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Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...

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Public-sector outsourcing

Poutvaara, Panu - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

innovation in education, but the picture is ambiguous for health care. Natural monopolies are unsuitable for outsourcing. Network …

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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2014

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...

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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …

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What Is Left to Residual Claimants? : The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 2004

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs … have lower incomes. We also analyze those who changed careers. Those with higher level of education are more likely to …

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004

Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...

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To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription

Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2005

We study the efficiency and distributional consequences of establishing and abolishing the draft in a dynamic model with overlapping generations, taking into account endogenous human capital formation as well as government budget constraints. The introduction of the draft initially benefits the...

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Social security incentives, human capital investment and mobility of labor

Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

country with flat-rate benefits may reduce their investment in education. With suitably planned transfers between the two …

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Student flows and migration: an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2005

as height, IQ, earnings, and education are significant and similar in magnitude to OLS estimates. Our estimates suggest …

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