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Genetic markers as instrumental variables: An application to child fat mass and academic achievement

von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie; Smith, George Davey - 2010

The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from economists. This paper examines the conditions that need to be met for genetic variants to be used as instruments. We combine the IV literature with that from genetic epidemiology, with an...

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Genetic markers as instrumental variables: an application to child fat mass and academic achievement

Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie von; Smith, George Davey - 2010

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The impact of working conditions onmental health : novel evidence from the UK

Belloni, Michele; Carrino, Ludovico; Meschi, Elena - 2022

This paper investigates the causal impact of working conditions on mental health in the UK, combining new comprehensive longitudinal data on working conditions from the European Working Condition Survey with microdata from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (Understanding Society). Our...

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The Impact of Working Conditions on Mental Health : Novel Evidence from the UK

Belloni, Michele; Carrino, Ludovico; Meschi, Elena - 2022

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Employee Training and Wage Dispersion : White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain

Almeida-Santos, Filipe - 2010

We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for … not. Using decomposition analysis, training is found to be positively associated with wage dispersion: a virtuous circle … of wage gains and training exists in Britain but only for white-collar employees …

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Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain

Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Mumford, Karen - 2021

We use British household panel data to explore the wage returns to training incidence and intensity (duration) for 6924 … further conclude that training is positively associated with wage dispersion in Britain and a virtuous circle of wage gains …

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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : A New Employment Series for the US, Canada, and the UK

Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....

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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?

Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?

Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

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Intergenerational residence patterns and COVID-19 fatalities in the EU and the US

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020

We study how patterns of intergenerational residence possibly influence fatalities from Covid-19. We use aggregate data on Covid-19 deaths, the share of young adults living with their parents, and a number of other statistics, for the 27 countries in the European Union, the UK, and all US...

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