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The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Voucher-Financed Training

Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015

This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...

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The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Voucher-Financed Training

Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...

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Risky human capital investment, income distribution, and macroeconomic dynamics

Grossmann, Volker - 2003

uninsurable labor income risk, and economic growth in a small open overlapping-generations economy with heterogeneous agents. It … impact of higher inequality on the aggregate human capital stock, and thus, on growth may be positive. This result rests on …

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Risky Human Capital Investment, Income Distribution, and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

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Do rising top incomes lift all boats?

Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - 2010

Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a … top decile's income share is associated with a statistically significant 0.12 point rise in GDP growth during the … inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …

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Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?

Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013

Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2017

Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974–2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the distribution we move, their presence has...

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Lifetime versus annual tax progressivity: Sweden, 1968 - 2009

Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - 2012

This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968-2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...

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Lifetime versus Annual Tax Progressivity: Sweden, 1968–2009

Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968–2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553315