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Lifetime inequality and redistribution
Brewer, Mike; Dias, Mónica Costa; Shaw, Jonathan - 2012
In this paper we look at lifetime inequality to address two main questions: How well does a modern tax system, based on annual information, target lifetime inequality? What aspects of the tranfser system are most progressive from a lifetime perspective? To answer to these questions it is crucial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010237142
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Chapter 8. Student Loans and Repayment : Theory, Evidence, and Policy
Lochner, L.; Monge-Naranjo, A. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : Volume 5, (pp. 397-478). 2016
Rising costs of and returns to college have led to sizeable increases in the demand for student loans in many countries. In the USA, student loan default rates have also risen for recent cohorts as labor market uncertainty and debt levels have increased. We discuss these trends as well as recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025213
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The Economic Approach to Personality, Character and Virtue
Heckman, James J.; Galaty, Bridget; Tian, Haihan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This chapter presents an economic approach to character and personality traits with an application to the study of virtue. Economists interpret psychological traits, including character traits and virtue, as strategies that shape responses to situations (actions) determined by underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287358
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Preparing the tourism workforce in Portugal for the digital future
OECD - 2021
After a decade of steady growth, the tourism sector in Portugal is facing its most acute challenge in modern times, in … the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As inbound visitors return to Portugal, the tourism workforce will need digital skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801156
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Enhancing Portugal's Human Capital
Guichard, Stéphanie - 2006
The lack of human capital in Portugal has become a key obstacle to higher growth. This paper discusses the performance … of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human … of the services that compound the low starting point of Portugal regarding education. Modernizing the Portuguese economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446711
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The impact of temporary employment and employment protection on labour productivity : evidence from an industry-level panel of EU countries
Lisi, Domenico - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 2, pp. 119-144
"In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of Employment Protection Legislation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731984
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The impact of temporary employment and employment protection on labour productivity : evidence from an industry-level panel of EU countries
Lisi, Domenico - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 2, pp. 119-144
"In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of Employment Protection Legislation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696108
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Enhancing Portugal's Human Capital
Guichard, Stéphanie; Larre, Bénédicte - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
The lack of human capital in Portugal has become a key obstacle to higher growth. This paper discusses the performance … of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human … of the services that compound the low starting point of Portugal regarding education. Modernizing the Portuguese economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046031
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A Schumpeterian model of investment and innovation with labor market regulation
Calcagnini, Giorgio; Giombini, Germana; Travaglini, Giuseppe - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 27 (2018) 7/8, pp. 628-651
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020529
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Funding innovation and the regulatory environment : the role of employment protection legislation
Moro, Andrea; Maresch, Daniela; Ferrando, Annalisa; … - In: Journal of business research : JBR 145 (2022), pp. 745-756
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013197948