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Life expectancy, schooling, and lifetime labor supply : theory and evidence revisited

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2013

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and lifetime labor supply. The results of a simple prototype Ben-Porath model with age-specific survival rates show that an increase in lifetime labor supply is not a necessary, nor a...

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Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia

Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir; Kröger, Antje; … - 2012

This paper summarizes the micro-level survey evidence from Central Asia generated and analyzed between 1991 and 2012. We provide an exhaustive overview over all accessible individual and household-level surveys undertaken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - and...

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Understanding the labour market for older workers : a survey

Heywood, John S.; Siebert, William S. - 2009

The paper asks why retirement can be so abrupt in countries such as France (1/2% of the workforce over 65), yet staged in Japan (8% over 65). We find part of the answer in tax laws that prevent people working and receiving a pension, and make little allowance for fair pension increases if...

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Land inequality, eduction, and marriage : empirical evidence from nineteenth-century Prussia

Cinnirella, Francesco; Hornung, Erik - 2016

inequality and marriage patterns at the county level in nineteenth-century Prussia. Formally the landed elite could have inuenced … not only the labor relations with the peasants but also their marriage decisions. Using cross-sectional as well as panel … analysis we find no evidence that noble landowners directly affected marriage rates. Instead we find a robust negative …

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The ZEW combined microsimulation-CGE model : innovative tool for applied policy analysis

Clauss, Markus; Schubert, Stefanie - 2009

This contribution describes the linkage of microsimulation models and computable general equilibrium (CGE) models using two already established models called “STSM” and “PACE-L” used by the Centre for European Economic Research. This state of the art research method for applied policy...

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Non-unitary models of household behavior : a survey of the literature

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Donni, Olivier - 2009

This article considers non-unitary models of household behavior. These models suppose explicitly that households consist of a number of different members with preferences that are different from each other. They can be split up into two principal categories: cooperative (or collective) models,...

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Active labor market programs : employment gain or fiscal drain?

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - 2012

This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...

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Active labor market programs employment gain or fiscal drain?

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Köttl, Johannes - 2012

This paper provides a new perspective in classifying ALMPs depending on their main objective, also in light of their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide incentives for retaining employment, incentives for...

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Health at work : indicators and determinants ; a revised literature and data review for Germany

Schneider, Julia; Beblo, Miriam - 2010

Die Studie bietet einen Überblick über den Forschungsstand zu Sicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz am Arbeitsplatz (occupational safety and health, OSH) in Deutschland und dient damit als Grundlage für den deutschen Beitrag zum EU Koordinationsprojekt 'An inquiry into health and safety at work: a...

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The causal link between financial incentives and weight loss : an evidence-based survey of the literature

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger - 2011

Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior modification can reduce the problem, instigating such lifestyle changes is an uneasy task. One potential way to reduce the problem is through the use of financial incentives. In this...

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