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Policies for young adults with reduced work capacity : labour market impact in Sweden and Norway
Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Hardoy, Inés; Simson, … - 2022
The rising numbers of young people with disability pension concerns many advanced economies. We present results from a …
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A creepy world
Sornette, Didier; Cauwels, Peter - 2013
Using the mechanics of creep in material sciences as a metaphor, we present a general framework to understand the evolution of financial, economic and social systems and to construct scenarios for the future. In a nutshell, highly non-linear out-of-equilibrium systems subjected to exogenous...
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Financial bubbles : mechanisms and diagnostics
Sornette, Didier; Cauwels, Peter - 2014
Financial bubbles are subject to debate and controversy. However, they are not well understood and are hardly ever characterised specifically, especially ex ante. We define a bubble as a period of unsustainable growth, when the price of an asset increases ever more quickly, in a series of...
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Can immigrants insure against shocks as well as the native-born?
Islam, Asad; Stillman, Steven; Worswick, Christopher - 2016
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Dynamics in health and employment : evidence from Indonesia
Mani, Subha; Mitra, Sophie; Sambamoorthi, Usha - 2016
This paper examines the consequences of disability, identifying for the first time, the separate impacts of onsets and … recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia. …
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Essays in labor economics and the economics of education
Thiemann, Petra - 2015
Diese Dissertation besteht aus fünf Aufsätzen aus den Bereichen Arbeitsmarkt- und Bildungsökonomie. Das Ziel der Dissertation ist es, ein Verständnis für die Faktoren zu entwickeln, die individuelle Bildungsziele und individuelles Arbeitsangebot determinieren. Die Hauptmotivation dieser...
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State and local determinants of employment outcomes among individuals with disabilities
Sevak, Purvi; O'Neill, John; Houtenville, Andrew J.; … - 2016
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The effect of disability on employment allowing for work incapacity
O'Donnell, Owen - 1998
Previous modelling of the impact of disability on employment has failed to allow for a direct effect rendering some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011529816
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Disability and work : the role of health shocks and childhood circumstances
Lindeboom, Maarten; Llena-Nozal, Ana; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2006
This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …
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Social'naja politika v sfere zaščity prav invalidov v Rossii
Demianova, A. V. - 2015
onwards and develop periodization based on changes in the legislation in the spheres of disability status and pensions … assignment. The paper focuses on four dimensions of regulation and social policy: disability status assignment, disability … benefits, employment protection and non-cash benefits. Our analysis reveals that the disability rate depends not only on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373240