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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385763
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What is the Domain of the Welfare State?
Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The paper examines the appropriate domain of the Welfare State by exploring the areas in which free enterprise fails to provide adequate welfare state services. The paper outlines a simple coherent strategy for formulating government welfare state policy by identifying the relevant market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788942
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Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey
Dohmen, Thomas J; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Schupp, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
health - the paper also studies the impact of context on risk attitudes, finding a strong but imperfect correlation across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123605
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Income inequality, decentralisation and regional development in Western Europe
Pike, Andy J; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tomaney, John; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper deals with the relationship between decentralisation, regional economic development, and income inequality within regions. Using multiplicative interaction models and regionally aggregated microeconomic data for more than 100,000 individuals in the European Union (EU), it addresses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322504
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Trade and regional inequality
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between openness and within-country regional inequality across 28 countries over the period 1975-2005. In particular, it tests a) whether increases in trade lead to rising inequalities, b) whether these inequalities recede in time, and c) whether increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367423
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Economic Linkages Across Space
Overman, Henry G; Rice, Patricia; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We develop a diagrammatic framework that can be used to study the economic linkages between regions or cities. Hitherto, such linkages have not been the primary focus of either the theoretical or empirical literatures. We use the framework to analyse the impact of shocks that occur in one region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666755
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Agglomeration and the Adjustment of the Spatial Economy
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Overman, Henry G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We consider the literatures on urban systems and New Economic Geography to examine questions concerning agglomeration and how areas respond to shocks to the economic environment. We first propose a diagrammatic framework to compare the two approaches. We then use this framework to study a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791290
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The Golden Age of Economic Growth: Why Did Northern Ireland Miss Out?
Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
In this paper we examine the persistent effects of past wages of displaced workers on the probability of finding a new job and on wages in the new job. We use a new database looking at the post-displacement experience of a sample of Belgian workers who have lost their jobs because of a sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792151
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Unemployment Dynamics of the 'Mezzogiornos of Europe': Lessons for the Mezzogiorno of Italy
Basile, Roberto; Schioppa, Padoa; Kostoris, Fiorella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The unemployment dynamics in the Mezzogiorno of Italy seem to corroborate the New Economic Geography predictions, whereby, under some specific hypotheses, a stronger economic integration can amplify the regional polarisation of unemployment rates in Europe. It is, however, unclear which features...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792261
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Bringing Home the Bacon: An empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008
Which electorates receive targeted funding, and does targeted funding swing votes? To answer these questions, I analyze four discretionary programs funded by the Australian federal government during the 2001-2004 election cycle. Controlling for relevant demographic characteristics of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971337