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Is a Policy of Free Movement of Workers Sustainable?
Picard, Pierre M. - 2014
This paper studies the costs and benefits of the adoption of the policy of free movement for workers. For the countries to agree on uncontrolled movement of workers, the short run costs must be outweighed by the long term benefits that result from better labor market flexibility and income...
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The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union : Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment
Kahanec, Martin - 2014
The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member … states' citizens, the need for adjustment became ever more important during the Great Recession, which affected EU member … states unevenly.This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional …
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Public Opinion on Immigration in Europe : Preference versus Salience
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2017
There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the foundation for restrictive immigration policies. Existing studies have focused on the responses to survey questions on whether the individual would prefer more or less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954054
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The Public Perception and Normative Valuation of Executive Compensation : An International Comparison
Kuhn, Andreas - 2010
This paper describes individuals' perceptions and normative valuations of executive compensation using comparable survey data for fifteen OECD member countries. An overwhelming majority of individuals (more than 90%) believes that top executives earn more than they actually deserve. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135826
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How Sensitive are Individual Retirement Expectations to Raising the Retirement Age?
de Grip, Andries - 2013
This paper investigates the causal effects of the announcement of an increase in the statutory pension age on employee retirement expectations. In June 2010, the Dutch government signed a new pension agreement with the employer and employee organizations that entailed an increase in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084679
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Regional Variations in Attitudes Towards Refugees : Evidence from Great Britain
Crawley, Heaven - 2013
This paper examines changes in public attitudes towards refugees across Britain over almost three decades using data from British Social Attitudes Surveys. It therefore covers the period when immigration as a whole has increased and the number of asylum applications reached their highest levels....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074208
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Does Public Information About School Quality Lead to Flight from Low-Achieving Schools?
Friesen, Jane - 2009
We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility between elementary schools. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when poor school-level performance is revealed. In general, parents respond to information soon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153170
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Perception of Corruption and Public Support for Redistribution in Latin America
Hauk, Esther - 2017
This paper studies the relationship between people's beliefs about the quality of their institutions, as measured by corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in Latin America. Our empirical study is guided by a theoretical model which introduces taxes into Foellmi and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952596
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Less Welfare or Fewer Foreigners? Immigrant Inflows and Public Opinion Towards Redistribution and Migration Policy
Murard, Elie - 2017
I examine the effect of immigrant inflows in Europe on natives' individual attitudes towards redistribution and immigration policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of attitudes in a joint empirical framework. Using migration data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955009
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Does Education Affect Attitudes Towards Immigration? Evidence from Germany
Margaryan, Shushanik - 2018
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and exploiting the staggered implementation of a compulsory schooling reform in West Germany, this article finds that an additional year of schooling lowers the probability of being very concerned about immigration to Germany by around six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906492