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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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Reflexionen zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Familienfreundlichkeit der Arbeitswelt viel stärker betont, Bildung endlich zum Top-Thema macht, die Lebensarbeitszeit fair verlängert und … je ein hohes Maß an Eigenverantwortlichkeit des Einzelnen in Bildung, Ausbildung und Beruf und die Bereitschaft, sich …
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NRW 2025: Vom Hort der alten Industrien zum Magnet der Moderne?
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Hombach, Bodo; Merz, Friedrich; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Die Arbeitsgruppe Beschäftigung der von NRW-Ministerpräsident Jürgen Rüttgers eingesetzten "Zukunftskommission" hat umfassende Empfehlungen für die künftige Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Nordrhein-Westfalen vorgelegt. Das Papier der von IZA-Direktor Klaus F. Zimmermann geleiteten...
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Vollbeschäftigung ist keine Utopie: Arbeitsmarktpolitisches Programm des IZA
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Schneider, Hilmar; Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Das Arbeitsmarktprogramm des Instituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit benennt die wichtigsten Aufgaben der Arbeitsmarktpolitik für die nächste Legislaturperiode und darüber hinaus. Thematische Schwerpunkte des IZA-Programms sind unter anderem die Schaffung von Erwerbsanreizen durch das...
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Agenda 2020: Strategien für eine Politik der Vollbeschäftigung
Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
vor: (1) Bildungsreform: Das Bildungssystem muss der Bedeutung frühkindlicher Bildung stärker Rechnung tragen als bisher …
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Gender Gaps in Spain: Policies and Outcomes over the Last Three Decades
Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez-Marcos, Virginia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work, and if they work they are more likely to be employed part time and with temporary contracts. The gender gap (after...
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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national …’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation
Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of...
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Leaders as Role Models for the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods
Gächter, Simon; Renner, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that people's behavior in domains like charitable giving, tax evasion, corporate culture and corruption is influenced by leaders (CEOs, politicians) and beliefs...
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Gender Segregation in Employment Contracts
Petrongolo, Barbara - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EUcountries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobsin all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflectswomen¿s preferences and their need...
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