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Failure to launch: Cross-national trends in the transition to economic independence
Bell, Lisa; Burtless, Gary; Gornick, Janet; Smeeding, … - 2007
, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper compares trends in the household living arrangements, employment … this general pattern. Between the mid-1980s and 2000 employment rates improved among young Americans in their late 20s and … early 30s, and earnings levels either remained stable or increased modestly. The stability of U.S. employment levels helped …
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The age profile of income and the burden of unfunded transfers in four countries: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study
Burtless, Gary - 2004
This paper uses micro-census income data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to measure the current and future burden of financing public transfers, especially benefits supporting the aged and near-aged. The analysis distinguishes between income obtained from households' own saving and labor...
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