Similar Search Results

Are women in the MENA region really that different from women in Europe? Globalization, conservative values and female labor market participation.

Fischer, Justina AV; Aydıner-Avşar, Nursel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This article aims to compare women in the MENA region with women in Europe as to how globalization affects their conservative values and attitudes, and, thereby, their labor market participation. The authors define conservative values as both religious values and socio-political attitudes...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264810

The impact of institutions on firms’ rejuvenation policies: Early retirement with severance pay versus simple lay-off. A Cross-European Analysis

Fischer, Justina AV; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Early retirement of workers is used by firms as means to rejuvenate their workforces. In principle, workers can either simply be laid off or can be offered an early retirement option combined with a financial bonus. However, dismissing masses of older workers may be detrimental to social peace...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552803

The Effect of Pension Generosity on Early Retirement: A Microdata Analysis for Europe from 1967 to 2004.

Fischer, Justina AV; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Using pseudo-panel microdata we show that pension generosity affects early retirement decisions. The changes in the average replacement rate and decreases in wealth accrual between 1967 and 2004 have caused an increase in early retirement probabilities from 16% to 63%.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031396

The Determinants of Human Migration

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1978

This multi-faceted study address a variety of topics. It first develops a formal model of why interregional wage differentials may not elicit interregional migration. Then it provides empirical support for the model. The study develops a formal model general theory of migration. It demonstrates...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108769

Administering Foreign-Worker Programs

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1982

The issue of illegal aliens has received considerable attention in recent years. Concern over the problem of illegal aliens has promulgated an array of efforts by the federal government to examine and revise immigration statutes and practices. Indeed, much debate has arisen over the possibility...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114361

Interregional Income Determination: A Graphical Analysis for Interdependent Economies

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1971

This theoretical analysis develops a model for analyzing public policy in interdependent economies. The model allows for feed-backs between the commodity, money, and labor markets in all of the economic systems. Regionally oriented monetary policies are fully analyzed, as are regional oriented...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107783

Determinants of the Rate of Return on Commercial Bank Assets in the United States, 1959-1998

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

Act of 1991 and a decreasing function of inflation, the percentage unemployment rate, and the increased competition that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112165

Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596419

Development of Direct Democracy in Swiss Cantons between 1997 and 2003

Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper describes institutions of direct democracy between 1997 and 2003 in 26 Swiss cantons (states), specifically …-legislative institutions are distinguished. This paper also provides calculations of the index and sub-indices of direct democracy for the … (1999) and Stutzer (1999) this paper includes the political institutions of the so-called Landsgemeinde cantons. Description …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039975

Accounting for Unobserved Country Heterogeneity in Happiness Research: Country Fixed Effects versus Region Fixed Effects

Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Many empirical studies are ambiguous about whether good formal institutions are conducive to subjective well-being or …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536074