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Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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Gender Gaps in Spain: Policies and Outcomes over the Last Three Decades

Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez-Marcos, Virginia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work, and if they work they are more likely to be employed part time and with temporary contracts. The gender gap (after...

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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe

Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national …’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …

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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation

Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of...

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Leaders as Role Models for the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods

Gächter, Simon; Renner, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that people's behavior in domains like charitable giving, tax evasion, corporate culture and corruption is influenced by leaders (CEOs, politicians) and beliefs...

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Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India

Balasubramaniam, Divya; Chatterjee, Santanu; Mustard, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to public goods usually aggregate different types of...

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Public Policy and the Labor Market Adjustment of New Immigrants to Australia

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Two separate cohorts of immigrants to Australia are compared in order to assess the potential role of immigrant selection criteria, labor market conditions, and income-support policy in facilitating the labor market adjustment of new arrivals. Although these two cohorts entered Australia only...

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Generating Legitimacy for Labor Market and Welfare State Reforms: The Role of Policy Advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Eichhorst, Werner; Wintermann, Ole - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Policy advice can help political actors design and implement institutional reforms through the generation of political and substantial legitimacy. This article clarifies the institutional preconditions of effective supply and transfer of policy advice with particular respect to the field of...

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'The' Market for Higher Education: Does It Really Exist?

Becker, William E.; Round, David K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of … education, which is the subject of this particular inquiry. Market definition is an essential preliminary step before any … higher education, those who provide inputs into the education process, or those who fund or otherwise subsidize it. The …

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The Endogenous Determination of Minimum Wage

Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

In this paper we study the endogenous determination of minimum wage employing a political-economic game-theoretic approach. A major objective of the paper is to clarify the crucial role of the strength of the workers’ union and of political culture on the determination of the minimum wage. In...

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