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How Important Is the Family? Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the USA, Germany, and Denmark

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: Journal of Population Economics 27 (2014) 1, pp. 69-89

in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and USA. The main findings are that family and … community background has a stronger influence on permanent earnings in Germany than in Denmark, and a comparable influence is … found in USA. This holds true for both male and female siblings. A deeper analysis of Germany shows that family background …

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Welfare state transformation between workfare and an enabling state: a comparative analysis

Dingeldey, Irene - 2005

Germany.Empirical findings indeed confirm that all countries implement a mix of workfare and enabling elements although …, Großbritannien und Deutschland begründet.Die empirischen Ergebnisse bestätigen, dass in allen genannten Ländern ein Mix aus …

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Institutional and financial framework for job rotation in nine European countries

Schömann, Klaus; Mytzek, Ralf; Gülker, Silke - 1998

Job rotation as an important element of labour market policy has only a rather short tradition in most Member States of the European Union, except in the scandinavian countries. The transnational partnership job rotation was founded at the end of 1995 and financing for job rotation projects came...

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Gender differences in unemployment insurance coverage: A comparative analysis

Leschke, Janine - 2007

Social insurance systems are known to reproduce gender inequalities in the labour market because they are usually based on 'standard employment contracts' (full-time, permanent, dependent) and often take into account the household constellation through means-testing. Gender inequalities in the...

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Cross-border activities, taxation and the European single market

Bode, Eckhardt; Krieger-Boden, Christiane; Lammers, Konrad - 1994

, Südschleswig) and in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, the border region between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands; cross …

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The structure of income in elderly households and relative poverty rates in Japan from the viewpoint of international comparisons

Murozumi, Masako; Shikata, Masato - 2008

Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone …

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The high-employment route to low inequality

Kenworthy, Lane - 2010

This paper surveys the rise of income inequality in affluent nations. Social programs are critical to keeping inequality in check, but their sustainability is increasingly threatened. A possible solution is high levels of employment.

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Social transfers and income inequality in old-age: A multi-national perspective?

Brown, Robert L.; Prus, Steven G. - 2003

This paper examines variation in old-age income inequality between industrialized nations with modern welfare systems. The analysis of income inequality across countries with different retirement income systems provides a perspective on public pension policy choices and designs and their...

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How Important Is the Family? Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011

earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows …: the importance of family and community background in Germany is higher than in Denmark and comparable to that in the US … to family and community factors shared by brothers while the corresponding estimates are 43 percent in Germany and 45 …

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Gender Wage Differentials: New Cross-Country Evidence

Callan, Tim; Adams, S.; Smith, Nina; Dex, Shirley; … - 1995

studies include Sweden, Australia, Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The article then adjusts wage ratios for …

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