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The information content of capacity utilization rates for output gap estimates

Graff, Michael; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 58 (2012) 1, pp. 220-251

real-time output gaps are informationally inefficient in the sense that quarterly survey data on capacity utilization …

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A taste for consistency and survey response behavior

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 59 (2013) 1, pp. 181-193

of the inclusion of additional questions. The effects are large and reveal how easy survey responses can be manipulated …

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Measuring immigration policies : preliminary evidence from IMPALA : migration policies

Beine, Michel; Burgoon, Brian B.; Crock, Mary; Gest, Justin - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 61 (2015) 3/4, pp. 527-559

character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on a selection of data for six pilot countries between 1990 and 2008, we … document the variation of immigration policies across countries and over time. We focus on three specific dimensions: the … immigration policies, and aggregation procedures that allow for gauging the stringency of immigration regulations comparatively. …

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Tradable refugee-admission quotas and EU asylum policy : migration policies

Moraga, Jesús Fernández-Huertas; Rapoport, Hillel - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 61 (2015) 3/4, pp. 638-672

The current European Union (EU) asylum policy is widely seen as ineffective and unfair. We propose an EU-wide market for tradable quotas on both refugees and asylum seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries’ and migrants’ preferences. We show that the proposed system can go...

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The political economy of migration enforcement : domestic versus border control : migration policies

Facchini, Giovanni; Testa, Cecilia - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 61 (2015) 3/4, pp. 701-721

We study migration policy enforcement by an elected government. The policymaker faces uncertainty on the supply of migrants, but has more information than the public on its preferences and the extent and effectiveness of its enforcement activities. We show that a utilitarian government...

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EU enlargement, migration and the new constitution

Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 50 (2004) 4, pp. 685-707

Europe. Although migration is good in principle, as it yields gains from trade and specialization for all countries involved … state. This is not the present state of affairs in Western Europe. In addition to measures that make labour markets more …

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Quality of government and subjective poverty in Europe

Baldini, Massimo; Peragine, Vitorocco; Silvestri, Luca - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 64 (2018) 3, pp. 371-395

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Residential mobility of the European elderly

Angelini, Viola; Laferrère, Anne - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 58 (2012) 3, pp. 544-569

the whole housing market. This article combines micro data from two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement … in Europe (SHARE) with macro data on housing policy to analyse the residential mobility decisions of the elderly in 11 …

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Work norms and the welfare state

Corneo, Giacomo - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 58 (2012) 4, pp. 599-625

article revisits the model of endogenous work ethic developed by Lindbeck and Nyberg and explores survey evidence on the …

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U.S. Welfare Reform: What`s relevant for Europa?

Blank, Rebecca M. - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 49 (2003) 1, pp. 49-74

This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessonsʺ of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...

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