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The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries: A Human Capital Approach
Polachek, Solomon; Xiang, Jun - 2014
Social Survey Programme), LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) and OECD wage data for 35 countries covering 1970-2002, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468129
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The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries: A Human Capital Approach
Polachek, Solomon; Xiang, Jun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Social Survey Programme), LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) and OECD wage data for 35 countries covering 1970-2002, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959775
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Winning big but feeling no better? The effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health
Apouey, Bénédicte; Clark, Andrew E. - 2010
We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269573
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Will GDP growth increase happiness in developing countries?
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - 2011
This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278591
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Effects of the Minimum Wage on Infant Health
Wehby, George; Dave, Dhaval M.; Kaestner, Robert - 2016
The minimum wage has increased in multiple states over the past three decades. Research has focused on effects on labor supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health, including children's health. We address this knowledge gap and provide an investigation focused on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524970
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Winning Big but Feeling No Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health
Apouey, Bénédicte; Clark, Andrew E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480920
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Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876568
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Money and Mental Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study of Medium-Sized Lottery Wins
Gardner, Jonathan; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
One of the famous questions in social science is whether money makes people happy. We offer new evidence by using longitudinal data on a random sample of Britons who receive medium-sized lottery wins of between £1000 and £120,000 (that is, up to approximately U.S. $200,000). When compared to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761732
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The Miracle Drugs: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Labor Market Behavior of Middle-Aged Women
Daysal, N. Meltem; Orsini, Chiara - 2014
In an aging society, determining which factors contribute to the employment of older individuals is increasingly important. We examine the impact of medical innovations on the employment of middle-aged women focusing on the specific case of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), a common treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333321
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Endogenous Demographic Change, Retirement and Social Security
Cipriani, Giam Pietro; Fioroni, Tamara - 2019
In this paper, we analyse the effects of demographic change on a PAYG pension system, financed with a defined contribution scheme. In particular we examine the relationship between retirement, fertility and pensions in a three-period overlapping generations model. We focus on both the case of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005945