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The Impact of Oil Revenues on the Iranian Economy and the Gulf States

Dreger, Christian; Rahmani, Teymur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In line with the neoclassical growth model a persistent stream of oil revenues might have a long lasting impact on GDP per capita in oil exporting countries through higher investment activities. This relationship is explored for Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) using...

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International Migration with Heterogeneous Agents: Theory and Evidence

Brücker, Herbert; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

International migration is characterized by two puzzling facts: First, only a small share of the population tends to migrate although substantial and persisting income differences across countries exist. Second, net migration rates tend to cease over time despite persisting income differences....

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Do Foreigners Replace Native Immigrants? Evidence from a Panel Cointegration Analysis

Brücker, Herbert; Fachin, Stefano; Venturini, Alessandra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper examines the impact of the immigration of foreigners on domestic labour mobility. Since David Card's seminal study on the regional labour market impact of the Mariel Boatlift it is controversial whether domestic labour mobility equilibrates economic conditions across cities and...

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Health Care Expenditures in OECD Countries: A Panel Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis

Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper investigates the link between health care expenditures and GDP for a sample of 21 OECD countries using recent developed panel cointegration techniques. In contrast to previous studies, the analysis accounts for the fact that health care expenditures are not only determined by income....

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Investment under Company-Level Pacts

Bellmann, Lutz; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Hübler, Olaf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments …

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Determinants of Immigrant Homeownership: Examining their Changing Role during the Great Recession and Beyond

Mundra, Kusum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

, savings, length of stay in the U.S., and citizenship status affect the probability of homeownership before the recession and …

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Savings and Prize-Linked Savings Accounts

Atalay, Kadir; Bakhtiar, Fayzan; Cheung, Stephen L.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially …-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine principal-security with lottery-type jackpots, can increase savings among these at …-risk households. Results from an online experiment show that the introduction of PLS accounts increase total savings and reduce …

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Behind the Great Recession: Job Search and Housing Decisions

Rendon, Silvio; Quella, Núria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this paper we analyze a mechanism that is particularly relevant to the workings of the Great Recession: we explain how easier home financing and higher homeownership rates increase unemployment rates. To this purpose we build a model of job search with liquid wealth accumulation and...

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The Saving Behaviour of Two Person Households: Evidence from Dutch Panel Data

Euwals, Rob; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Eymann, Angelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …

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Severance Pay Mandates: Firing Costs, Hiring Costs, and Firm Avoidance Behaviors

Parsons, Donald O. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The potentially adverse labor market effects of severance pay mandates are a continuing source of policy concern. In a seminal study, Lazear (1990) found that contract avoidance of severance pay firing costs was theoretically simple – a bonding scheme would do – but that empirically the...

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