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Consumer bankruptcy is one of the largest social insurance programs in the United States, but little is known about its impact on debtors. We use 500,000 bankruptcy filings matched to administrative tax and foreclosure data to estimate the impact of Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection on subsequent...
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share of the link is explained by education attainments and co-morbid health conditions and behaviors. The results also show …
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heterogeneity regarding non-monetary job characteristics and trade-offs between wage and non-monetary job characteristics. Using … characteristics and the trade-offs between wage and non-monetary job characteristics. We also find positive interaction effects … between wage and other job characteristics. We further analyze which factors are associated with effect heterogeneity. Working …
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, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence … significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties … are associated with lower productivity, primarily in terms of health. We find no evidence of discrimination. …
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variation in the test score convergence across states and racial convergence in measures of health and hospital access in the … earnings gaps match those in early life health and test scores already established. It also addresses caveats in the earlier …
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variation in the test score convergence across states and racial convergence in measures of health and hospital access in the … earnings gaps match those in early life health and test scores already established. It also addresses caveats in the earlier …
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, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence … significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties … are associated with lower productivity, primarily in terms of health. We find no evidence of discrimination. …
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In 2015, Germany introduced a statutory hourly minimum wage that was not only universally binding but also set at a … relatively high level. We discuss the short-run effects of this new minimum wage on a wide set of socio-economic outcomes, such … as employment and working hours, earnings and wage inequality, dependent and self-employment, as well as reservation …
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the variance of log earnings into the variances of hours, wage rates and their covariance, and decompositions based on …
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