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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
-life health ; childhood conditions ; social inequality ; SHARELIFE …
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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
statistical correlation between income and life expectancy presents a challenge to those responsible for health policy in the … those from affluent households, reform of occupational safety standards and improvements in the promotion of health in the … workplace would make sense, as would behavior-related preventive measures and tailored health information campaigns that focus …
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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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A modified Kakwani measure for health inequality
Fjugushige, Mototsugu; Ishikawa, Noriko; Maekawa, Satoko - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 10, pp. 1-7
decomposition method using expenditure components and provide an empirical example with Japanese data. -- health inequality …
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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition
Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
Industrial decline and restructuring in the transition economies presents a prime example of the relationship between changes in aggregate economic indicators and underlying microeconomic adjustments. This paper employs matched labor force survey data to focus on the magnitude and determinants...
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The future of retirement and the pension system : how the public’s expectations vary over time and across socio-economic groups
Bissonnette, Luc; Soest, Arthur van - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
security benefits, and the average retirement age ten or twenty years from now. We find significant variation in expectations …
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The German labor market after the Great Recession : successful reforms and future challenges
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...
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Erwerbsminderungsrentner : sinkende Leistungen und wachsende Einkommensunterschiede im Alter
Krause, Peter; Erhlich, Ulrike; Möhring, Katja - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 24, pp. 3-9
have reached the statutory retirement age. …
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Pension reform in Chile : a difference in difference matching estimation
Encina, Jenny - In: Estudios de economía 40 (2013) 1, pp. 81-95
The present paper estimates the effect over participation outcomes of the new reform to the pension system made in Chile in 2008, using a difference in difference matching estimation. The main results found that the treated group shows a higher withdrawal from the labor market and that they...
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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 … incentives and other socio-economic variables on the retirement hazard of men aged between 60 and 70, using a duration model to … significant role in retirement decisions, but that, after the reform, the latter effects become less important. …
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