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Labour outcomes and family background : evidence from the EU during the recession
Avram, Silvia; Cantó-Sánchez, Olga - 2017
Using EU-SILC data for 2005 and 2011, we compare the role of family background on labour outcomes in three EU countries that experienced large swings in unemployment during this period. We use a multidimensional family background indicator that avoids undesirable cohort effects. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764243
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The Impact of Education on Political Ideology : Evidence from European Compulsory Education Reforms
Meyer, Andrew - 2016
Previous research documents a correlation between education and political ideology, usually indicating a positive relationship between education and left-wing political views. In this paper, I examine to what extent this association is causal. I merge political ideology data from 25 waves of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125558
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The employment effects of the disability education gap in Europe
Albinowski, Maciej; Magda, Iga; Rozszczypała, Agata - 2023
European Union. We use the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for 2011-2019. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013542843
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Female neighbors, test scores, and careers
Goulas, Sofoklis; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Zhang, Yi - 2022
How much does your neighbor impact your test scores and career? In this paper, we examine how an observable characteristic of same-age neighbors-their gender-affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013457690
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Female neighbors, test scores, and careers
Goulas, Sofoklis; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Zhang, Yi - 2022
How much does your neighbor impact your test scores and career? In this paper, we examine how an observable characteristic of same-age neighbors - their gender - affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in the gender composition of local cohorts at birth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013459817
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The Employment Effects of the Disability Education Gap in Europe
Albinowski, Maciej; Magda, Iga; Rozszczypała, Agata - 2023
European Union. We use the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for 2011-2019. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261575
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The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling in Europe. A New IV Approach
Havari, Enkelejda; Savegnago, Marco - 2015
This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014150711
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The Causal Effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling in Europe. A New IV Approach
Havari, Enkelejda; Savegnago, Marco - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014145725
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Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy : Big Data on Income Volatility
Farrell, Diana - 2017
October 2012 and September 2015 to describe the key sources of income volatility among U.S. individuals and the size and … growth of the Online Platform Economy. Our findings on income volatility are fourfold. First, while income volatility was …, contributing 14 percent of the month-to-month volatility in labor income.To examine the Online Platform Economy, we assembled the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963875
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Staying Down with the Joneses : Neighbourhood Differences in the Well-being Effects of Unemployment
Howley, Peter; Knight, Sarah - 2019
Previous research has demonstrated that unemployment has an adverse effect on mental well-being but that peer effects as captured by the unemployment of neighbours can moderate these negative impacts. The idea being that contact with others who are also unemployed can help the unemployed feel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033646