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This article has a twofold objective and addresses two central questions. Is there a gap between the preferences for … part we map the preferences, options and attitudes of workers to several ways of modifying their, often standard, working …
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making use of endogenous nature of preferences is suggested that is aimed at eliminating risks of terminating being of a … disseminating information about admissible values of strategical commodities, allowing a society to form such preferences of its …
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Voting on unidimensional issues will produce equilibrium outcomes if voter preferences are single peaked. While the …
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individual preferences may help predicting towards which solutions players will converge, at least in a social setting, and … instead on the final payoff and not on its relation to preferences or satisfaction, which are deemed non-measurable. On the … contrary, this work has shown that consistent data emerge by simply asking players to express preferences and satisfaction …
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The current optimum population models found in economic literature define static optimum population used in forming policy i.e. at a given instant what should be the optimum number of people in a (closed) economy. We believe that although this definition is useful, it is very limiting as far as...
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: hierarchy is justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the direction of static production. Hierarchy is …
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addition to ex-post collusion following the monitoring outcome. Extending a well-known model of hierarchy, we study the …
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The added worker effect states that unemployment of a household member leads to an increase in labour supply of another household member. This paper investigates whether there is such an effect in a developing country. We use a rich data set for urban Ethiopia. We first give a brief description...
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The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet, few studies have attempted to directly measure this contribution. This is particularly the case for work performed on the household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of...
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It has been shown in economic research that public pay-as-you-go defined-benefit pension plans penalize those who continue to work beyond a certain age by reducing the present discounted value of future retirement benefits. In discussions on the effectiveness of policies aimed at eliminating...
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