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The role of marriage in the causal pathway from economic conditions early in life to mortality
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Gupta, Sumedha - 2011
This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality … indicators of earlylife conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality … important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009388838
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Being born under adverse economic conditions leads to a higher cardiovascular mortality rate in life : evidence based on inidviduals born at different stages of the business cycle
Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor);  … - 2008
the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual … negative effect of economic conditions early in life on the individual CV mortality rate at higher ages. There is no effect on … the cancer-specific mortality rate. From variation within and between monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs born under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003736752
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Matching estimators for the effect of a treatment on survival times
DeLuna, Xavier (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003405672
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Inequality in individual mortality and economic conditions earlier in life
Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003426483
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An econometric analysis of the mental-health effects of major events in the life of older individuals
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; Berg, Gerard J. … - 2002
Major events in the life of an older individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. For example, the individual may enter a prolonged depression. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572943
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Recruitment to sheltered employment : evidence from Samhall, a Swedish state-owned company
Skedinger, Per; Widerstedt, Barbro - 2003
This paper analyses recruitment practices to Samhall, a state-owned company that provides sheltered employment for individuals with severe work disabilities. Besides providing employment for disabled workers and rehabilitating them to employment outside Samhall, the company is expected to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574916
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Active labour market policies and real-wage determination : Swedish evidence
Forslund, Anders; Kolm, Ann-Sofie - 2000 - This version: November 2000
A number of earlier studies have examined whether extensive labour market programmes (ALMPs) contribute to upward wage pressure in the Swedish economy. Most studies on aggregate data have concluded that they actually do. In this paper we look at this issue using more recent data to check whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574932
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Policy programmes only for a few? : participation in labour market programmes among Swedish disabled workers
Melkersson, Maria - 1999
In a large sample of Swedish unemployed disabled workers, the workers participate in between zero and ten policy programmes during their unemployment spell. Clustering of programmes to about half of the sample is prominent. The number of programmes is modelled as a standard count data model, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574937
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Competition between employed and unemployed job applicants : Swedish evidence
Eriksson, Stefan; Lagerström, Jonas - 2004
We use the Swedish Job Applicant Database to empirically investigate whether being unemployed per se reduces the probability to get contacted by a firm. This database contains personal characteristics and preferences over the type of job the applicant wants to find. The data is submitted both by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574948
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Labor market programs, the discouraged-worker effect, and labor force participation
Johansson, Kerstin - 2002
panel data (1986-1998) for Sweden's municipalities. The results indicate that labor market programs have relatively large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574970