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Books are forever : early life conditions, education and lifetime earnings in Europe
Brunello, Giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Weiss, Christoph T. - 2012
We estimate the effect of education on lifetime income in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals who lived in rural or urban areas during childhood and between individuals who had access to many or few books at age ten. We instrument years of education using reforms of compulsory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009532214
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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 who lived in rural or urban areas during childhood and between individuals who had access to many or few books at age ten. We instrument years of education using reforms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533418
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Labour market institutions and the double dividend hypothesis : an application of the WARM model
Brunello, Giorgio - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000910529
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Why do students expect to stay longer in college? : evidence from Europe
Brunello, Giorgio; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2002
We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415265
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Is childcare bad for the mental health of grandparents? : evidence from SHARE
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2016
We estimate the causal effects of regular and occasional grandchild care on the depression of grandmothers and grandfathers, using data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and an instrumental variables strategy which exploits the variation in the timing of interviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497179
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Attitudes towards immigrants, other integration barriers, and their veracity
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Purpose -- The purpose of this paper is to study opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528230
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Market failures and the under-provision of training
Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria - 2004
This paper reviews both the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical evidence in support of the under-provision of training. While there is little if any evidence in support of underprovision because of liquidity constraints to the demand side of the market, there is evidence that employers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451049
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Education as a tool for the economic integration of migrants
De Paola, Maria; Brunello, Giorgio - 2016
We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are – on average – slightly less educated than native individuals, there is a large heterogeneity across countries. We discuss evidence on student performance in international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455647
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Skill shortages and skill mismatch in Europe : a review of the literature
Brunello, Giorgio; Wruuck, Patricia; Maurin, Laurent - 2019
, including how responsibilities for skill development can best be shared and what role EU policies can play to better address …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001880
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EU Mobility
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Kahanec, Martin; Haas, Jasmina - 2017
The free movement of people and of workers (intra EU mobility) is one of the corner-stones of the EU. It has … overwhelmingly benefitted the citizens of the EU member states both in the countries of work and in the countries of origin. Earlier … and large refuted. At the same time, EU mobility policies still need a significant deepening and upgrading, to deal with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011614195