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Biased Beliefs and Imperfect Information
Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We perform an incentivized experiment designed to assess the accuracy of beliefs about characteristics and decisions. Subjects are asked to declare some specific choices and characteristics with different levels of observability from an external point of view, and typically formed through real...
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House Price Expectations
Niu, Geng; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Utilizing new survey data collected between 2009 and 2014, this paper analyzes American households' subjective expectations on future home values. We explore the relationship between house price expectations, local economic conditions, and households' individual characteristics. We examine the...
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The Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey: Towards a Better Understanding of Labor Markets in Transition
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The paper presents the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS), which is one of the most widely used household … and labor force surveys in Eastern Europe. It is based on a statistically representative sample of the Ukrainian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990943
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The Own-Wage Elasticity of Labor Demand: A Meta-Regression Analysis
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Firms' labor demand responses to wage changes are of key interest in empirical research and policy analysis. However, despite extensive research, estimates of labor demand elasticities remain subject to considerable heterogeneity. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive meta-regression...
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Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Li, Shi; Sato, Hiroshi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until recently had a dual system of household surveys - one rural and one urban …This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty … earnings, household income and poverty, and we present seven of these in the paper. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959759
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Which Schools and Pupils Respond to Educational Achievement Surveys? A Focus on the English PISA Sample
Schnepf, Sylke V.; Durrant, Gabriele B.; Micklewright, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using logistic and multilevel logistic modelling we examine non-response at the school and pupil level to the important educational achievement survey Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for England. The analysis exploits unusually rich auxiliary information on all schools and...
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Who Benefits from Benefits? Empirical Research on Tangible Incentives
Hammermann, Andrea; Mohnen, Alwine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Although a broad field of literature on incentive theory exists, employer-provided tangible goods (hereafter called benefits) have so far been neglected by economic research. A remarkable exception is an empirical study by Oyer (2008). In our study, we test some of his findings by drawing on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646296
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Non-Response Biases in Surveys of School Children: The Case of the English PISA Samples
Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; Skinner, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyse response patterns to an important survey of school children, exploiting rich auxiliary information on respondents' and non-respondents' cognitive ability that is correlated both with response and the learning achievement that the survey aims to measure. The survey is the Programme for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592862
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How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?
Frazis, Harley; Stewart, Jay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
and how surveys with multiple household members or multiple days are an improvement over single-diary surveys. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693835
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Reexamining the Conditional Effect of Foreign Direct Investment
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Campos, Nauro F - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The prevailing consensus is that foreign direct investment (FDI) effects are conditional. At the macro level, they depend upon minimum levels of human capital or financial development, while at the micro level, they depend on type of linkage (forwards, backwards, or horizontal). This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670820