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The Regional Distribution of Public Employment: Theory and Evidence
Kessing, Sebastian G.; Strozzi, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We analyze the optimal regional pattern of public employment in an information-constrained second-best redistribution policy showing that regionally differentiated public employment can serve as an expenditure side tagging device, bypassing or relaxing the equity-efficiency trade-off. The...
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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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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that in the course of the...
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We analyse the effect of strong and weak ties on the individual probability of finding a job. Using the dynamic model of Calvó-Armengol and Jackson (2004), two results are put forward: (i) the individual probability of finding a job is increasing in the number of strong and weak ties; (ii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761936
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Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'
Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Models of the new economic geography share a number of common conclusions, but also exhibit notable differences, in particular with respect to the shape of the location pattern and the efficiency of the market equilibrium. This reflects the fact that these models rely heavily on specific...
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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; Van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro-econometric evaluation of their causal effects is rare. We exploit multiple changes in the area-specific eligibility criteria for a major program to support manufacturing jobs...
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Integration, Agglomeration and Welfare
Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper studies the social desirability of agglomeration and the efficiency arguments for policy intervention in a simple, analytically solvable ‘new economic geography’ model with two trade integrating regions. The location pattern emerging as market equilibrium is “bubbleshaped”,...
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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-strategic uncertainty and for beliefs on others' competitiveness and ability. Social image matters, as evidenced by the fact that seniors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884197
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Performance Pay, Competitiveness, and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from the United States
McGee, Andrew; McGee, Peter; Pan, Jessica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 … – suggesting an increasing role for competitiveness in explaining the gender wage gap. …
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Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labor Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender
Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … college major choices and expected future earnings. In a sample of high ability undergraduates, we find that competitiveness … in overconfidence and competitiveness explain about 18% of the gender gap in earnings expectations. These experimental …
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