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Exporting and Labor Demand: Micro-Level Evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
exporting on firms' labor demand. Using rich, administrative linked employer-employee panel data from Germany, we explicitly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885180
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The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635588
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Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time Series Evidence
Easterlin, Richard A.; Angelescu, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
To what extent are improvements in quality of life (material living levels, health, education, political and civil rights, happiness, and the like) associated with economic growth? International comparisons of quality of life (QoL) conditions almost always point to a strong positive association...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703354
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
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Mehr und bessere Daten für die Arbeitsmarktforschung: Vorschläge zur effizienten Erschließung der amtlichen Statistik
Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
amtlichen Mikrodaten zu wissenschaftlichen Zwecken. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615420
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Education and Self-Employment: South Asian Immigrants in the US Labor Market
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Does higher educational attainment lead to greater participation in self-employment? Available studies agree and disagree on this subject through various explanations. We invoke an empirical example from the experiences of immigrants moving from poor countries to rich countries. Further, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884310
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Memorandum: Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung
Hauser, Richard; Wagner, Gert G.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
Based on the hypothesis that microdata are of crucial importance for internationally competitiveeconomic research and … work in Germany. Present shortcomings are mainly caused by a lack of coordination between data collecting institutions and …, empirical economics, especially application of microdata and modern tools of data analysis, should be emphasized within the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761947
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit durch Leistung und Gegenleistung: Workfare im Niedriglohnbereich
Peichl, Andreas; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Ökonomische Effizienz und soziale Gerechtigkeit stehen nicht im Widerspruch zueinander. Workfare ist sozial gerecht. Durch das Prinzip von Leistung und Gegenleistung wird dafür gesorgt, dass sich die Inanspruchnahme von Leistungen der Grundsicherung auf diejenigen beschränkt, die tatsächlich...
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Social Protection beyond the Bottom Billion
Murphy, Susan; Walsh, Patrick Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Most conceptualisations of the bottom billion assume that "the poor" are a minority group in a state of continuous dependency, identifiable by region and demographic. Using a flow analysis (inflow and outflow) of poverty, rather than a stock analysis, we explain why poverty is more appropriately...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886148
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Equity and Equality
Duclos, Jean-Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Is horizontal equity (HE) the "most widely accepted principle of equity"? Or does it stand in "opposition to the advancement of human welfare"? This paper argues that the case for the HE principle is not as straightforward as is usually thought and that it requires advanced notions of justice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566806