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Directional Imbalance in Transport Prices: An Application to Inland Shipping in North-West Europe
Jonkeren, Olaf; Ommeren, Jos N. van; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
According to theory, the effect of carriers' transport costs on freight prices depends on the directional imbalance in transport flows. Using data on inland waterway transport, we demonstrate that when the ratio of export to import trips doubles, the marginal effect of carriers' transport costs...
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An Empirical Measure for Labor Market Density
Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Institute - 2000
In this paper we derive a structural measure for labor market density based on the Ellison and Glasear (1997) "Index … for industry concentration". This labor market density measure serves as a proxy for the number of workers that can reach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209451
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Strategic Wage Setting and Coordination Frictions with Multiple Applications
Gautier, Pieter A.; Moraga-González, José L. - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
distribution with a lower level of labor market tightness; (iv) the average wage is non-monotonic in the number of applications; (v …
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Entrepreneurial Moral Hazard in Income Insurance
Ejrnaes, Mette; Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
We study risk behavior of Danish self-employed entrepreneurs, whose income risk may be driven by both exogenous factors and effort choice (moral hazard). Partial insurance is available through voluntary unemployment insurance (UI). Additional incentives to sign insurance contracts stem from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144470
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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, Wim - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations in impact across specific characteristics of the studies. A marginal year of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise...
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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan
Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Baljeu, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the...
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Which Industries are shifting the Beveridge Curve?
Barnichon, Regis; Elsby, Michael; Hobijn, Bart; Sahin, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
the Beveridge curve into different parts using data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367436
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Imperfect Information, Lagged Labor Adjustment and the Great Moderation
Willems, Tim; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
This paper first documents the increase in the time lag with which labor input reacts to output fluctuations ("the … labor adjustment lag") that is visible in US data since the mid-1980s. We show that a lagged labor adjustment response is … optimal in a setting where there is uncertainty about the persistence of shocks and where labor input is costly to adjust. We …
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-à-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
US labor force participants. We show that education affects peoples’ decisions to become an entrepreneur negatively. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513241
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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US
Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
We investigate which countries have the highest potential to achieve entrepreneurial progress. This progress is defined using an entrepreneurial ladder with five successive steps: “never thought about starting a business”, “thinking about starting a business”, “taking steps to start a...
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