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Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Winters, John V.; Li, Yu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction....
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Health and Economic Development: Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care
Strittmatter, Anthony; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
reduction in infant mortality or crude death rates exhibited a positive effect on growth in income per capita and increased … had a significant immediate effect on the dynamics of infant mortality and crude death rates. The findings suggest that a … population growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220618
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Inclusive Growth: What Future for the European Social Model?
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of “inclusive growth”, with a brief …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884390
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Immigration, Growth and Unemployment: Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ panel VAR techniques to use a large annual dataset on 22 OECD countries over the period 1987-2009. The VAR approach allows to addresses the endogeneity problem by allowing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885187
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Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India
Prakash, Nishith; Rockmore, Marc; Uppal, Yogesh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
lower GDP growth per year on average. These estimated costs increase for candidates with serious accusations, multiple …
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Growth and Inequality in Public Good Games
Gächter, Simon; Mengel, Friederike; Tsakas, Elias; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
end of a period serves as her endowment in the following period. In this setting growth and inequality arise endogenously …
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Does Development Reduce Migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country
Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273191
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Globalization, Institutions, and the Ethnic Divide: Recent Longitudinal Evidence
Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Prasch, Robert E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social … fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries … the security of property rights has played a critical role in promoting economic growth. Ethnic heterogeneity has been a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279247
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Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in Middle East and North African Countries
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Ben Youssef, Adel; M'henni, Hatem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
hypothesis. Thus, our findings suggest that not all MENA countries need to sacrifice economic growth to decrease their emission … growth. …
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