The English language fluency and occupational success of ethnic minority...
Abstract. This paper examines two crucial aspects of the assimilation experience of ethnic minority immigrants in the United Kingdom. It explores the determinants of their English language (speaking)...
View ArticleThe English language fluency and occupational success of ethnic minority...
AbstractThis paper examines two crucial aspects of the assimilation experience of ethnic minority immigrants in the United Kingdom. It explores the determinants of their English language (speaking)...
View ArticleLife satisfaction and the economic and social characteristics of neighbourhoods
AbstractThis paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to investigate the association between neighbourhood effects and life satisfaction. We find that...
View ArticleQuantifying the costs of drought: new evidence from life satisfaction data
AbstractWe estimate the cost of droughts by matching rainfall data with individual life satisfaction. Our context is Australia over the period 2001 to 2004, which included a particularly severe...
View ArticleNature’s experiment? Handedness and early childhood development
AbstractIn recent years, a large body of research has investigated the various factors affecting child development and the consequent impact of child development on future educational and labor market...
View ArticleThe Optimality of Tax Transfers: What does Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us?
AbstractThis paper addresses an important policy question: who gets the largest utility gain from income and does the tax system adequately reflect this? We address this question by using Australian...
View ArticleIntrahousehold Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child...
AbstractDo parents invest more or less in their high-ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing observed ability differences and observed investment differences between...
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