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Savings for unemployment in good or bad times : options for developing countries
Robalino, David; Vodopivec, Milan; Bodor, Andras - 2009
The paper describes and evaluates unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - a relatively new and not well … management of short and long term savings (i.e., pension wealth) while avoiding unnecessary administrative costs. The paper … comparison to developed countries. -- Unemployment insurance ; unemployment insurance savings accounts ; unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905775
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The Easterlin paradox
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2020
The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012372750
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The dynamics of the regulation of labor in developing and developed countries since 1960
Campos, Nauro; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2012
This paper examines both the determinants and the effects of changes in the rigidity of labor market legislation across countries over time. Recent research identifies the origin of the legal system as being a major determinant of the cross-country variation in the rigidity of employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629025
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Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries : a microeconomic perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from simple 'turbulence'; 2) the different microeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536406
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Happiness and economic growth : the evidence
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
Long term trends in happiness and income are not related; short term fluctuations in happiness and income are positively associated. Evidence for this is found in time series data for developed countries, transition countries, and less developed countries, whether analyzed separately or pooled....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699443
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Do natural disasters stimulate individual saving? : evidence from a natural experiment in a highly developed country
Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich; Tutt, Jascha - 2015
-Economic Panel that we combine with geographic flood data, we compare the savings behavior of affected and non-affected individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516460
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A pragmatic approach to capital account liberalization
Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor);  … - 2008
developing countries and emerging markets. This suggests that the lack of domestic savings is not the primary constraint on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003697367
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The effect of increasing the early retirement age on savings behavior before retirement
Etgeton, Stefan; Fischer, Björn; Ye, Han - 2019
age for women born after 1951 in Germany, we show evidence of a reduction in private savings rate and an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133536
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Pension information and women's awareness
Angelici, Marta; Del Boca, Daniela; Oggero, Noemi; … - 2020
were interviewed to assess their knowledge about pensions and financial issues and about their own savings and personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262648
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Global pension systems and their reform : worldwide drivers, trends, and challenges
Holzmann, Robert - 2012
Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain “new normal” will make future pension systems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581355