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Monetary policy rules in theory and in practice : evidence from the UK and the US
Paez-Farrell, Juan - In: Applied economics 41 (2009) 16/18, pp. 2037-2046
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Why has wage inequality increased more in the USA than in Europe? : An empirical investigation of the demand and supply of skill
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 7, pp. 771-788
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003324835
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An application of maximum entropy estimation : the demand for meat in the United Kingdom
Fraser, Iain M. - In: Applied economics 32 (2000) 1, pp. 45-59
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Assessing inflation expectations anchoring for heterogeneous agents : analysts, businesses and trade unions
Miyajima, Ken; Yetman, James - In: Applied economics 51 (2019) 41, pp. 4499-4515
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Quashing demand criminalizing clients? : evidence from the UK
Della Giusta, Marina; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Jewell, Sarah - 2019
We discuss changes in the demand for paid sex accompanying the criminalization of prostitution in the United Kingdom … Lifestyles (Natsal2, conducted in 2000-2001 and Natsal3, conducted in 2010-2012) to illustrate the changes in demand that have … taken place across the two waves. We do not find demand decreasing in our sample and find a shift in the composition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022726
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Unemployment dynamics and the cost of business cycles
Hairault, Jean-Olivier (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a reduced-form model of the labor market, we show that job finding rate fluctuations generate intrinsically a non-linear effect on unemployment: positive shocks reduce...
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Base period, qualifying period and the equilibrium rate of unemployment
Jahn, Elke J. (contributor); Wagner, Thomas (contributor) - 2006
Unemployment benefits, benefit duration, base period and qualifying period are constituent parameters of the unemployment insurance system in most OECD countries. From economic research we know that the amount and duration of unemployment benefits increase unemployment. To analyze the effects of...
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Transition with heterogeneous labor
Balla, Katalin (contributor); Köllő, János (contributor);  … - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994), assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers' productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully...
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Unemployment, social capital, and subjective well-being
Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2006
It has been shown in past research that unemployment has a large negative impact on subjective well-being of individuals. In this paper, I explore whether and to what extent people with more social capital are sheltered from the harmful effects of unemployment. Using data from the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474175
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From shame to game in one hundred years : an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...
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