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Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011
concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129942
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Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives
Brown, Alessio J.G; Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2008
We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058461
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Economic Science and Political Influence
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2013
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/10013088344
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Past, Present and Future Compensation Research : Economist Perspectives
Gibbs, Michael - 2017
At the 2016 Academy of Management Conference, a group of distinguished compensation researchers held a panel discussion on the future of compensation research. Their remarks were compiled into an article published in this issue. Soon after the panel, Charles Fay commissioned a similar discussion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959048
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Self-Selection into Export Markets by Business Services Firms : Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama - 2010
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages … services firms into exporting does not show up among firms from France and the UK where no statistically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138673
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How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth : The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Betzer, André - 2011
of almost half of Germany's nuclear reactors while safety checks were carried out, and a three-month moratorium on … companies to renewable energies companies in Germany. We moreover find that the joint market capitalization of these firms has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121551
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann - 2009
also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155002
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Intra-Household Time Allocation : Gender Differences in Caring for Children
Garcia-Mainar, Inmaculada - 2009
characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159340
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The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets : France and Germany Compared
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777260
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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