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Education, unemployment and migration
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - 2007
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264226
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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278806
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Education, unemployment and migration
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - 2009
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions andinterregional migration are … reduceswages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by auniform unemployment compensation, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312101
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Chapter Three. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 95-199). 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025585
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Education, Unemployment and Migration
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - CESifo - 2007
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405804
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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024597
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Education, unemployment and migration
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2009
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions andinterregional migration are … reduceswages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by auniform unemployment compensation, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964363
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The productive city needs both : localization and urbanization economies across spatial scales in the city
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P.; Lundblad, Joakim - 2015 - This version 2015-01-16
propose that specialization and diversity may offer externalities operating at different spatial scales. Using high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482330
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Estimating the external returns to education : evidence from China
Fan, Wen; Ma, Yuanyuan; Wang, Liming - 2015
education in China appear to be zero. We estimate an instrumental variables fixed effects model where share of college graduates … is instrumented by the number of universities with special status and find positive external returns to education of … rural, men, and low-educated workers. This finding provides the motivation for increasing education investment in rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288538
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Measuring externalities in program evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - 2006
. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343252