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The Competitiveness of Hungarian Industry
Hare, Paul G; Hughes, Gordon; Michael, Thomas; Revesz, Tamas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
Using an RAS update to 1990 of an 86-sector input-output table for Hungary in 1986, and corresponding data on world-to-domestic price ratios for 1990, this paper calculates domestic resource costs (DRCs) for Hungarian industries. The disaggregated results are compared with corresponding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662220
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The European Commission - Appointment, Preferences and Institutional Relations
Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The paper analyses the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136464
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Education, Matching and the Allocative Value of Romance
Booth, Alison L; Coles, Melvyn G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
educational investments and labour force participation based on matching regimes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666457
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Inequality And Group Participation: Theory And Evidence From Rural Tanzania
La Ferrara, Eliana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
inequality leads to more or less group participation. Using survey data from rural Tanzania we find that inequality at the … 'subjectively' defined. However, when we disaggregate groups by type of access rule, we find that inequality decreases participation … in open access groups when there are wide disparities at the bottom of the distribution, while it increases participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667030
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On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations: Theory, Policies and Some Empirical Evidence
de la Rica, Sara; Dolado, Juan J.; García-Peñalosa, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
in wages and participation rates. Rather than resorting to moral hazard problems related to unobservable effort, like in … exacerbate lower female participation in the labour market. Hence, both effects lead to a gendered equilibrium with large gaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791584
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Participation and Schooling in a Public System of Higher Education
Kelchtermans, Stijn; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We analyze the determinants of participation (whether to study) and schooling (where and what to study) in a public … role for travel costs: they hardly affect the participation decisions, but have a strong impact on the schooling decisions …. In addition, high school background plays an important role in both the participation and schooling decisions. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792532
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The Returns to Seniority in France (and Why are They Lower than in the United States?)
Beffy, Magali; Buchinsky, Mosche; Fougère, Denis; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123576
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Labor Supply with Job Assignment under Balanced Growth
Michelacci, Claudio; Pijoan-Mas, Josep - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
, labor force participation of male workers of different skills has fallen while their working hours have increased. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083956
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Active Labour Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe - A Survey
Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
studies. We relate the results to the relevant level of female labour force participation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662001