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Góra, Marek; Palmer, Edward - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

what are the risks of the four alternative pension systems: financial defined contribution (FDC), notional or non … conclusion is that NDC is neutral in terms of externalities. It manages the risks and eliminates the negative externalities …

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The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal

Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

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What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods

Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. …

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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...

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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

nonunion or private sector employees. Our multivariate estimates suggest that licensing has about the same quantitative impact …

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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...

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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...

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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. …

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