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Unequal access to higher education in the Czech Republic: The role of spatial distribution of universities

Franta, Michal; Guzi, Martin - 2012

We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...

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Conflict, food price shocks, and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households

D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012

Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...

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Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? : The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings

Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - 2004

study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …

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Trends in economic research: an international perspective

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …

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Years of schooling, human capital and the body mass index of European females

Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - 2009

We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...

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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2011

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …

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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States

García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012

sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

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The effects of the recent economic crisis on social protection and labour market arrangements across socio-economic groups

Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Matthias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - 2011

The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...

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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe

Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012

mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …

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Books are forever: Early life conditions, education and lifetime income

Brunello, Giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Weiss, Christoph T. - 2012

In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …

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