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Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the … removed from the sample but unlike the size of government, the results on corruption are not confirmed by country-level fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466014
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Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists
Gallet, Craig A.; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Using a unique sample of new Ph.D. economists in 1987 and 1997, we examine how job seekers and their employers alter their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987 academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much weaker. A multimarket theory of optimal search suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763669
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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across individuals and institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypotheses about the negative impact of higher levels of corruption, weaker property rights and especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839291
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Liberty and the Post-Utilitarian Society
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Utilitarian foundations for limited government are shaky insofar as they assume rational and consistent individuals … on the scope of government intervention. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079233
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Trade, Labor Market Rigidities, and Government-Financed Technological Change
Koeniger, Winfried - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
of labor market institutions and government intervention. In particular, technology change is induced by rigid wage … commodity prices, openness induces the government to subsidize technological innovation in the developed country because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566677
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Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822471
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Fiscal Policy, Interest Rate Spreads, and the Zero Lower Bound
Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko; Schabert, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
sector transactions, increases with government expenditures. We introduce a corresponding spread into an otherwise standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265653
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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle mechanical effects due to changes in pre-tax incomes from direct effects of policy reforms. While tax reforms implemented under Democrat administrations, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246707
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Demographics, Fiscal Health, and School Quality: Shedding Light on School Closure Decisions
Billger, Sherrilyn M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In our current challenging budgetary environment, school closures remain a potentially attractive choice. With a large panel of Illinois schools from 1991 to 2005, I investigate which factors contribute to school closures. Among elementary schools, declining enrolments and rural locations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480921
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The Economics of Workaholism: We Should Not Have Worked on This Paper
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Slemrod, Joel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
A large literature examines the addictive properties of such behaviors as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating. We argue that for some people addictive behavior may apply to a much more central aspect of economic life: working. Workaholism is subject to the same concerns about the individual as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566846