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persistent effect on subsequent employment and income. After initial periods with a higher incidence of sick leave, treated … treated workers, who manage to stay in employment, incur persistent income losses. The effects are stronger for sub-groups of …
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focus is on the incidence of the subsidy, i.e., we ask how much of the € 2,500 buyer subsidy is captured by the supply … subsidy amount. However, the incidence was heterogeneous across price segments. Subsidized buyers of cheap cars paid more than … comparable buyers who did not receive the subsidy, e.g. for cars of € 12,000 car dealers reaped about 8% of the scrappage prime …
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In this study, the authors have tried to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate profitability. While doing so, they try to generate awareness on the positive role of preventive health care in boosting the corporate...
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in the US. We challenge the long-held belief that BN primarily affects high income White teenagers, using a unique data …; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that … who is diagnosed with an eating disorder is in accord with popular beliefs, suggesting that African American and low-income …
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. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also …
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results show that income, factor endowment, and policy independence are important to explain regional asymmetries between …
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reach the levels of income enjoyed by the richest nations.[...] …
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. This is modified by using tax data to allocate non-wage income across regions. The results suggest that the coefficient of …
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This paper analyzes the impact of IRCA 1986, a U.S. amnesty, on immigrants’human capital development and labor market outcomes. Because of IRCA, the 1975-1981 arrivals were all legalized by 1990. However, many of the 1982-1986 arrivalsremained illegal. Using the California Latino immigrants in...
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examine the relationship between employment, wages and ethnicity in Africa via a case study of Kenya. I challenge the … ethnicity and income. I group the observation into 5 groups that are ranked based on kind of employment and wage. Of the five … sectors the two desirable sectors are Self-employed above median income and Full time employment above median income. I test …
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