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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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Linking Individuals and Societies
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
How do individuals shape societies? How do societies shape individuals? This paper develops a framework for studying the connections between micro and macro phenomena. The framework builds on two ingredients widely used in social science − population and variable. Starting with the simplest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039644
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A New Unified Theory of Sociobehavioral Forces
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
describing five sociobehavioral processes - comparison (including justice and self-esteem), status, power, identity, and … - comparison, status, and power - each associated with a distinctive mechanism, in particular, a distinctive rate of change of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703470
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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
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Theoretical Unification in Justice and Beyond
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The goal of scientific work is to understand more and more by less and less. In this effort, theoretical unification plays a large part. There are two main types of theoretical unification – unification of different theories of the same field of phenomena and unification of theories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822968
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Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
Clark, Andrew E.; Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763569
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The Terms and Relations of Comparison, Referential, and Relative Processes
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper develops the mathematical foundations of comparison, referential, and relative (CRR) processes. The key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700875
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The Labour Market Integration of Refugee and Family Reunion Immigrants: A Comparison of Outcomes in Canada and Sweden
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper assesses the employment and earnings trajectories of refugee and family reunion category immigrants in Canada and Sweden using two national level sources of data. The Canadian Immigration Database (IMDB) is a file that links the intake record of post 1979 immigrants with annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735640
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The Great Compression of the French Wage Structure, 1969-2008
Verdugo, Gregory - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Wage inequality decreased continuously in France from 1969 to 2008. In contrast to the US and the UK, this period was … upper tail wage inequality in France relative to other countries. Using a model with imperfect substitution between … wage inequality at the top of the distribution in France during this period is explained by the increase in the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884084
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Minimum Wage and the Average Wage in France: A Circular Relationship?
Cette, Gilbert; Chouard, Valérie; Verdugo, Gregory - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates whether increases in the minimum wage in France have the same impact on the average wage when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884290