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Social norms or low-cost heuristics? An experimental investigation of imitative behavior
Cicognani, Simona; Mittone, Luigi - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
This paper extends choice theory by allowing for the interaction between cognitive costs and social norms. The authors experimentally investigate the role of imitation and temporal decisional patterns when participants face a task which is costly in cognitive terms. They identify two main...
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Do Geographical Variations in Climate Influence Life Satisfaction?
Murray, Thomas; Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
Accounting for socioeconomic and demographic variables as well as country specific effects, households’ willingness to pay for changes in climate is revealed using European data on reported life satisfaction. Individuals located in areas with lower average levels of sunshine and higher average...
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The Impact of Climate on Life Satisfaction
Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values Survey. Climate is described in terms of ‘degree-months’ calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18.3°C). Our results suggest that countries with...
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The role of urban green space for human well-being
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Most people in Europe live in urban environments. For these people, urban green space is an important element of well-being, but it is often in short supply. We use self-reported information on life satisfaction and different individual green space measures to explore how urban green space...
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The Italian wage curve reloaded: Does occupation matter?
Gucciardi, Gianluca - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
wages and the local unemployment rate - within a number of occupations. It exploits the Bank of Italy's Household Survey and …
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Unemployment in the European Union: A dynamic reappraisal
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003
This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …
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An Incentive Theory of Matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
This paper examines the labour market matching process by distinguishing its two component stages: the contact stage, in which job searchers make contact with employers and the selection stage, in which they decide whether to match. We construct a theoretical model explaining two-sided selection...
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Reducing severance costs or subsidizing permanent job creation: Which policy is more effective to reduce duality?
Osuna, Victoria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
This paper uses the job creation and destruction model of the search and matching type proposed by García-Pérez and Osuna (2014) to study the effectiveness of subsidizing permanent job creation as a strategy to reduce labour market segmentation between permanent and temporary contracts. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262996
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We consider measures involving targeting workers with...
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The Determinants of Reservation Wages in Germany Does a Motivation Gap Exist?
Christensen, Björn - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
characteristics of the unemployed are the most important determinants of reservation wages. In contrast neither unemployment duration … nor different kinds of unemployment benefits influence reservation wages. Hence the findings corroborate the hypothesis …
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