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Ageing and Skills: A Review and Analysis of Skill Gain and Skill Loss Over the Lifespan and Over Time
Desjardins, Richard; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2012
The relationship between ageing and skills is becoming an important policy issue, not least in the context of … population ageing. Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will potentially add … considerably to the understanding of the relationship between ageing and foundation skills. In particular, the fact that data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308303
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Ageing and Skills: A Review and Analysis of Skill Gain and Skill Loss Over the Lifespan and Over Time
Desjardins, Richard; Warnke, Arne Jonas - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für … - 2012
The relationship between ageing and skills is becoming an important policy issue, not least in the context of … population ageing. Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will potentially add … considerably to the understanding of the relationship between ageing and foundation skills. In particular, the fact that data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957780
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Wage structure differential and disability in Brazil: Underperformance or discrimination?
Castro, Nicole Rennó; Moreira, Gustavo Carvalho; da … - In: EconomiA 20 (2019) 3, pp. 211-228
In 2013, 7.32% of the Brazilian population, or almost 15 million people, declared that they had some disability. Based on empirical evidence, this study sought to answer the following three questions: 1) Are men with disabilities paid less in the Brazilian labor market? 2) If so, is this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013466664
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Breaking Bad : How Health Shocks Prompt Crime
Parise, Gianpaolo; Peijnenburg, Kim; Andersen, Steffen - 2021
We explore the impact of health shocks on criminal behavior. Exploiting variations in the timing of cancer diagnoses …, we find that health shocks elicit an increase in the probability of committing crime by 13%. This response is … repercussions of health shocks are effective at mitigating the ensuing negative externality on society …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239517
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Human Capital Convergence : International Evidence
Sab, Randa; Smith, Stephen C. - 2021
In the growth literature, evidence on income convergence is mixed. In the development literature, health and education … indicators are also often used. This study examines whether health and education levels are converging across countries and … human capital convergence. The results confirm that investments in education and health are closely linked. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317934
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Wage structure differential and disability in Brazil : underperformance or discrimination?
Castro, Nicole Rennó; Moreira, Gustavo Carvalho; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 3, pp. 211-228
In 2013, 7.32% of the Brazilian population, or almost 15 million people, declared that they had some disability. Based on empirical evidence, this study sought to answer the following three questions: 1) Are men with disabilities paid less in the Brazilian labor market? 2) If so, is this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171116
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Human Capital Convergence : A Joint Estimation Approach
Sab, Randa; Smith, Stephen C. - 2010
literature, health and education indicators are often used to measure countries' development progress. This study examines … whether average stocks of health and education are converging across countries and calculates the speed of their convergence … capital convergence. The results confirm that investments in education and health are closely linked. The study finds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205998
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Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - In: Contemporary economics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 25-46
age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403909
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch hunger winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert S.; van den Berg, Gerard; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial dermacations are clear, it was severe, it was anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321129
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch Hunger Winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282563