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How self-sorting affects migrants’ labour market outcomes
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian - 2017
significantly more likely to be either out of work or overqualified and low-paid in high-benefit countries. Wage compression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823625
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Do labor market institutions influence suicide mortality? : an international panel data analysis
Breuer, Christian; Rottmann, Horst - 2014
relatively strict employment protection regulations have a positive influence on suicide mortality. These findings indicate that …We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375378
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Anomie or imitation? : the Werther effect of celebrity suicides on suicide rates in 34 OECD countries, 1960-2014
Lutter, Mark; Roex, Karlijn L. A.; Tisch, Daria - 2018
suicides on a general population's suicide rate. This study presents a new approach to empirically disentangle both mechanisms … unexpectedly from causes other than suicide (accidents, illnesses, alcohol abuse). Based on language and page-link data from 3 …,855 Wikipedia pages of 495 celebrities who committed suicide between 1960 and 2014, we measure the status a celebrity has in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847644
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Current and past trends in physical activity in four OECD countries : empirical results from time use surveys in Canada, France, Germany and the United States
Graf, Sahara; Cecchini, Michele - 2019
Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours have been rising throughout the OECD in recent decades. Lack of physical activity and excessive sedentary behaviour are well-known risk factors for non-communicable diseases, such as heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis. As such,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136141
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Is the Health Care Price Inflation in US Urban Areas Stationary? Evidence from Panel Unit Root Tests
Murthy, N.R. Vasudeva - 2018
rates in the USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915522
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Health Care Spending Growth Has Slowed : Will the Bend in the Curve Continue?
Smith, Sheila; Newhouse, Joseph P.; Cuckler, Gigi - 2023
Over 2009-2019 the seemingly inexorable rise in health care’s share of GDP markedly slowed, both in the US and elsewhere. To address whether this slowdown represents a reduced steady-state growth rate or just a temporary pause we specify and estimate a decomposition of health care spending...
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Basic reading and mathematics skills and the labour market outcomes of young people : evidence from PISA and linked administrative data
Meehan, Lisa; Pacheco, Gail; Schober, Thomas - 2023
This paper uses Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data linked to administrative data to track the educational and labour market outcomes of young people. Students with lower skills have lower rates of participation in further education. While men with low skills out-earn...
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Vocational vs. general education and employment over the life-cycle : new evidence from PIAAC
Hampf, Franziska; Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544338
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Vocational vs. general education and employment over the life-cycle : new evidence from PIAAC
Hampf, Franziska; Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571978
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Looking inside the perpetual-motion machine : job and worker flows in OECD countries
Bassanini, Andrea; Marianna, Pascal - 2009
There is an increasing interest in the process of job creation and destruction as well of hirings and separations. Many studies suggest that idiosyncratic firm-level characteristics shape both job and worker flows in a similar way in all countries. Others argue that cross-country differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901189