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The Emerging Aversion to Inequality: Evidence from Poland 1992–2005

Grosfeld, Irena; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper provides an illustration of the changing tolerance for inequality in a context of radical political and … economic transformation and rapid economic growth. We focus on the Polish transition experience, and explore individuals' self … institute (CBOS) from 1992 to 2005, we identify a structural break in the relationship between income inequality and subjective …

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Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and their Welfare Effects

Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper provides unheard direct evidence that comparisons exert a significant effect on subjective well-being. It also evaluates the relative importance of different types of benchmarks. Dynamic comparisons outweigh static ones. Internal benchmarks are more important than external reference...

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Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Grygorenko, Yegor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763656

Self-Employment Dynamics, State Dependence and Cross-Mobility Patterns

Caliendo, Marco; Uhlendorff, Arne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment increases the probability of self-employment...

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On Modeling Household Labor Supply with Taxation

Bargain, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Discrete-choice models provide a simple way of representing utility-maximizing labor supply decisions in the presence of highly nonlinear and possibly non-convex budget constraints. Thus, it is not surprising that they are so extensively used for ex-ante evaluation of taxbenefit reforms. The...

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Part-time Employment Can Be a Life-time Setback for Earnings: A Study of British Women 1975-2001

Gregory, Mary; Connolly, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly for more educated women, a...

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Health Care Reform and the Number of Doctor Visits - An Econometric Analysis

Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

The paper evaluates the German health care reform of 1997, using the individual number of doctor visits as outcome measure. A new econometric model, the Probit-Poisson-log-normal model with correlated errors, describes the data better than existing count data models. Moreover, it has an...

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What Can Happiness Research Tell Us About Altruism? Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Schwarze, Johannes; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Much progress has been made in recent years on developing and applying a direct measure of utility using survey questions on subjective well-being. In this paper we explore whether this new type of measurement can be fruitfully applied to the study of interdependent utility in general, and...

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A Structural Approach to Estimating the Effect of Taxation on the Labor Market Dynamics of Older Workers

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We estimate a dynamic structural life-cycle model of employment, non-employment and retirement that includes endogenous accumulation of human capital and intertemporal non-separabilities in preferences. Additionally, the model accounts for the effect of the tax and transfer system on work...

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'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market

Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We assess the labour supply effects of two ‘making work pay' reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favour of policies that distinguish between low effort and low productivity by targeting individuals with low wages rather than individuals with low earnings. In assessing the policies we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822426

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