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Poverty and income maintenance in old age: A cross-national view of low income older women
Smeeding, Timothy M.; Sandstrom, Susanna - 2005
Great strides have been made in reducing poverty amongst the elderly in most rich countries over the past forty years. But pensioner poverty has not been eradicated, especially in the English-speaking nations. Poverty rates amongst older women are much higher than those for older men and much...
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Methoden der Steuerschätzung im internationalen Vergleich
Büttner, Thiess; Kauder, Björn - 2008
Über die Methoden, die in anderen Industriestaaten bei der Steuerschätzung angewandt werden, ist in Deutschland sehr … der Erstellung eines Gutachtens zum Thema "Methoden der Steuerschätzung im internationalen Vergleich" beauftragt. Im … Ergebnis zeigte der Vergleich der Methoden der Steuerschätzung eine Reihe von Unterschieden zwischen den Praktiken der Länder …
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Gender, household and individual income in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA and the UK
Rake, Katherine; Daly, Mary - 2002
This paper examines gender differentials in the resources of households and individuals across seven welfare states. In its first part, it asks whether female-headed households can secure a living income without recourse to either the state or the income of a male partner. It then steps inside...
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
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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 … 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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Sliding into poverty? Cross-national patterns of income source change and income decay in old age
Williamson, James; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2004
In this article we examine the change in the mix of income and benefits that older adults receive as they age, with a focus on older women. Our study is a crossnational comparison of five OECD countries using the Luxemburg Income Study database. We investigate the change of private income and...
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Internationaler Vergleich der Systeme zur Besteuerung der Land- und Forstwirtschaft
Parsche, Rüdiger; Haug, Peter; Marcelo, Antonio; Nam, … - 2001
Due to its overwhelming significance among taxes on earnings in the agricultural and forestry sector, the analyses are primarily concentrated on the international comparison of effective income tax burden in the selected EU Member States as well as Canada, the United States and Japan. In this...
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"Beauty is the promise of happiness"?
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Abrevaya, Jason - 2011
We measure the impact of individuals' looks on their life satisfaction or happiness. Using five data sets from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, we construct beauty measures in different ways that allow putting a lower bound on the true effects of beauty on happiness. Personal beauty...
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The effect of Kyoto emission targets on domestic CO2 emissions: A synthetic control approach
Almer, Christian; Winkler, Ralph - 2012
We use recent developments in the empirics of comparative case studies to analyze the effect of binding emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol on the development of CO2 emissions of seven major Annex B countries. In particular, we investigate whether committing to a specific greenhouse gas...
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
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