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Erfolgreich Altern : Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und soziale Ungleichheit haben großen Einfluss
Brandt, Martina; Deindl, Christian; Hank, Karsten - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 7, pp. 11-14
insbesondere dann erfolgversprechend, wenn sie bereits früh im individuellen Lebensverlauf ansetzen. -- successful aging ; later …
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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income
O’Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-20
This paper examines the consequences of using self-reported measures of BMI when estimating the effect of BMI on income for women using both Irish and US data. We find that self-reported BMI is subject to substantial measurement error and that this error deviates from classical measurement...
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Menschen mit hohem Einkommen leben länger
Kroh, Martin; Neiss, Hannes; Kroll, Lars; Lampert, Thomas - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 38, pp. 3-15
education and a physically demanding job appear to have a negative impact on further life expectancy. Even when a wide range of …
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A modified Kakwani measure for health inequality
Fjugushige, Mototsugu; Ishikawa, Noriko; Maekawa, Satoko - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 10, pp. 1-7
We propose simple modifications for the Kakwani tax progressivity measure that make it suitable for evaluating access inequality for medical services. Our modification is to measure inequality using the ratio of the concentration index to the Gini coefficient instead of the difference between...
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How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 9-41
Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty and how improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning...
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School closures in Chile : access to quality alternatives in a school choice system
Elacqua, Gregory; Martínez, Matías; Santos, Humberto; … - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 2, pp. 179-202
; education policy ; school closure …
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Frühe Förderung und Betreuung von Kindern: Bedeutende Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme besonders in den ersten Lebensjahren
Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 17-28
und Kinder von Müttern mit niedrigem Bildungsniveau mit Kindern aus anderen Familien. Es zeigt sich, dass in …Both children and their parents can benefit from early education and child care. We investigate whether the various … mothers with a low level of education with children from other families. The findings show that, with a few exceptions …
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La población dependiente en España : estimación del número y coste global asociado a su cuidado
Albarrán Lozano, Irene; Alonso González, Pablo - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 127-163
This research tries to assess the dependents and Long Term Care costs for next years in Spain. To do this, it has been taken account data from the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status and population forecasts estimated by INE, the legal rules passed between 2006 and 2008, and...
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Old age pensions and retirement in Spain
Vegas Sánchez, Raquel; Argimón, Isabel; Botella, Marta; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 3, pp. 273-307
In this paper we analyze the influence that incentives play in the timing of the transition to retirement in Spain. We use the Continuous Sample of Working Histories 2006 (CSWH “Muestra Continua de Vidas Laborales”, in Spanish) to construct incentive measures from the Social Security...
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Subjective well-being and selected economic, demographic, and job factors in OECD countries
Marilou, Ioakimidis; Kiohos, Apostolos - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 71-81
This study compared 10 economic, demographic, and job factors between happier and less happy OECD countries based upon scores of subjective well-being (SWB), a concept commonly meaning happiness or life satisfaction. In 2009, the scores of residents in the happier OE CD countries were...
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