between income inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984575
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How Does Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market Affect Unemployment Policies?
Wauthy, Xavier; Zenou, Yves - 2001
We consider a continuum of workers ranked according to their abilities to acquire education and two firms with different technologies that imperfectly compete in wages to attract these workers. Once employed, each worker bears an education cost proportional to his/her initial ability, this cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262547
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The redistributive effects of tax benefit systems in the enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269585