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Regional Measures of Human Capital in the European Union
Dreger, Christian; Erber, Georg; Glocker, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566808
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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data
Brainerd, Elizabeth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade - sometimes rapidly - from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700973
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Unequal Access to Higher Education in the Czech Republic: The Role of Spatial Distribution of Universities
Franta, Michal; Guzi, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646288
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Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552949
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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404596
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Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical applicability of happiness economics, retaining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762324
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A Call for Comparative Research: Consequences of a Rising Income Inequality for State Activities
Neubäumer, Renate - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The aim of this discussion paper is not only to activate a debate over the interrelation between rising income inequality and economic policy measures but also to initiate comparative research in several European countries and North America. It discusses the consequences of a rising income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003477
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Do Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?
Fontaine, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers in large firms can be matched together through social networks or through more "formal" methods of search. We show that networks do not necessarily add new externalities and that some results previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566629
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Ökonometrische Methoden zur Evaluierung kausaler Effekte der Wirtschaftspolitik
Kugler, Franziska; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
wirtschaftlich erreichen. In empirischen Studien, die als Grundlage für evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik dienen können, werden …-experimentellen Designs sollen der Wirtschaftspolitik helfen zu lernen, was funktioniert. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098067
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …
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