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Money and income causality in Japan under the flexible exchnge rate regime : 1971-1983
Komura, Chikara - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003528378
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Gender gaps in performance : evidence from young lawyers
Ferrer, Ghazala Azmat Rosa - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746116
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Lawyers, governance, and globalization : the diverging paths of "public interest law" across the Americas
Silva, Fábio de Sá e - 2017
In recent years, "public interest law" (PIL) has become a frequent component in conversations about law and policy around the globe. While this worldwide manifestation of a professional and political script that thus far seemed to be typically so American suggests a remarkable process of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060042
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Judicial attitudes under shifting jurisprudence : evidence from Brazil's new drug law of 2006
Castro, Alexandre Samy de - 2021
This paper exploits the diversity of panels at the court of appeals in the state of São Paulo to address the role of career backgrounds and ideology in shaping the response of judicial decisions to a major shift in jurisprudence on drug offenses. The Brazilian constitution reserves 80% of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594625
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Matching with waiting times : the German entry-level labor market for lawyers
Dimakopoulos, Philipp; Heller, Christian-Philipp - 2018
We study the allocation of German lawyers to regional courts for legal trainee-ships. Because of excess demand in some regions lawyers often have to wait before being allocated. The currently used "Berlin" mechanism is not weakly Pareto efficient, does not eliminate justified envy and does not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899159
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Do judicial assignments matter? : evidence from random case allocation
Ganglmair, Bernhard; Helmers, Christian; Love, Brian J. - 2024
Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, selection obscures the causal mechanisms that drive these preferences. We overcome this challenge by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468955
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Commute time in Brazil (1992-2009) : differences between metropolitan areas, by income levels and gender
Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes; Schwanen, Tim - 2015
according to income levels and gender. This paper is based on the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) carried out by the … (MAs) in the country, than the in the other MAs. Second, workers in the poorest population segment (1st income decile … times. However, these worsening conditions have been more pronounced in the 1st income decile and especially the 7th-10th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056274
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Cross-productivity effects of education and origin on earnings : are the really reflecting productivity?
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Neuman, Shoshana - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000798664
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Alganand, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the United Kingdom have all become, perhaps unwittingly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894405
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Does relative income matter? : are the critics right?
Layard, Peter R. G. (contributor); Mayraz, Guy (contributor) - 2009
Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And … samples since 1972) comparator income has a negative effect on happiness equal in magnitude to the positive effect of own … income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same is true but with lifesatisfaction as the dependant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868078