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Market Orientation and Gender Wage Gaps : An International Study
Zweimüller, Martina; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2021
Index with lower gender wage gaps …
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Financial Liberalization and Democracy : The Role of Reform Reversals
Campos, Nauro F. - 2009
The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the possibility of a nonlinear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and financial reform, this paper offers evidence for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157255
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The Age of Mass Migration : Economic and Institutional Determinants
Bertocchi, Graziella; Strozzi, Chiara - 2021
We study the determinants of 19th century mass migration with special attention to the role of institutional factors beside standard economic fundamentals. We find that economic forces associated with income and demographic differentials had a major role in the determination of this historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317290
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A Human Capital Index for the Italian Provinces
Pasquini, Alessandra - 2020
Italy, the use of such an index at national level may not be enough to have a clear picture of the human capital conditions … high heterogeneity into consideration, we develop a Human Capital Index for Italy disaggregated at provincial level. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832593
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Nowcasting Business Cycles Using Toll Data
Askitas, Nikos - 2011
Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for … business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation … coincident with production activity due to the prevalence of just-in-time delivery. The Toll Index is a good early indicator of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129098
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Evaluating the Success of President Johnson's War on Poverty : Revisiting the Historical Record Using a Full-Income Poverty Measure
Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2020
We evaluate progress in President's Johnson's War on Poverty. We do so relative to the scientifically arbitrary but policy relevant 20 percent baseline poverty rate he established for 1963. No existing poverty measure fully captures poverty reductions based on the standard that President Johnson...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844816
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Gender-Job Satisfaction Differences Across Europe : An Indicator for Labor Market Modernization
Kaiser, Lutz - 2006
In 14 member states of the European Union, women's relative to men's levels of job satisfaction are compared by using data of the European Household Community Panel. The countries under consideration can be assigned to three different groups. Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands do not show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783524
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Sudden Stop : When Did Firms Anticipate the Potential Consequences of Covid-19?
Buchheim, Lukas - 2020
COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828600
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Culture and Institutions
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2015
A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to institutions. We review work with a theoretical, empirical,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016238
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Rhineland Exit?
Bovenberg, A. Lans; Teulings, Coen - 2021
employs them but from the value of their own human capital. In such a world, global trade in corporate control, global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325047