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Service offshoring and white-collar employment
Crinò, Rosario (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499534
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How far away is an intangible? : services FDI and distance
Davies, Ronald B.; Guillin, Amélie - 2011
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships …. This paper investigates spatial interactions for services FDI using several distance measures, including physical distance … activity remain valid for services. We also find spatial interdependence for services FDI that is generally supportive of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307953
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Consumption risk sharing over the business cycle : the role of small firms' access to credit markets
Hoffmann, Mathias; Stewen, Iryna - 2009
Consumption risk sharing among U.S. federal states increases in booms and decreases in recessions. We find that small firms' access to credit markets plays an important role in explaining this stylized fact: business cycle fluctuations in aggregate risk sharing are more pronounced in states in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003807913
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The relationship between healthcare expenditure and disposable personal income in the US states : a fractional integration and cointegration analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Cuñado Eizaguirre, Juncal; … - 2015
This study examines the relationship between healthcare expenditure and disposable income in the 50 US states over the period 1966-2009 using fractional integration and cointegration techniques. The degree of integration and non-linearity of both series are found to vary considerably across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283833
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Service offshoring and export experience
Berlingieri, Giuseppe; Marcolin, Luca; Ornelas, Emanuel - 2021
arm’s length. The model further implies that firms are more likely to offshore when frictions in the provision of services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534705
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Are the elderly a threat to educational expenditures?
Cattaneo, M. Alejandra (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003598836
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One pillar crumbling, the others too short : old-age provision in Germany
Werding, Martin - 2016
Public pay-as-you-go pensions still form the dominant pillar of old-age provision in Germany. This is in marked contrast to the situation in Anglo-Saxon countries. It has advantages if labour markets are strong, e.g., following a quick recovery from the Great Recession. It has disadvantages, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429583
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Health and aging before and after retirement
Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger - 2021
Für bestimmte Berufsgruppen untersuchen wir Gesundheit und Altern vor und nach der Pensionierung. Wir verwenden fünf Wellen des Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) und erstellen einen Gebrechlichkeitsindex für ältere Männer und Frauen aus 10 europäischen Ländern....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650609
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Age and health related inheritance taxation
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre - 2021
This paper studies the design of an optimal non linear inheritance taxation when individuals differ in wage as well as in their risks of both mortality and old-age dependance. We assume that the government cannot distinguish between bequests motives, that is whether bequests result from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499657
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The politics of aging and retirement : evidence from Swiss referenda
Bello, Piera; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2018
Aging creates financial troubles for PAYG pension systems, since the share of retirees to workers increases. An often advocated policy response is to increase retirement age. Ironically, however, the political support for this policy may actually be hindered by population aging. Using Swiss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882293