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Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
Clark, Andrew E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a considerable variety of economic and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294836
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Unemployment, Growth and Fiscal Policy: New Insights on the Hysteresis Hypothesis
Raurich, Xavier; Sala, Hector; Sorolla, Valeri - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We develop a growth model with unemployment due to imperfections in the labor market. In this model, wage inertia and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822131
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Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan
Groh, Matthew; McKenzie, David; Shammout, Nour; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized … experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tests the role … important factor underlying the unemployment of educated Jordanian youth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959596
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Determinants of Transitions across Formal / Informal Sectors in Egypt
Tansel, Aysit; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the … first study of the determinants of worker transitions between various labor market states using panel data from Egypt. We …-employment, unemployment government employment and out of labor market states. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125863
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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim … societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010676292
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Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development
Smith, Stephen C.; Rothbaum, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio-economic issues: the lack of jobs, economic and social inequality, educational mobility, and the priority need for innovations. We present recent data on the amount and types of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884382
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A New Continuous Distribution and Two New Families of Distributions Based on the Exponential
Jasso, Guillermina; Kotz, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Recent work on social status led to derivation of a new continuous distribution based on the exponential. The new variate, termed the ring(2)-exponential, in turn leads to derivation of two closely-related new families of continuous distributions, which we call the mirrorexponential and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761641
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Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; López, Marta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703315
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Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
result in a significant fiscal burden, due to increased expenditures for unemployment benefits and decreased revenues from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822471
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Shall We Kill or Enslave Caesar? Analyzing the Caesar Model
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
When a society overthrows a ruler – call the ruler Caesar – what determines whether Caesar is killed or enslaved? This paper presents a model of killing versus enslaving Caesar, based on a new theory which unifies justice, status, and power. The model pertains to societies which value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822039