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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging − one with higher subjective well-being for men. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103281
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Gender, Economic Development and Islam: A Perspective from France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
national origin and ethnicity, and on experimental as well as survey evidence collected in France, puts this syllogism to a … test. Our data show that Muslim and Christian gender norms are as postulated. However, the correlations between Muslim vs …. Christian immigrants and the channels purported to link in-group gender norms to economic progress are weak and inconsistent …
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Globalisation and the Future of the Welfare State
Chen, Yu-Fu; Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis; Molana, Hassan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper reconsiders the link between welfare state provision, globalisation and competitiveness empirically. We challenge the conventional wisdom that welfare states, large-scale public provision of social insurance and progressive systems of redistributive taxation are incompatible with...
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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959712
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Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233856
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The Equality Multiplier: How Wage Setting and Welfare Spending Make Similar Countries Diverge
Barth, Erling; Moene, Karl Ove - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The complementarity between wage setting and welfare spending can explain how almost equally rich countries differ in economic and social equality among their citizens. More wage equality increases the welfare generosity via political competition in elections. A more generous welfare state fuels...
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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State
Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myunghee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416937
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Lifting the Burden: State Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children
Loken, Katrine Vellesen; Lundberg, Shelly; Riise, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper, we use a 1998 reform in the federal funding of local home-based care for the elderly in Norway to examine the effects of formal care expansion on the labor supply decisions and mobility of middle-aged children. Our main finding is a consistent and significant negative impact of...
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The Petersberg Declaration
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...
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Petersberger Erklaerung: Anstoesse fuer eine zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Hagen, Juergen von - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
In this paper six authors propose guidelines for German labor market policy, to overcome current discouragement and lead to a new balance of social security and individual competetiveness. Crucial aspects in this regard should be a reformed tax system based on excise instead of income taxes, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761759