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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
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The Effect of Deceptive Advertising on Consumption of the Advertised Good and its Substitutes: The Case of Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Products
Cawley, John; Avery, Rosemary; Eisenberg, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
advertising is rampant and products are generally ineffective with potentially serious side effects. We control for the targeting …This paper is the first to estimate the impact of exposure to deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised … exposure to deceptive advertising is associated with a lower probability that women, and a higher probability that men, consume …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630728
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Testing the Tunnel Effect: Comparison, Age and Happiness in UK and German Panels
FitzRoy, Felix; Nolan, Michael A.; Steinhardt, Max; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In contrast to previous results combining all ages we find positive effects of comparison income on happiness for the under 45s, and negative effects for those over 45. In the BHPS these coefficients are several times the magnitude of own income effects. In GSOEP they cancel to give no effect of...
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Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
individual welfare for East Germans in the years following reunification. German reunification was unexpected and delivered a …-estimated the welfare gains immediately following reunification. The prediction error was largest for the young, the poorly educated …
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Age, Life-Satisfaction, and Relative Income: Insights from the UK and Germany
FitzRoy, Felix; Nolan, Michael A.; Steinhardt, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We first confirm previous results with the German Socio-Economic Panel by Layard et al. (2010), and obtain strong negative effects of comparison income. However, when we split the sample by age, we find quite different results for reference income. The effects on life-satisfaction are positive...
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Religious Minorities and Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from Rural West Bengal
Kumar Das, Pranab; Kar, Saibal; Kayal, Madhumanti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Religious and ethnic minorities across the world face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods, either as outcome of discriminatory practices or due to historical antecedents, such as the caste and religious divides in India. In several districts of West Bengal in India...
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Temporary Labour Migration and Welfare at the New European Fringe: A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in...
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Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach
Gollin, Douglas; Zimmermann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...
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Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Since World War II there has been: (i) a rise in the fraction of time that married households allocate to market work, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. It is argued here that labor-saving technological progress in the household sector can...
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Why Are Married Men Working So Much? The Macroeconomics of Bargaining Between Spouses
Knowles, John A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The rise in per-capita labor over the last 30 years is difficult to explain in a standard macroeconomic model because rising wages of women should have lead to a large rise in husband’s leisure. This paper argues that home production and bargaining are both essential for understanding these...
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