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Di, Zeyu; Heshmati, Almas; Liu, Sijia - 2022

In China, real estate and the stock market are the two main markets favored by both individual and institutional investors. There is a significant economic link between the two. Therefore, their relationship and long-term and short-term causality can provide good guidance for investors. This...

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Why do women leave science and engineering?

Hunt, Jennifer - 2012

from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of … working conditions are only secondary factors. The relative exit rate by gender from engineering does not differ from that of …

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Young people's attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter (contributor); … - 2007

Since the 1950's, the Muslim population in Sweden has grown from just a few individuals to approximately 350,000 of which one third is of school age or younger. With the use of multiple regression technique, the principal objective of this study has been to clarify and examine young people's...

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The impact of the recent expansion of the EU on the UK labour market

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2008

We examine the impact on the UK of the influx of workers from Eastern Europe. We look at the characteristics of the workers who have come to the UK since 2004. We also use data from a number of Eurobarometers 2004-2007 as well as the 2005 Work Orientation module International Social Survey...

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Cultural transmission of work-welfare attitudes and the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt

Barón, Juan D. (contributor); … - 2008

This paper considers the potential for the cultural transmission of attitudes toward work, welfare, and individual responsibility to explain the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt. Specifically, we investigate whether 18-year olds' views about social benefits and the drivers of...

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External validation of the use of vignettes in cross-country health studies

Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Kristensen, Nicolai; Pozzoli, Dario - 2009

Cross-country comparisons of subjective assessments are rendered difficult if not impossible because of sub-population specific response style. To correct for this, the use of vignettes has become increasingly popular, notably within cross-country health studies. However, the validity of...

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Life satisfaction

Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, Arthur van - 2009

We analyze the determinants of global life satisfaction in two countries (The Netherlands and the U.S.), by using both self-reports and responses to a battery of vignette questions. We find global life satisfaction of happiness is well-described by four domains: job or daily activities, social...

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Transition fatigue? : cross-country evidence from micro data

Rovelli, Riccardo; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2009

The transition process has had different distributional impacts across different interest groups and countries. These have led to differences in the support for transition. In this paper, we study support attitudes for both the economic and political transition using data from the New Barometer...

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Preferences for redistribution

Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2009

This paper discusses what determines the preferences of individuals for redistribution. We review the theoretical literature and provide a framework to incorporate various effects previously studied separately in the literature. We then examine empirical evidence for the US, using the General...

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In the eye of the beholder : subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution

Kuhn, Andreas - 2009

This paper presents a simple conceptual framework intended for describing individuals' subjective evaluations of occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the distinction between individuals' perceptions and their...

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