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Returns to foreign education: yet another but different cross country analysis
Gruetter, Max - 2005
The main interest of this paper is to compare the value of education systems of different countries. For this reason I use data on workers who have completed their education before immigrating to Switzerland to estimate a country specific return to education. I estimate the standard...
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External validation of the use of vignettes in cross-country health studies
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Kristensen, Nicolai; Pozzoli, Dario - 2009
Cross-country comparisons of subjective assessments are rendered difficult if not impossible because of sub-population specific response style. To correct for this, the use of vignettes has become increasingly popular, notably within cross-country health studies. However, the validity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269169
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Have you heard the news? How real-life expectations react to publicity
van der Wiel, Karen - 2009
As evidence is accumulating that subjective expectations influence behavior and that these expectations are sometimes biased, it becomes policy-relevant to know how to influence individuals' expectations. Information in the media is likely to affect how people picture the future. This paper...
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How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011
distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units … supply shocks do not induce factor price changes in the tradable sector. In this sector, most of the adjustment to changes in … exit the market are an important additional channel of adjustment. Finally, we demonstrate that an industry level analysis …
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Why do BLS hours series tell different stories about trends in hours worked?
Frazis, Harley; Stewart, Jay - 2010
Hours worked is an important economic indicator. In addition to being a measure of labor utilization, average weekly hours are inputs into measures of productivity and hourly wages, which are two key economic indicators. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' two hours series tell very...
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The labour market integration of refugee and family reunion immigrants: A comparison of outcomes in Canada and Sweden
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - 2012
This paper assesses the employment and earnings trajectories of refugee and family reunion category immigrants in Canada and Sweden using two national level sources of data. The Canadian Immigration Database (IMDB) is a file that links the intake record of post 1979 immigrants with annual...
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Using shares vs. Log of shares in fixed-effect estimations
Gerdes, Christer - 2010
This paper looks at potential implications emerging from including shares as a control variable in fixed effect estimations. By shares I refer to the ratio of a sum of units over another, such as the share of immigrants in a city or school. As will be shown in this paper, a logarithmic...
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Age-Differentiated QALY Losses
van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2001
In this paper we evaluate the QALY losses, which are linked to the prevalence of specific chronic illnesses and impediments. The analysis is based on the individual self-rating health satisfaction question asked in the British Household Panel Survey data set. Our method is a refinement of the...
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The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on Capital Flows, Wages and Unemployment
Beissinger, Thomas - 2001
The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are …
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A martingale representation for matching estimators
Abadie, Alberto; Imbens, Guido W. - 2009
matching estimators. As an illustration of the applicability of the theory, we derive the asymptotic distribution of a matching …
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