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Does Marriage Make People Happy,Or Do Happy People Get Married?
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich> - 2004
This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-beingin a longitudinal data set … spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likelyfor marriage and that there are large differences in … the benefits from marriage between couples.Potential, as well as actual, division of labor seems to contribute to spouses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868513
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Family Bargaining and Taxes:A Prolegomenon to the Analysis of Joint Taxation
Pollak, Robert A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins byreviewing unitary and bargaining models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses thedeterminants of "bargaining power" in a world without taxes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861560
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Gender Differentials Among German Apprentices: Some Evidence for Wages, Skill Use and Skill Formation
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2005
This paper investigates gender differentials in the aftermath of vocational training in Germany. The study documents the existence of substantial gender wage gaps for the homogeneous group of individuals with completed apprenticeship training. Evidence is presented that the gender differential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005853934
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Exploring the RelationshipBetween Scientist Human Capitaland Firm Performance: The Case of Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurs in the SBIR Program
Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim> - 2007
Do academic scientists bring valuable human capital to the companies they found or join? If so, what are the particular skills that compose their human capital and how are these skills related to firm performance? This paper examines these questions using a particular group of academic...
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The Economics of Language : An Introduction and Overview
Chiswick, Barry R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...
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Training Participation of an Aging Workforce in an Internal Labor Market
Pfeifer, Christian; Janssen, Simon; Yang, Philip; … - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010
We use a long panel data set for four entry cohorts into an internal labor market toanalyze the effect of age on the probability to participate in different training measures.We find that training participation probabilities are inverted u-shaped with age and thatlonger training measures are...
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R&D-based Growth in the Post-modern Era
Strulik, Holger; Prettner, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011
Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivitygrowth is positively correlated with population size or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302604
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Informal Workers Across Europe:Evidence from 30 Countries
Hazans, Mihails - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
The European Social Survey data are used to analyze informal employment at the main jobin 30 countries. Overall, informality decreases from South to West to East to North. However,dependent work without contract is more prevalent in Eastern Europe than in the West,except for Ireland, the UK and...
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Human Capital and Career Success:Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Frederiksen, Anders; Kato, Takao - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Denmark’s registry data provide accurate and complete career history data along withdetailed personal characteristics (e.g., education, gender, work experience, tenure andothers) for the population of Danish workers longitudinally. By using such data from 1992 to2002, we provide rigorous...
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China’s Latent Human Capital Investment:Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educationalachievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as aneconomic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable achievements ineducation as well as its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360530