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Compression of morbidity and the labor supply of older people

Romeu Gordo, Laura - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006

"This paper tests whether there is evidence of compression of morbidity using data from the American Health and Retirement Study and analyzes the effects of this on the labor supply of older people. We find younger cohorts to suffer less from functional problems than older cohorts at given ages....

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Inequality and the (self-)selection of international migrants : theory and novel evidence

Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cecily - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007

"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the inequality of earnings and income levels. In an extended version of the Roy-model we consider migration costs, which tend to grow less than proportional with the income level. As a...

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The acceptability of layoffs and pay cuts : comparing North America with Germany

Gerlach, Knut; Levine, David; Stephan, Gesine; Struck, Olaf - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006

"Substantial evidence shows that North Americans are generally more accepting of the market than Europeans and attribute market outcomes to a larger degree to effort or skill. This article discusses the perceived fairness of layoffs and pay cuts in North America and Germany. We expect North...

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The time trend in the matching function

Poeschel, Friedrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012

"We revisit the puzzling finding that labour market performance appears to deteriorate, as suggested by negative time trends in empirical matching functions. We investigate whether these trends simply arise from omitted variable bias. Concretely, we consider the omission of job seekers beyond...

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Immigrant status and cognitive functioning in late-life: An examination of gender variations in the healthy immigrant effect

Hill, Terrence D.; Angel, Jacqueline L.; Balistreri, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2076-2084

to assess variations in cognitive functioning trajectories by nativity status and age at migration to the U.S.A. among …

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Neighborhood poverty, park use, and park-based physical activity in a Southern California city

Cohen, Deborah A.; Han, Bing; Derose, Kathryn Pitkin; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2317-2325

A rich literature indicates that individuals of lower socio-economic status engage in less leisure time physical activity than individuals of higher socio-economic status. However, the source of the difference is believed to be, in part, due to differential access to resources that support...

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More than culture: Structural racism, intersectionality theory, and immigrant health

Viruell-Fuentes, Edna A.; Miranda, Patricia Y.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2099-2106

Explanations for immigrant health outcomes often invoke culture through the use of the concept of acculturation. The over reliance on cultural explanations for immigrant health outcomes has been the topic of growing debate, with the critics’ main concern being that such explanations obscure...

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Ethnic density effects on health and experienced racism among Caribbean people in the US and England: A cross-national comparison

Bécares, Laia; Nazroo, James; Jackson, James; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2107-2115

Studies indicate an ethnic density effect, whereby an increase in the proportion of racial/ethnic minority people in an area is associated with reduced morbidity among its residents, though evidence is varied. Discrepancies may arise due to differences in the reasons for and periods of...

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The relationship between height and neighborhood context across racial/ethnic groups: A multi-level analysis of the 1999–2004 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...

Do, D. Phuong; Watkins, Daphne C.; Hiermeyer, Martin; … - In: Economics & Human Biology 11 (2013) 1, pp. 30-41

While a growing literature has documented a link between neighborhood context and health outcomes, little is known about the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and height. Using individual data from the 1999-2004 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey merged with...

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On the transmission of economic fluctuations from the USA to EU-15 (1960–2011)

Michaelides, Panayotis G.; Papageorgiou, Theofanis - In: Journal of Economics and Business 64 (2012) 6, pp. 427-438

checks for synchronization between the USA and the EU-15 economies tracing the timing pattern and the magnitude of the … synchronization. It identifies and estimates the link between GDP fluctuations in the USA and the EU-15. In particular, it shows that … there is a strong relationship between GDP fluctuations in the USA and the EU-15 in the 1960–2011 time span, which fully …

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