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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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. Our data set can be used to capture the recent trend in women's brain drain and to analyze its causes and consequences for … developing countries. We show that women represent an increasing share of the OECD immigration stock and exhibit relatively … educational attainment at origin. Equating women's and men's access to education would probably reduce gender differences in the …
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In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages...
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important for analyzing women's post-school human capital accumulation, residual wage inequality, and the gender pay gap …
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This paper responds to recent calls to study the role that board gender diversity plays in shaping corporate responses to climate change. It examines whether female board representation is associated with greater climate change innovation and whether its effect is determined by the presence of a...
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daughters, as having children under five is found to be negatively associated with the participation of women in formal …
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In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632171