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Generating legitimacy for labor market and welfare state reforms : the role of policy advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Wintermann, Ole (contributor) - 2005
Policy advice can help political actors design and implement institutional reforms through the generation of political and substantial legitimacy. This article clarifies the institutional pre-conditions of effective supply and transfer of policy advice with particular respect to the field of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285403
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Policy evaluation and economic policy advice
Schmidt, Christoph M. (contributor) - 2007
Arguably, one of the most important developments in the field of applied economics during the last decades has been the emergence of systematic policy evaluation, with its distinct focus on the establishment of causality. By contrast to the natural sciences, the objects of our scientific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003577794
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Economic science and political influence
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in order to influence outcomes in a fashion consistent with their own preferences. I discuss some consequences of the existence of such ideological bias. In particular, I analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683154
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Memorandum : Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung
Hauser, Richard; Wagner, Gert G.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
Based on the hypothesis that microdata are of crucial importance for internationally competitive economic research and scientific advice in economic and social policy, the authors develop various proposals for an improved data supply for empirical work in Germany. Present shortcomings are mainly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294526
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Job loss : bridging the research and policy discussion
Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2005
In this paper I discuss a structural problem facing the United States with respect to our policy responses in the context of trade and technological change and their impact on workers. Both trade and technological change have put enormous pressure on the U.S. economy to raise the skill level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002659566
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Advising policymakers through the media
Zimmermann, Klaus F. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001896184
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The quantity-quality tradeoff of children in a developing country : identification using Chinese twins
Li, Hongbin (contributor); Zhang, Junsen (contributor);  … - 2007
attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries. -- Quantity-quality tradeoff ; twins ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641527
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Urban-rural consumption inequality in China from 1988 to 2002 : evidence from quantile regression decomposition
Qu, Zhaopeng (contributor); Zhao, Zhong (contributor) - 2008
One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large … ; consumption ; quantile regression decomposition ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752846
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Regional price differences in urban China 1986 - 2001 : estimation and implication
Honge Gong, Cathy (contributor); Meng, Xin (contributor) - 2008
Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003753767
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Tournaments and managerial incentives in China's listed firms : new evidence
Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2008
an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759900