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The Possibility of a Welfare Policy in a World of Emotion-Driven Individuals: A Humean Point of View
Lapidus, André - HAL - 2011
, from a Humean point of view, of a welfare policy which would aim at promoting the highest individual happiness whereas … individual decisions, like individual happiness, are determined not only by allocations of goods, but also by an emotional state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226838
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Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: A Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madiès, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - HAL - 2013
With a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999), we study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition. Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when the market capacity is not too low or when earnings from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899002
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Job Polarization in Aging Economies
Moreno-Galbis, Eva; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - HAL - 2012
population aging, our framework predicts a progressive concentration of employment in the service sector. These results are … empirical finding. We lay stress on the Balassa effect on the supply side and aging on the demand side. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899444
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Born to be mild? Cohort effects don't explain why well-being is U-shaped in age
Clark, Andrew E. - HAL - 2006
-being and age. This paper uses fourteen waves of British panel data to distinguish between a pure life-cycle or aging effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739097
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Impacts of Immigration on Aging Welfare-State An Applied General Equilibrium Model for France
Chojnicki, Xavier; Ragot, Lionel - HAL - 2011
Immigration is often seen as an instrument of adaptation for aging countries. In this paper, we evaluate, using a … dynamic general equilibrium model, the contribution of migration policy in reducing the tax burden associated with the aging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790601
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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madiès, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - HAL - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821398
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Ageing and changes in medical practices : reassessing theinfluence of demography
Dormont, Brigitte; Huber, Hélène - HAL - 2006
rise in expenditures due to aging is relatively small and that the impact of changes in practices is 3.8 times larger …. Furthermore, changes in morbidity induce savings which more that offset the increase in spending due to the population aging. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792715
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The hero figure in Business and Cinema
Fournout, Olivier - HAL - 2012
Textbooks and manuals on management suggest that managers are heroes who deal with difficult problems of collective adaptation and change. American films are similarly built on the premise of a hero confronted with extremely difficult situations. What if this hero figure promoted for so long in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550433
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Stature, Skills and Adult Life Outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia
Bargain, Olivier; Zeidan, Jinan - HAL - 2014
advantages of taller workers, including psycho-social dimensions. We also find a height premium in happiness, half of which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933840
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784109