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market. After characterizing the general demand models, it reviews consumer baseline based on which further study the demand … case for possible application to the electricity market and discusses the implications of the results. In the literature … and demand response in the power market and their relationships. It enhances demand response in the electricity market …
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We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of health...
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analysis here serves as an updated picture of the distributional effects of the indirect tax system in Ireland, as well as a …
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We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous...
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This paper applies the familiar theoretical distinction between general and specific training to the empirical task of estimating the returns to in-company training. Using a firm-level dataset which distinguishes between general and specific training, we test for the relative effects of the two...
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simultaneously product and labor market imperfections, this paper quantifies industry differences in both types of imperfections … of Hall's econometric framework for estimating price-cost margins by nesting three labor market settings (perfect … market imperfections. Consistent with differences in institutions and in the industrial relations system in the two countries …
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Since 2004, Ireland has included in its system of social welfare payments criteria for receipt which limit the extent …
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In this paper, we model the consequences of childhood health on adult health and socio-economic status outcomes in China using a new sample of middle aged and older Chinese respondents. Modeled after the American Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), the CHARLS Pilot survey respondents are...
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comparable over time and show great stability despite profound changes in market incomes and important fiscal reforms over the … shows marked differences reflecting the narrow political spectrum in Ireland compared to radical changes in British politics …
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In the mid 2000s Ireland experienced a large inflow of immigrants, partly in response to strong economic growth but … also in response to its decision to allow full access to its labour market when EU expansion occurred in May 2004. Between … 2004 and 2007, the proportion of non-nationals living in Ireland almost doubled, increasing from 7.7 to 13.1 percent …
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