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Telecommunications Dynamics, Output and Employment
Jungmittag, Andre; Welfens, Paul J.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic production function is the analytical starting point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233868
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The Prevalence and Effects of Occupational Licensing
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233920
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What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination
Burks, Stephen V.; Guy, Frederick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using evidence from recent work on truckers and disaggregated older data prior researchers did not have, we revisit a classic topic and find some new answers. We focus on differentials in average annual earnings at the firm level among mileage-paid over-the-road tractor-trailer drivers ("road...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652529
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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education
Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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What Drives the Demand for Temporary Agency Workers?
Jahn, Elke J.; Bentzen, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Temporary agency employment has grown steadily in most European countries over the past three decades as part of the general trend towards increased employment flexibility. Yet to this day, it remains an open question what drives the demand for temporary agency workers. The paper examines,...
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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761625
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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
sufficient intelligence by people with limited intelligence may dominate government regulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761789
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MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy
Buehn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762169
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Labour Market Regulation, Productivity-Improving R&D and Endogenous Growth
Palokangas, Tapio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
rents and the government can support unions by labour market regulation. We show that if unions are initially very strong …, regulation increases only the workers’ profit share and has no impact on employment and growth. Otherwise, regulation increases … faster. Regulation (deregulation) is desirable when the growth rate is below (above) some critical level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762381
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Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: What Do We Really Know?
Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
with a labor market regulation are the driving forces of the shadow economy. Furthermore, the results show that the shadow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703821