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The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments
Cervellati, Matteo; Esteban, Joan; Kranich, Laurence - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper we present a model of rational voting over redistribution where individual selfesteem and relative esteem for others are endogenously determined. Individuals differ in their productivities, and their behaviour and political views are influenced by moral standards concerning work....
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National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich nations' well-being; Great Britain and the US enter further down; France and Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884101
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Returns to Foreign Education: Yet Another But Different Cross Country Analysis
Gruetter, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The main interest of this paper is to compare the value of education systems of different countries. For this reason I use data on workers who have completed their education before immigrating to Switzerland to estimate a country specific return to education. I estimate the standard...
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Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance Pay
Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
-level performance-pay measures with rich PISA-2003 international achievement micro data, this paper estimates student …-level international education production functions. The use of teacher salary adjustments for outstanding performance is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611513
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How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. We exploit the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown of almost half of Germany’s nuclear reactors while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220619
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Satisfaction with Democracy and the Environment in Western Europe: A Panel Analysis
Wagner, Alexander F.; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax, where (2) government expenditures on the environment are higher, where (3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822312
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Nature, Nurture and Egalitarian Policy: What Can We Learn from Molecular Genetics?
Lundborg, Petter; Stenberg, Anders - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
gene-environment interaction effects. This literature points out specific policy areas which may compensate individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469707
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Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million children born to 600000 mothers during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976885
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128037
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits
Garnero, Andrea; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The … consequences of gender diversity are found to depend on the technological/knowledge environment of firms. While gender diversity …
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