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Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

Abe, Yukiko (contributor); Chuma, Hiroyuki (contributor); … - 2007

the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan. After … variety of individual topics. Chapters delve into issues of youth employment, participatory employment, information sharing … valuable mass of empirical data on some of the most notable employment and benefits issues in each nation, information that …

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Rising educational gradients in mortality: The role of behavioral risk factors

Cutler, David M.; Lange, Fabian; Meara, Ellen; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1174-1187

The long-standing inverse relationship between education and mortality strengthened substantially at the end of the 20th century. This paper examines the reasons for this increase. We show that behavioral risk factors are not of primary importance. Smoking declined more for the better educated,...

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Evidence for Significant Compression of Morbidity In the Elderly U.S. Population

Cutler, David M.; Ghosh, Kaushik; Landrum, Mary Beth - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

The question of whether morbidity is being compressed into the period just before death has been at the center of health debates in the United States for some time. Compression of morbidity would lead to longer life but less rapid medical spending increases than if life extension were...

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When Does Education Matter? The Protective Effect of Education for Cohorts Graduating in Bad Times

Cutler, David M.; Huang, Wei; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Using Eurobarometer data, we document large variation across European countries in education gradients in income, self-reported health, life satisfaction, obesity, smoking and drinking. While this variation has been documented previously, the reasons why the effect of education on income, health...

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The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto

Cutler, David M.; Glaeser, Edward L.; Vigdor, Jacob L. - 1999

This paper examines segregation in American cities from 1890 to 1990. From 1890 to 1940, ghettos were born as blacks migrated to urban areas and cities developed vast expanses filled with almost entirely black housing. From 1940 to 1970, black migration continued and the physical areas of the...

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