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Loafing or Learning? The Demand for Informal Education
Fahr, René - 2003
Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of schooling education and time investments in informal education. Two hypotheses explain this observation: (1) highly educated people have higher opportunity costs of their leisure time and thus prefer...
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The transatlantic productivity gap: Is R&D the main culprit?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
these transatlantic differences may be related to the different sectoral structures in the US and the EU, we differentiated …
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Is leisure a normal good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Mocan, Naci; Altindag, Duha T. - 2011
substantial salary differences between parliamentarians representing different EU countries. Starting in July 2009, the salary of … each member of the Parliament is pegged to 38.5% of a European Court judge's salary, paid by the EU. This created an …
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