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Transparency in parliamentary voting
Benesch, Christine; Bütler, Monika; Hofer, Katharina E. - 2015
We use a change in the voting procedures of one of the two chambers of the Swiss parliament to explore how transparency …
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Returns to office in national and local politics
Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Poutvaara, Panu; Terviö, Marko - 2013
effect of being elected on subsequent income. Getting elected to parliament increases annual earnings initially by about €20 …
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Voter turnout in European Parliament elections : a spatial analysis
Fiorino, Nadia; Pontarollo, Nicola; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2016
In European Parliament elections turnout rates, traditionally lower than in national parliamentary elections, decrease …
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That elusive elasticity : a long-panel approach to estimating the capital-labor substitution elasticity : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, May 2004
Chirinko, Robert S.; Fazzari, Steven M.; Meyer, Andrew P. - 2004
The elasticity of substitution between capital and labor features prominently in several areas of economic research. However, a consensus estimate remains elusive. We develop an estimation strategy that filters panel data in an original way and avoids several pitfalls - difficult-to-specify...
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The three meaningful votes : voting on Brexit in the British House of Commons
Aidt, Toke; Grey, Felix; Savu, Alexandru - 2019
Members of Parliament (MPs) was instrumental in this. We find that three factors influenced their rebellion calculus: the MP …
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Natural disasters, moral hazard, and special interests in congress
Kaplan, Ethan; Spenkuch, Jörg L.; Yuan, Haishan - 2018
We exploit the precise timing of natural disasters to provide empirical evidence on the connection between electoral accountability and politicians' support for special interests. We show that, in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, the evening news substantially reduce their coverage of...
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How to measure the tax burden on labour at the macro-level?
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Volkerink, Bjørn - 2003
The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we survey the way in which the tax burden on labour has been proxied for … extent the conclusions of some studies change if some alternative indicator for the tax burden on labour is employed. We … indicator for the tax burden on labour is also shown to affect the conclusions of some well-known empirical models. …
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How much do workers actually value working from home?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world. We ask how much workers actually value this job attribute. Using a stated-preference experiment, we show that German employees are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH, but they value other job attributes more. For...
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Picture this: social distance and the mistreatment of migrant workers
Barsbai, Toman; Bartoš, Vojtěch; Licuanan, Victoria S.; … - 2022
We experimentally study an intervention to reduce mistreatment of Filipino overseas domestic workers (DWs) by their employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced DW mistreatment, increased their job satisfaction,...
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High-pressure, high-paying jobs?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure comes with a sizable earnings premium, even within...
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