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Immigrant networks and US bilateral trade : the role of immigrant income
Mundra, Kusum - 2010
This paper examines the role of immigrant networks on trade, particularly through the demand effect. First, we examine the effect of immigration on trade when the immigrants consume more of the goods that are abundant in their home country than the natives in a standard Heckscher-Ohlin model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153045
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Enlarging the EMU to the east : what effects on trade?
Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Spies, Julia (contributor) - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) accession of eight Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) on their share in EMU-12 imports. Overcoming biases related to endogeneity, omitted variables and sample selection, our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750287
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Ethnic networks and US exports
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper provides new estimates of the effects of ethnic network on U.S. exports. In line with recent research, our dataset is a panel of exports from U.S. states to 29 foreign countries. Our analysis departs from the literature in two ways, both of which show that previous estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289885
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Measuring the value of a statistical life : problems and prospects
Ashenfelter, Orley (contributor) - 2006
Tradeoffs between monetary wealth and fatal safety risks are summarized in the value of a statistical life (VSL), a measure that is widely used for the evaluation of public policies in medicine, the environment, and transportation safety. This paper demonstrates the widespread use of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253450
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Wage returns to university disciplines in Greece : are Greek higher education degrees Trojan horses?
Livanos, Ilias; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2009
wage responsiveness across various degree subjects in Greece is interesting, as it is characterised by high levels of …. -- Academic disciplines ; wage returns ; higher education ; Greece …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900572
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The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries
Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2009
International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920201
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Modelling the effects of immigration on regional economic performance and the wage distribution : a CGE analysis of three EU regions
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Roberts, Deborah; Balamou, Eudokia - 2009
small remote EU regions located within Scotland, Greece and Latvia. Two migration scenarios are assessed. In the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931306
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Earnings determination and taxes : evidence from a cohort based payroll tax reform in Greece
Saez, Emmanuel; Matsaganis, Manos; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2010
This paper analyzes the response of earnings to payroll tax rates using a cohort-based reform in Greece. All …-term incidence and effects of marginal payroll tax rates on earnings. Standard theory predicts that, in the long run, new regime … productivity as workers age. -- Payroll taxes ; Greece …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939261
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The gender wage gap as a function of educational degree choices in an occupationally segregated EU country
Livanos, Ilias; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2009
graduates contributes to the gender pay gap, and the reasons underlying their distinct educational choices. The case of Greece … premiums in the job market. -- Gender wage gap ; subject of degree ; returns ; risk ; Greece …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926731
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Vignette equivalence and response consistency : the case of job satisfaction
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van; … - 2011
We compare reported job satisfaction with vignette evaluations of hypothetical jobs by using a British, Greek and Dutch data set, containing 95 randomly assigned vignettes. In order to test comparability of international data sets recently the method of anchoring vignettes has been introduced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523545