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Crisis, Response and Distributional Impact: The Case of Ireland

Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian; Keane, Claire; Savage, Michael; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

per cent between 2008 and 2011, but the greatest losses were strongly concentrated on the bottom and top deciles. Tax …

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Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?

Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud … differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to differing social norms. We define the concepts of benefit morale and tax … large micro data set of respondents from 29 OECD member countries, shows that benefit morale and tax morale have different …

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Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe

Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

to low skill use and insufficient skill maintenance later on in life. High marginal tax rates and generous benefit … systems reduce labor force participation rates and hours worked and thereby lower the utilization rate of human capital. Tax …

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Training Funds and the Incidence of Training: The Case of Mauritius

Kuku, Oluyemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Rojid, Sawkut; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Training funds are used to incentivize training in developing countries, but the funds are based on payroll taxes that lower the return to training. In the absence of training funds, larger, high-wage and more capital intensive firms are the most likely to offer training unless they are...

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Telecommunications Dynamics, Output and Employment

Jungmittag, Andre; Welfens, Paul J.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic production function is the analytical starting point...

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The Prevalence and Effects of Occupational Licensing

Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...

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What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination

Burks, Stephen V.; Guy, Frederick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using evidence from recent work on truckers and disaggregated older data prior researchers did not have, we revisit a classic topic and find some new answers. We focus on differentials in average annual earnings at the firm level among mileage-paid over-the-road tractor-trailer drivers ("road...

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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education

Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...

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What Drives the Demand for Temporary Agency Workers?

Jahn, Elke J.; Bentzen, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Temporary agency employment has grown steadily in most European countries over the past three decades as part of the general trend towards increased employment flexibility. Yet to this day, it remains an open question what drives the demand for temporary agency workers. The paper examines,...

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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...

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