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Inequality in Socio-Emotional Skills : A Cross-Cohort Comparison

Attanasio, Orazio - 2020

significant predictors of health and health behaviours. Our results show the importance of formally testing comparability of … accumulation of health and human capital across the life course …

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Are Covid Fatalities in the Us Higher than in the EU, and If so, Why?

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa - 2020

, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract COVID. We construct comparable measures of the incidence of the COVID …, and political factors (but not health-policy related factors) we find that fatalities at 100 days since onset are 1 ….3 % higher in a US state than in an EU country. The US/EU gap disappears when we take account of health-policy related factors …

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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality : A Comparative Study for Britain and France

Bryson, Alex - 2017

Using linked employer-employee data from two comparable surveys this article examines the links between non-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The results show that job quality is better in Britain than...

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Does Management Matter in Schools?

Bloom, Nicholas - 2014

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...

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Managerial Practices and Students' Performance

Di Liberto, Adriana - 2014

We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries.We find substantial heterogeneity in...

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The Productivity Impact of R&D Investment : A Comparison between the EU and the US

Castellani, Davide - 2016

Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...

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Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts

Nieuwenhuis, Jaap - 2017

lead to a vicious circle of segregation for low income groups, where it is difficult to undertake both upward social …

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What Has Been Happening to UK Income Inequality Since the Mid-1990s? Answers from Reconciled and Combined Household Survey and Tax Return Data

Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2016

Estimates of UK income inequality trends differ substantially according to whether estimates are based on household … marked increase in income inequality in the early 2000s that survey-based estimates do not reveal, and our conclusions are … robust to changes in the definitions of income, income-sharing unit, and summary inequality measure. In addition, our …

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The Effect of Family Structure on Parents' Child Care Time in the United States and the United Kingdom

Kalenkoski, Charlene M. - 2006

that single parents in both countries spend more time in child care than married or cohabiting parents. There are … differences, however, in market work with single parents in the U.S. working more than other parents and single parents in the U …

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Examining the Determinants of Agency Work : Do Family Friendly Practices Play a Role?

Heywood, John S. - 2006

This paper uses establishment data to estimate the determinants of using agency workers. It contends that those employers with less ability to direct effort of core workers are more likely to use agency workers to meet uncertain labor demand. Family friendly practices are viewed as either...

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