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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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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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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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: 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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Instrumental variables (IV) estimates of the effect of fertility on female labor supply have only been able to identify the causal effect of second and higher-parity children. This study uses exogenous variation in fertility caused by the Chinese lunar calendar to identify the effect of the...
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El estudio de las preferencias es uno de los temas menos tratados por la econometría aplicada. En el presente artículo se pretende realizar una aproximación translogarítimica de las preferencias por medio de la construcción de un Índice de Satisfacción de los Hogares (ISH) con base al...
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This paper provides an assessment of employment and working conditions in Latvia before and immediately after the EU accession. The issues addressed include self-employment, multiple jobs, fixed-term contracts, unreported wages, overtime, unsocial working hours, health and safety at work, social...
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