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Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Pogge, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
health. To support a justice argument for such modification, we show how the current global economic order may contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653979
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Linking Individuals and Societies
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
How do individuals shape societies? How do societies shape individuals? This paper develops a framework for studying the connections between micro and macro phenomena. The framework builds on two ingredients widely used in social science − population and variable. Starting with the simplest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039644
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A New Unified Theory of Sociobehavioral Forces
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
describing five sociobehavioral processes - comparison (including justice and self-esteem), status, power, identity, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703470
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Regional Disparities and Inequality of Opportunity: The Case of Italy
Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vitorocco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to decompose overall inequality in an "ethically offensive" and an "ethically acceptable" part. Moreover, we provide some empirical applications of these new evaluation tools: in the first exercise, we compare the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703562
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Shall We Kill or Enslave Caesar? Analyzing the Caesar Model
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
paper presents a model of killing versus enslaving Caesar, based on a new theory which unifies justice, status, and power … of societies – justice-nonmaterialistic, status, and power-nonmaterialistic. Results cover members’ gains, effects of own … killed only in a justice-nonmaterialistic society, and from the noblest of motives – to achieve equal gains for members. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822039
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The Terms and Relations of Comparison, Referential, and Relative Processes
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper develops the mathematical foundations of comparison, referential, and relative (CRR) processes. The key ingredients are: (1) three kinds of terms; and (2) two kinds of relations. Combining the three terms - absolute amount, relative amount, and relative rank - with the two kinds of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700875
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Multitasking and Wages
Snower, Dennis J.; Goerlich, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work can help to understand increasing wage inequality. We present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage premium. Since abilities and opportunities to expand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884253
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A Note on the Determinants and Consequences of Outsourcing Using German Data
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, André; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762213
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The Times They are A-Changin': Organizational Change and Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Scandinavia
Rosholm, Michael; Scott, Kirk; Husted, Leif - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period 1985 - 1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process of immigrants from Norway, Poland, Turkey, and Iran is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762259
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Flexible Work Systems and the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
A growing literature is concerned with the effects of flexible workplace systems or High Performance Work Organizations (HPWOs) on wages. This paper makes use of a new employer-employee-linked panel data set for Germany to examine the effects of adopting HPWOs on wages as well as on the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703327