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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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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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Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

variables (average age, average mother's education) have little impact on the outcomes of teenagers. …

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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be

Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2003

Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as...

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Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers

Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 2008

estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several …

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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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The effect of labor market shocks across the life cycle

Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2021

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The effect of labor market shocks across the life cycle

Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2021

Adverse economic shocks occur frequently and may cause individuals to reevaluate key life decisions in ways that have lasting consequences for themselves and the economy. These life decisions are fundamentally tied to specific periods of an individual's career, and economic shocks may therefore...

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Decomposing migrant self-selection : education, occupation, and unobserved abilities

Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2023

Statistics Finland. We analyze emigration events lasting at least five years and decompose migrant self-selection into education … positively self-selected in terms of education and earnings. We also find strong evidence of sorting: men who emigrate outside …

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The effect of labor market shocks across the life cycle

Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2022

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