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region in the World. Expected future levels of education, very young and youth population, youth employment and unemployment …
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, however has not been identified empirically. I suggest that employment during adolescence promotes the formation of character …
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and its effects on youth employment outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Annual data spanning 1995-2017 were obtained … found to have varying significant impact on youth employment in SSA. The policy implication is that to reverse the perennial …
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wages. Moreover, Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions suggest that labour force participation gaps, employment gaps and hourly wage …This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment … outlines why bullying might affect employment outcomes through differences in skills and traits. Using Bivariate and Heckit …
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The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from economists. This paper examines the conditions that need to be met for genetic variants to be used as instruments. We combine the IV literature with that from genetic epidemiology, with an...
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In this work, utilizing yearly variation between biological siblings, we test for a correlation between poor child health and adult household financial behavior, i.e. risky asset market participation. Our results indicate a negative correlation of roughly -11.0 percentage points conditional on...
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In this work, utilizing yearly variation between biological siblings, we test for a correlation between poor child health and adult household financial behavior, i.e. risky asset market participation. Using regression and decomposition techniques, we test if this long reach of child health...
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spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on … control over the profitable employment of their human capital than wage employees. …) constraints faced by entrepreneurs when optimizing the profitable employment of their education. Entrepreneurs have more personal …
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This article documents the long-term relationship among juvenile conviction, occupation choices, employment, wages, and … recidivism. Using data from NLSY97, we document that youths who are convicted at or before age 17 have lower full-time employment … rate and lower wage growth rate even after 10 years into the labor market. Merging the NSLY97 with occupational …
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Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The … informality. This heightens insecurity – by excluding many workers from activation policies or social and employment protection …
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