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Anti-Elite Politics and Emotional Reactions to Socio-Economic Problems. Experimental Evidence on 'Pocketbook Anger' from France, Germany, and the United States
Marx, Paul - 2019
-conscious emotions into anger. The argument is tested with original survey data from France, Germany, and the United States. The … anti-elite rhetoric causes considerably higher expressed anger about one's financial situation in France and Germany, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870139
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Extensive and Intensive Margins of Labour Supply : Working Hours in the US, UK and France
Blundell, Richard W. - 2011
margins in the last forty years in three countries: United-States, United-Kingdom and France. We develop a statistical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119012
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Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A. - 2012
Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112783
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Unequal Consequences of Covid-19 Across Age and Income : Representative Evidence from Six Countries
Belot, Michele - 2020
Covid-19 and the measures taken to contain it have led to unprecedented constraints on work and leisure activities, across the world. This paper uses nationally representative surveys to document how people of different ages and incomes have been affected across six countries (China, South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831094
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Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe
Hansen, Hans - 2016
In this paper, we calculate the disposable incomes in 2012 of three selected family types receiving social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe. We also calculate the net replacement rates for families receiving social assistance, calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002451
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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality : A Comparative Study for Britain and France
Bryson, Alex - 2017
-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The … results show that job quality is better in Britain than it is in France, despite its minimalist regulatory regime. The … associated with non-pecuniary job quality in both countries but in France the association is confined to only the largest firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959061
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Old‐Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends : Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries
Aliaj, Arjeta - 2016
countries Germany, France and the Netherlands using the EU Labour Force Survey. Second, we characterize the different employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996523
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Technology-Skill Complementarity in the Early Phase of Industrialization
Franck, Raphael - 2016
variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997443
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Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap - 2017
The neighbourhoods in which people live reflects their social class and preferences, so studying socio-spatial mobility between neighbourhoods gives insight in the openness of spatial class structures of societies and in the ability of people to leave disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943695
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How Do Native and Migrant Workers Contribute to Innovation? A Study on France, Germany and the UK
Fassio, Claudio - 2015
This paper uses the French and the UK Labour Force Surveys and the German Microcensus to estimate the effects of different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in particular, on the contribution of migrant workers. We adopt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021957