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Lohnspreizung und Effizienz
Schlicht, Ekkehart - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not necessarily fair. The widening of wage differentials that is currently observed is interpreted in this manner: Skill-biased technological progress increases demand for skilled work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187319
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Hunger Incidence in the Philippines: Facts, Determinants and Challenges
Mapa, Dennis S.; Han, Fatima C.; Estrada, Kristine Claire O. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
paper aims to determine the impact of food inflation and underemployment on hunger incidence in the Philippines, using the … effect of a shock or increase to food inflation and underemployment on total involuntary hunger. Results from the model show …, starting with immediate quarter after the shock occurred. Shocks to underemployment will also increase hunger incidence but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534284
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Industrial Development, Polarisation, and Fiscal Policy in an Underemployment Economy
Nakajima, Tetsuya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Industrial development is often accompanied by massive migration from agricultural to industrial areas. This paper compares two steady states, the first and the second, which emerge before and after the termination of such migration, respectively. The paper shows that 1) the employment rate must...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107781
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Working Time During the Economic Crisis and the Impact on Romanian Working Life
Istrate, Georgeta-Marinela; Caragea, Nicoleta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
working places in a normal period of economic growth (2000). Underemployment is high in the crisis time. There are at least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110642
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Intermediation in Networks
Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
I study intermediation in networked markets using a stochastic model of multilateral bargaining in which traders compete on different routes through the network. I characterize stationary equilibrium payoffs as the fixed point of a set of intuitive value function equations and study efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904042
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Revising the school choice problem
Duddy, Conal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
In a school choice problem each school has a priority ordering over students. These priority orderings depend on criteria such as whether a student lives within walking distance or has a sibling already at the school. We argue that by including just the priority orderings in the problem, and not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212785
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Strategic Interaction in the Sex Market
Morrow, John; Sivan, Yoav - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
recommend policy. We develop a model of social network formation through sexual matching, provide an empirical approach derived …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260030
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In search of a preferred preference elicitation method: A test of the internal consistency of choice and matching tasks
Attema, Arthur; Brouwer, Werner - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
elicitation task. This paper puts forward a new test of the internal consistency of choice and matching tasks, based on “internal … tasks than within matching tasks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422027
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A Matching Method with Panel Data
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Difference-in-differences with matching is a popular method to measure the impact of an intervention in health as well … simple matching method is proposed to measure impact of an intervention using two-period panel data after the intervention. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493288
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A matching approach to study the impact of agoa on Sub-Saharan African countries
Cooke, Edgar F. A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The impact of the USA's agoa preferences on SSA countries is studied using a matching approach. The results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369619