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The economics of workaholism : we should not have worked on this paper
Hamermesh, Daniel S. (contributor);  … - 2005
policy involves a more progressive tax system than in the absence of workaholism. -- addiction ; retirement ; labor supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003039636
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Going after the addiction, not the addicted : the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal
Félix, Sónia; Portugal, Pedro; Tavares, Ana - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal using the Synthetic Control Method. The applied econometric methodology compares Portuguese drug-related variables with the ones extracted from a convex combination of similar European countries. The results suggest that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704335
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Rational addiction and time consistency : an empirical test
Piccoli, Luca; Tiezzi, Silvia - 2020
This paper deals with one of the main empirical problems associated with the rational addiction theory, namely that its … addiction equation cannot distinguish between time consistency and inconsistency in preferences. We show that an encompassing … general specification of the rational addiction model embeds the possibility of testing for time consistent versus time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012160910
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764676
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Eggs when young, chicken when old : time consistency and addiction over the life cycle
Piccoli, Luca; Tiezzi, Silvia - 2023
longitudinal data from RLMS, estimating a quasi-hyperbolic discounting rational addiction model for young and adult smokers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014326453
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Age structure of the workforce and firm performance
Grund, Christian (contributor);  … - 2005
In this contribution, we examine the interrelation between corporate age structures and firm performance. In particular, we address the issues, whether firms with young rather than older employees are successful and whether firms with homogeneous or heterogeneous workforces are doing well....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003158653
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Employee training, wage dispersion and equality in Britain
Almeida-Santos, Filipe (contributor);  … - 2006
"We use British household panel data to explore the wage returns to training incidence and intensity (duration) for 6924 employees. We find these returns differ greatly depending on the nature of the training (general or specific); who funds the training (employee or employer); and the skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359286
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Employees who become self-employed : do labour income and wages have an impact?
Andersson, Pernilla (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper analyzes the self-employment decision among Swedish-born male employees. The main objective of the paper is to investigate the impact of the relation between the actual and the predicted income on the probability to become self-employed. The predicted income is calculated from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278951
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Biological gender differences, absenteeism and the earning gap
Ichino, Andrea (contributor); Moretti, Enrico (contributor) - 2006
In most Western countries illness-related absenteeism is higher among female workers than among male workers. Using the personnel dataset of a large Italian bank, we show that the probability of an absence due to illness increases for females, relative to males, approximately 28 days after a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348536
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Search and offshoring in the presence of "animal spirits"
Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - 2009
In this paper, we introduce two sources of unemployment in a two-factor general equilibrium model: search frictions and fairness considerations. We find that a binding fair-wage constraint increases the unskilled unemployment rate and can at the same time lead to a higher unemployment rate for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831919