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Want freedom, will travel : emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality
Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
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Does economic freedom moderate perceived corruption for firms in India?
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Stivers, Adam - 2023
Available wisdom suggests that a negative relationship prevails between economic freedom and perceived corruption among … economic freedom in influencing perceived corruption. The firm-level data helps to explore the relationship between economic … freedom across Indian states and the perceived corruption in the formal sector. A statistically significant negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390533
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Warrant economics, call-put policy options and the fallacies of economic theory
Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - 2011
In this paper we aim to trace the roots of the ongoing economic mayhem and to unmask the chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields of the dysfunctional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524338
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Did British women achieve long-term economic benefits from working in essential WWII industries?
Hart, Robert A. - 2009
Between mid-1939 and mid-1943 almost 2.2 million additional women were recruited into Britain's essential war industries. These consisted, predominantly, of young women recruited into metal and chemical industries. Much of the increased labour supply was achieved through government directed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809700
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The first world war and working-class food consumption in Britain
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - 2010
In this paper we reassess the food consumption and dietary impact of the regimes of food and food price control and eventually, food rationing, that were introduced in Britain during the First World War. At the end of the War the Sumner Committee was convened to investigate into effects of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156099
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The economic consequences of being widowed by war : a life-cycle perspective
Braun, Sebastian; Stuhler, Jan - 2024
Despite millions of war widows worldwide, little is known about the economic consequences of being widowed by war. We use life history data from West Germany to show that war widowhood increased women's employment immediately after World War II but led to lower employment rates later in life....
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Capabilities and skills
Heckman, James J.; Corbin, Chase O. - 2016
This paper discusses the relevance of recent research on the economics of human development to the work of the Human Development and Capability Association. The recent economics of human development brings insights about the dynamics of skill accumulation to an otherwise static literature on...
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Education and freedom of choice : evidence from arranged marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use … significantly weaker for men. -- arranged marriage ; education ; schooling ; freedom of choice ; development ; Vietnam ; Red River …
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Liberty and the post-utilitarian society
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
. Individual responsibility is seriously undermined, as is faith in markets. He concludes that supporters of individual freedom …
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Influence of freedom of choice on happiness
Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, Christopher R.; … - 2022
studies, we investigate the role of the freedom of choice as a key contributing construct in influencing a person's happiness …. We define two hypothetical sub-constructs for the freedom of choice to fully develop a model of happiness. We name those …
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