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A Couples-Based Approach to the Problem of Workless Families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ryan, Chris; Breunig, Robert V. - 2007
The objective of this paper is to evaluate a 'couples-based' policy intervention designed to reduce the number of Australian families with dependent children in which no adult was in paid employment. Selected women on family benefits (who were partnered with men receiving unemployment benefits)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055287
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Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational advantage over their English-speaking background (ESB)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133372
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Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
This paper examines whether men's and women's noncognitive skills influence their occupational attainment and, if so, whether this contributes to the disparity in their relative wages. We find that noncognitive skills have a substantial effect on the probability of employment in many, though not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134538
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Noncognative Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
This paper examines whether men's and women's noncognitive skills influence their occupational attainment and, if so, whether this contributes to the disparity in their relative wages. We find that noncognitive skills have a substantial effect on the probability of employment in many, though not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134557
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
populations, while income differentials are relatively unimportant in understanding the nativity wealth gap. In contrast, the …This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in … Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274301
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 49 (2011) 4, pp. 989-1007
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003453415
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003478418
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
populations, while income differentials are relatively unimportant in understanding the nativity wealth gap. In contrast, the …This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in … Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591820
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Locus of control and job search strategies
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2010
Standard job search theory assumes that unemployed individuals have perfect information about the effect of their search effort on the job offer arrival rate. In this paper, we present an alternative model which assumes instead that each individual has a subjective belief about the impact of his...
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