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Safeguarding Consumers Through Minimum Quality Standards : Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910
Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; McKelligott, … - 2022
We examine the effect of enforcing minimum quality standards (MQSs) on consumer health. In the late 1800s, the urban milk supply was regularly skimmed and diluted with water, but consumers could not easily determine its quality because dyes, caramel, and salt were added. To protect consumers,...
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Incidence of Strict Quality Standards : Protection of Consumers or Windfall for Professionals?
Kawaguchi, Daiji - 2013
This paper examines the effects of upgrading product quality standards on product and professional labor-market equilibriums when both markets are regulated. The Japanese government revised the Building Standards Act in June 2007, requiring a stricter review process for admitting the plans of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080137
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Not so Standard Anymore? Employment Duality in Germany
Eichhorst, Werner - 2014
This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labour market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054576
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The Impact of the Transition and EU Membership on the Returns to Schooling in Europe
Patrinos, Harry A.; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2023
difference-in-difference methods to estimate the impact of transition and EU accession. It is found that the transition from a … significantly, especially through the EU accession channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346264
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Mental Health in European Economics Departments
Macchi, Elisa; Sievert, Clara; Bolotnyy, Valentin; … - 2023
We study the mental health of graduate students and faculty at 14 Economics departments in Europe. Using clinically validated surveys sent out in the fall of 2021, we find that 34.7% of graduate students experience moderate to severe symptoms of depression or anxiety and 17.3% report suicidal or...
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New Technologies and Jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; Dias da Silva, Antonio; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2023
We examine the link between labour market developments and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and software in 16 European countries over the period 2011- 2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find that on average employment shares have increased...
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Social Gradients in Employment During and after the Covid-19 Pandemic
Alstadsæter, Annette; Bratsberg, Bernt; Markussen, Simen; … - 2023
We examine employment effects of the COVID-19 crisis in Norway during the initial lockdown, through the subsequent recovery, and after the dust had settled. While we identify large and socially skewed effects of the crisis through its early phases, we find no long-term effects on employees...
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Expecting Brexit and UK Migration : Should I Go?
Di Iasio, Valentina; Wahba, Jackline - 2023
the UK. We employ a Difference-in-Differences strategy and compare EU migration to non-EU migration before and immediately … after the UK referendum of June 2016. We also investigate the potential secondary effects of the referendum on non-EU …) migration inflows from the EU declined, (ii) emigration of EU migrants increased and (iii) net migration flows from EU countries …
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Minimum Income Support Systems as Elements of Crisis Resilience in Europe
Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Marx, Paul; … - 2023
This paper studies the role of social policies in different European welfare states regarding minimum income protection and active inclusion. The core focus lies on crisis resilience, i.e. the capacity of social policy arrangements to contain poverty and inequality and avoid exclusion before,...
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Does Employment Protection Help Immigrants? Evidence from European Labor Markets
Sá, Filipa - 2010
immigrant. This paper tests that hypothesis drawing on evidence for the EU and on two natural experiments for Spain and Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759354