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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997-2008

García-Fernández, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-15, pp. 1-40

In this paper we study income polarization by first comparing the efficiency of two statistical models to identify the number of poles in the income distribution empirically. The statistical models used are a multi-resolution analysis (MRA) and a log-normal approach (LNA). We then apply the...

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Assortative preferences in choice of major

Aydede, Yigit - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 6, pp. 1-25

2011 National Household Survey from Canada, the results show that children's choice of field of study exhibits significant …

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Testing a conditional cash transfer program in the US: The effects of the family rewards program in New York City

Miller, Cynthia; Riccio, James; Verma, Nandita; Nuñez, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-29

Family Rewards represents the first test of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in the U.S., offering families incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program led to substantial...

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Demographic changes, educational improvements, and earnings in Brazil and Mexico

Amaral, Ernesto F. L.; Queiroz, Bernardo L.; Calazans, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 4 (2015) 23, pp. 1-21

male workers in Brazil and Mexico. Our analysis takes into account demographic, educational, and economic variations within … each country over time, using Demographic Censuses microdata from Brazil and Mexico. Results suggest that demographic and … countries. Moreover, in Brazil and Mexico, these effects are observed throughout the income distribution, contrary to what is …

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?

Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher earnings, even for locals with relatively little...

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?

Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may exceed individual benefits. Research finds that higher average education levels in an area are correlated with higher earnings, even for local residents with minimal education....

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A new approach to measuring economic policy shocks, with an application to conventional and unconventional monetary policy

Inoue, Atsushi; Rossi, Barbara - In: Quantitative Economics 12 (2021) 4, pp. 1085-1138

We propose a new approach to analyze economic shocks. Our new procedure identifies economic shocks as exogenous shifts in a function; hence, we call them "functional shocks." We show how to identify such shocks and how to trace their effects in the economy via VARs using "VARs with functional...

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Wohlbefinden von Familien in Zeiten von Corona: Eltern mit jungen Kindern am stärksten beeinträchtigt

Huebener, Mathias; Spieß, Christa Katharina; Siegel, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 87 (2020) 30/31, pp. 527-537

Die zur Eindämmung des Corona-Virus angesetzten Maßnahmen brachten große Einschränkungen des alltäglichen Lebens mit sich. Vielfach wurde öffentlich diskutiert, inwiefern diese Einschnitte das Wohlbefinden der Bevölkerung, insbesondere das von Eltern, beeinflusst haben. Bisher gibt es...

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Parental well-being in times of Covid-19 in Germany

Huebener, Matthias; Waights, Sevrin; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - In: Review of Economics of the Household 19 (2021) 1, pp. 91-122

We examine the effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of day care center and school closures, which may be regarded as a “disruptive exogenous shock” to family life. We make use of a novel...

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Adult literacy programs in developing countries

Blunch, Niels-Hugo - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

health, household income, and labor market participation by enhancing participants’ health knowledge and income …

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