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Dancing with the Populist : New Parties, Electoral Rules and Italian Municipal Elections
Bordignon, Massimo; Colussi, Tommaso - 2021
This paper develops a theoretical framework that makes predictions on (a) the conditions under which a populist party decides to run and the policy position it takes and (b) voters' response under different electoral systems. We test these predictions using data on Italian municipal elections...
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How Civilian Attitudes Respond to the State's Violence : Lessons from the Israel- Gaza Conflict
Loewenthal, Amit; Miaari, Sami H.; Abrahams, Alexei - 2022
States, in their conflicts with militant groups embedded in civilian populations, often resort to policies of collective punishment to erode civilian support for the militants. We attempt to evaluate the efficacy of such policies in the context of the Gaza Strip, where Israel's blockade and...
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Immigration History, Entry Jobs, and the Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
Ansala, Laura - 2020
enter the labor market. We focus on two countries—Finland and Sweden—that have similar formal institutions but starkly …
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Child Care and Parental Leave in the Nordic Countries : A Model to Aspire to?
Datta Gupta, Nabanita - 2006
The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates compared to other western countries. This has been attributed to the fact that the welfare state model and, especially, the family-friendly policies chosen in the Nordic countries...
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Ethnic Minority Youths in the Labour Markets in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
Niknami, Susan - 2019
This paper uses administrative data to in detail document how the share of youths not in employment, education or training has evolved over time in the Scandinavian countries. We study both first- and second-generation immigrant youths as well as natives to explore whether the pattern differ...
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Capital Accumulation and Unemployment : New Insights on the Nordic Experience
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Salvador, Pablo F. - 2021
impact in Finland than in its twin economy, Sweden … derive from the temporary (albeit prolonged) negative shocks to capital stock growth in Denmark and Sweden, and the permanent … downturn of capital stock growth in Finland. We are thus able to explain why the crisis of the early 1990s had a more acute …
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An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2021
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
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Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Compared to the United States
Bjorklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jantti, Markus; … - 2021
between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …
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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2021
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
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Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance
Parsons, Donald O. - 2015
Denmark has drawn much attention for its active labor market policies, but is almost unique in offering a voluntary public unemployment insurance program requiring a significant premium payment. A safety net program – a less generous, means-tested social assistance plan – completes the...
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