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We study the effect of exposure to colonial public primary education on contemporary education outcomes in Tunisia. We assemble a new data set on the location of schools with the number of pupils by origin, along with population data during the French protectorate (1881-1956). We match those...
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This paper uses spatial variations in the enrolment rate of Tunisian pupils in 1931 to estimate the weight of colonial history on medium- and long-run educational attainment. We assemble a new dataset on the location of public primary schools and the number of pupils and teachers, together with...
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. Research has shown that the presence of a disability can crowd out treatment for medical conditions not necessarily related to … the disability and that states that are disproportionately African-American have a lower quality of hospital care. This … paper uses quality of care data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine whether disability …
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entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue …
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in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and …
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and Dutch workers have relatively low working hours. Disability is high, particularly among young individuals. We discuss …
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through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for …
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, individuals whose health is risky and heterogeneous choose to either work, or not work and apply for social security disability …
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antidepressant prescriptions and experience a lower likelihood of filing a disability claim, as compared to non-eligible unemployed … benefit duration increases the likelihood of a cardiac event and eventual disability retirement filing. …
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job losers with disabilities not returning to employment but instead becoming disability retirees. Although the earnings …
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