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Global Trends in Income Inequality and Income Dynamics : New Insights from GRID
Guvenen, Fatih; Pistaferri, Luigi; Violante, Giovanni L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) is a new open-access, cross- country database that contains a wide range of micro statistics on income inequality, dynamics, and mobility. It has four key characteristics: it is built on micro panel data drawn from administrative records; it fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388880
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U.S. Banks, Crises, and Bailouts : From Mexico to LTCM
Stulz, Rene M. - 2000
This paper investigates the impact on bank stock prices of emerging market currency crises and bailouts. The stock market distinguishes between banks with exposure to a crisis country and other banks. In general, banks with exposures to a crisis country are affected adversely by currency events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471245
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A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Impact of International Migration : Canada, Mexico, and the United States
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2006
migration narrowed wage inequality in Canada; increased it in the United States; and reduced the relative wage of workers at the … bottom of the skill distribution in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466338
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International Franchising : Evidence from US and Canadian Franchisors in Mexico
Lafontaine, Francine - 2001
only to describe the contracting practices of US and Canadian franchisors in Mexico but, most importantly, to compare them … agreements in Mexico compared to their home market. Our empirical results confirm hypotheses derived from the theories …, particularly with respect to the decision to operate in Mexico. But we also find some surprises - for example, the vast majority of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470547
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Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge
Cavallo, Alberto; Kryvtsov, Oleksiy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study how within-store price variation changes with inflation, and whether households exploit it to attenuate the inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between 2018 and 2024. Measuring unit prices within narrowly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576655
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being : Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
Aknin, Lara B. - 2010
experiments within two very different countries (Canada and Uganda) and show that spending money on others has a consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462241
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Economics and Ideology : Causal Evidence of the Impact of Economic Conditions on Support for Redistribution and Other Ballot Proposals
Brunner, Eric J. - 2008
Using California ballot proposition returns and exogenous shifts to labor demand, we provide the first large-scale causal evidence of the impact of economic conditions on policy preferences. Consistent with economic theory, we find that positive economic shocks decrease support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464554
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Social Capital and Prosocial Behaviour as Sources of Well-Being
Helliwell, John F. - 2017
This paper surveys evidence documenting positive linkages among social capital, prosocial behaviour, and subjective well-being. Whether in the workplace, at home, in the community, or among nations, better and deeper social connections, and especially higher levels of trust are linked to higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453950
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Ode to the sea : Workplace Organizations and Norms of Cooperation
Gneezy, Uri - 2014
The functioning and well-being of any society and organization critically hinges on norms of cooperation that regulate social activities. Empirical evidence on how such norms emerge and in which environments they thrive remains a clear void in the literature. To provide an initial set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458432
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Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital
Currie, Janet - 2007
Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, conduct disorders, and other behavioral problems. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465437