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Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimaraes, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper analyzes the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics, addressing the following questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how relevant is the quality of the training received (i.e....

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Input versus Output Taxation in an Experimental International Economy

Riedl, Arno; van Winden, Frans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper is concerned with a policy oriented macroeconomic experiment involving an 'international' economy with a relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a...

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Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Over the last decades, empirical research on subjective well-being in the social sciences has provided a major new stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported subjective wellbeing is often taken as a proxy measure for...

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Das Wirtschaftswunderjahr 2009

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Trotz des größten Wirtschaftseinbruchs in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte hat die internationale Krise die Bürger kaum erreicht. Das wird sich mittelfristig bedrohlich ändern, wenn es nicht gelingt, rechtzeitig eine aufziehende Kreditklemme und eine bedrohlich wachsende Staatsverschuldung...

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Trends in Economic Research: An International Perspective

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimaraes, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Given the recent efforts in several countries to reorganize the research institutional setting to improve research productivity, our analysis addresses the following questions: To which extent has the recent awareness over international quality standards in economics around the world been...

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The Neuroeconomics of Mind Reading and Empathy

Singer, Tania; Fehr, Ernst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The most fundamental solution concepts in Game Theory - Nash equilibrium, backward induction, and iterated elimination of dominated strategies - are based on the assumption that people are capable of predicting others' actions. These concepts require people to be able to view the game from the...

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship and...

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Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists

Gallet, Craig A.; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

shifted their applications away from academia and toward the business sector. In bust conditions, academic institutions …

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Crisis, Response and Distributional Impact: The Case of Ireland

Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian; Keane, Claire; Savage, Michael; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per … crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines the income distribution consequences of the recession, and identifies … factors are the direct effects of the recession itself. Policy changes do contribute to the larger than average losses at high …

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The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis

Barrett, Alan; O'Sullivan, Vincent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The economic crisis of 2008/9 was felt more acutely in Ireland relative to elsewhere and culminated in the international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal case-study of the link between wealth collapses and movements in variables such as health and...

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