We examine the effect of the first-degree students' employment on the prolongation of their studies. When employing a popular instrumental variable, the regional unemployment rate, we find a negative impact of students' employment on duration of studies. Then, adding a predetermined IV - the...

Overeducation-the situation in which an individual has more schooling than is needed to do one's job-has been researched extensively for nearly three decades, but some major issues in regard to it are still topics of ongoing debate. By using a panel data, that combines a survey of two cohorts of...

Based on data from the two first waves of SHARE- Israel, conducted in 2004-2005 and 2009-2010, this study examines the extent to which individuals moved in or out of paid work and the extent to which these labor market transitions are associated with policy changes introduced in the years...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extract the optimal time allocation of weekly hours among work, sleep, sports, and internet use for 16 different demographic groups.Design/methodology/approach – The agent wishes to minimize the gap between his or her actual and optimal allocation...

This paper focused on estimating the participation rate of care giving to elders. We used a theoretical model frame that was in common use for analyzing activity in the labor market and adjusted it for analyzing the caregiving rate in elders. Using data of the rate of start taking care and the...

Close to five per cent of older Europeans forwent a visit to the doctor in the previous year due to its cost. More than six per cent did without such visits because of lengthy waiting time. Forgone healthcare is related to one's sociodemographic background, social networks, health and financial...

It is a challenging thing to discuss and attempt to draw a connection between the science of economics and the world of psychology. It is a difficult proposition because the underlying conceptual worlds and basic assumptions of each discipline are materially different.The task is much easier to...

The world is aging, and the percentages of older people are on a dramatic ascent. This dramatic demographic aging of human society is not gender neutral; it is mostly about older women. One of the key policy approaches to address the aging revolution is known as “active aging,” crystalized...