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Youth Employment in Europe: Institutions and Social Capital Explain Better than Mainstream Economics

Contini, Bruno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Why did employment growth – high in the last decade – take place at the expense of young workers in the countries of Central and Southern Europe? This is the question addressed in this paper. Youth unemployment has approached or exceeded 20% despite a variety of factors, common to most EU...

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Family Ties

Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We study the role of the most primitive institution in society: the family. Its organization and relationship between generations shape values formation, economic outcomes and influences national institutions. We use a measure of family ties, constructed from the World Values Survey, to review...

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Life Cycle Employment and Fertility Across Institutional Environments

Boca, Daniela Del; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper, we formulate a dynamic utility maximization model of female labor force participation and fertility choices and estimate approximate decision rules using data on married women in Italy, Spain and France. The pattern of estimated state dependence effects across countries is...

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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and non-payment of wages, in Russia during …

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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

payment equilibrium." Our econometric analysis of linked employer-employee data for Russia supports the model's contention …

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Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia … institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in … addition, the analysis explores the effectiveness of Russia’s informal networks for circumventing the weak institutional …

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