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Rent Building, Rent Sharing: A Panel Country-Industry Empirical Analysis

Askenazy, Philippe; Cette, Gilbert; Maarek, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Through panel estimates using OECD country-industry statistics, this paper aims to clarify the determinants of rent creation and the mechanisms of rent sharing, and the role of market regulations in these processes. The empirical analysis is carried out in two steps. The first explains the rent...

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Did the National Minimum Wage Affect UK Prices?

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

wage workers could pass on any resulting higher labour costs in the form of higher prices. This study looks at the effects … of the introduction and subsequent uprating of the minimum wage on the prices of UK goods and services, comparing the … prices of goods produced by industries in which UK minimum wage workers make up a substantial share of total costs with the …

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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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On the Curvature of the Reporting Function from Objective Reality to Subjective Feelings

Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

I suggest the idea of a reporting function, r(.), from reality to feelings. The ‘happiness’ literature claims we have demonstrated diminishing marginal utility of income. I show not, and that knowing r(.)’s curvature is crucial. A quasi-experiment on heights is studied.

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On the Common Claim that Happiness Equations Demonstrate Diminishing Marginal Utility of Income

Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

It is commonly claimed in the recent happiness literature in psychology and economics that we have proved diminishing marginal utility of income. This paper suggests that we have not. It draws a distinction between concavity of the utility function and concavity of the reporting function.

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Intergenerational Transmission of ‘Religious Capital’: Evidence from Spain

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

economic framework of a production function of 'religiosity' where parental inputs serve as factors of production. A sample of …

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Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?

Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jimenez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of...

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

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The Local Economic Impact of Wind Power Deployment

May, Nils G.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

-accruing economic payoffs, but also by other factors such as emphasis on environmentally-friendly energy production and its associated …

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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady-state level of output using the much exploited, familiar cross-country data in order to determine their quantitative importance and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a...

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