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Are doctors better health ministers?
Pilny, Adam; Rösel, Felix - 2020
Appointing or electing professionals to be public officials is a double-edged sword. Experts can use their rich knowledge to implement reforms, but they can also favor their own profession. In this study, we compare physician-trained state health ministers to ministers of other professions in...
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"The mother of all political problems"? On asylum seekers and elections
Tomberg, Lukas; Smith Stegen, Karen; Vance, Colin - 2020
unemployment rate and the level of disposable income, condition voters' responses to the presence of asylum seekers, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321397
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Does Government Ideology Matter in Monetary Policy? – A Panel Data Analysis for OECD Countries
Belke, Ansgar; Potrafke, Niklas - 2009
This paper examines the effect of government ideology on monetary policy in a quarterly data set of 15 OECD countries in the period 1980.1-2005.4. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant indicator for central bank independence and government ideology. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265771
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Does Government Ideology Matter in Monetary Policy? – A Panel Data Analysis for OECD Countries
Belke, Ansgar; Potrafke, Niklas - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
This paper examines the effect of government ideology on monetary policy in a quarterly data set of 15 OECD countries in the period 1980.1–2005.4. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant indicator for central bank independence and government ideology....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005178228
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You Don't Know what You've got till It's Gone! Unemployment and Intertemporal Changes in Self-Reported Life Satisfaction
Klemm, Marcus - 2011
correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report … significantly lower concurrent satisfaction, but also recall reduced satisfaction from past unemployment well, and retrospectively … upgrade their past satisfaction scores. Therefore, the short-term negative effects of unemployment on individual life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287425
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You Don‘t Know what You‘ve got till It‘s Gone! Unemployment and Intertemporal Changes in Self-Reported Life Satisfaction
Klemm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report … significantly lower concurrent satisfaction, but also recall reduced satisfaction from past unemployment well, and retrospectively … upgrade their past satisfaction scores. Therefore, the short-term negative effects of unemployment on individual life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385730
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Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Heterogeneity During the Great Recession – Evidence from Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Bechara, Peggy; Kramer, Anica; … - 2014
temporary employment, to unemployment were the main factor behind the rise in unemployment; while reduced unemployment outflows … did not contribute substantially to the increase in unemployment during the early phase of the crisis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420993
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Labour market transitions, shocks and institutions in turbulent times: A cross-country analysis
Bachmann, Ronald; Felder, Rahel - 2017
of the unemployment rate and of worker transitions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722810
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Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Bechara, Peggy; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012
Using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), this paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Europe. Decomposing inequality into within and between group inequality, we analyse to what extent wage inequality and mobility can be explained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289821
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Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Bechara, Peggy; Schaffner, Sandra - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), this paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Europe. Decomposing inequality into within and between group inequality, we analyse to what extent wage inequality and mobility can be explained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860280