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Does physical capacity explain the height premium?

Böckerman, Petri; Johansson, Edvard; Kiiskinen, Urpo; … - 2010

The paper examines the role of physical capacity in the determination of the height premium by using the “Health 2000 in Finland” data that contain both self-reported information on the physical strenuousness of work, and information on muscle mass from medical examinations. Our results show...

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Työhyvinvointi kannattaa. Työolot, työtyytyväisyys ja tuottavuus

Petri, Böckerman; Pekka, Ilmakunnas - 2020

Tämän raportin tarkoituksena on koota yhteen tuloksia tutkimuksistamme, joissa on tarkasteltu yhdistettyjen aineistojen avulla työolojen vaikutuksia muun muassa työntekijöiden kokemaan hyvinvointiin, työntekijöiden vaihtuvuuteen, tuottavuuteen ja eläköitymiseen. Työoloja ja niiden...

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Stature and life-time labor market outcomes: Accounting for unobserved differences

Bockerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - 2012

We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of height on life-time labor market outcomes. The use of twin data allows us to remove otherwise unobserved ability and other differences. The twin pair difference estimates from...

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The crisis of the social democratic movement

Mavrozacharakis, Emmanouil - 2022

The financial collapse of 2007, the accompanying refugee crisis, the health crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic have all played their part in the current gloomy political climate. The left lacks a clear message or strategy to improve the lives of ordinary people. The emphasis on austerity and...

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AIDS Mortality and its Effect on the Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa

Chicoine, Luke - 2012

This paper investigates how HIV/AIDS has impacted the labor market in South Africa, focusing on its effect on wages and employment. This is done by matching individual level data with group specific cumulative AIDS mortality rates. Exploiting the panel nature of the data, I remove individuals...

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Identity matters: inter- and intra-racial disparity and labor market outcomes

Mason, Patrick L. - 2009

Standard analysis of racial inequality incorporates racial classification as an exogenous binary variable. This approach obfuscates the importance of racial self-identity and clouds our ability to understand the relative importance of unobserved productivity-linked attributes versus market...

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Culture matters: America’s African Diaspora and labor market outcomes

Mason, Patrick - 2009

) persistent racial wage and employment effects between both native and immigrant African Americans and whites, 2) limited … ethnicity effects among African Americans, 3) diverse employment and wage effects among native and immigrant African Americans …, 4) intra-racial wage penalties (premiums) for immigrant (native) African Americans, and 5) evidence of relatively higher …

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Task Specialization, Wage, and Immigration in Canada

Jiang, Shiyu - 2020

in the share of immigrant workers in the labormarket. Using a regression model, I estimate compensations for …

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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...

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Stereotypes, segregation, and ethnic inequality

Yuki, Kazuhiro - 2012

Disparities in economic outcomes among different ethnic, racial, or religious groups continue to be serious concerns in most economies. Relative economic standings of different groups are rather persistent, although some groups initially in disadvantaged positions successfully caught up with...

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