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Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … variables related to protection of property rights and regulation. We test these relationships by combining country …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466014
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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
Using a unique sample of new Ph.D. economists in 1987 and 1997, we examine how job seekers and their employers alter their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987 academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much weaker. A multimarket theory of optimal search suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763669
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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across individuals and institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypotheses about the negative impact of higher levels of corruption, weaker property rights and especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839291
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Liberty and the Post-Utilitarian Society
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Utilitarian foundations for limited government are shaky insofar as they assume rational and consistent individuals … on the scope of government intervention. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079233
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Trade, Labor Market Rigidities, and Government-Financed Technological Change
Koeniger, Winfried - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
of labor market institutions and government intervention. In particular, technology change is induced by rigid wage … commodity prices, openness induces the government to subsidize technological innovation in the developed country because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566677
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Why is Old Workers' Labor Market More Volatile? Unemployment Fluctuations over the Life-Cycle
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François; Sopraseuth, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Since the last recession, it is usually argued that older workers are less affected by the economic downturn because their unemployment rate rose less than the one of prime-age workers. This view is a myth: older workers are more sensitive to the business cycle. We document volatilities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884226
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Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data and two estimation strategies. It provides pairwise estimates of the union differential based on separate samples of collective bargaining leavers and joiners vis-à-vis the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884306
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Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Evaluation of Labor Market Policies
Caliendo, Marco; Mahlstedt, Robert; Mitnik, Oscar A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Many commonly used treatment effects estimators rely on the unconfoundedness assumption ("selection on observables") which is fundamentally non-testable. When evaluating the effects of labor market policies, researchers need to observe variables that affect both treatment participation and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884355
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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? Evidence from the Employers' Side
Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
bargaining in the matching process from the employer's side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959640
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Using Internet Data to Analyse the Labour Market: A Methodological Enquiry
Kureková, Lucia Mýtna; Beblavy, Miroslav; Thum, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
With the growth of the Internet, online job portals have become an important medium for job matching. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959663