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The rise in obesity across the Atlantic: an economic perspective
Brunello, Giorgio; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; … - 2008
economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268706
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Security of property as a public good: Institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289958
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Learning Efficiency of Economics Students
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K. - 1998
on students learning efficiency. The results indicate that the main effects of the re-organization on the learning … efficiency was a decreasing importance of students? attendance and of continuous preparation of the material. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262264
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Works Councils and Collective Bargaining in Germany: The Impact on Productivity and Wages
Hübler, Olaf; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2001
bargaining in Germany. Based on a simple bargaining model we derive our main hypothesis: In establishments covered by collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262527
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Is a flat tax feasible in a grown-up welfare state?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - 2007
reforms on equity and efficiency for the case of Germany. We find that a flat rate tax with a low tax rate and a low basic … allowance. But in this case the efficiency gains vanish. We conclude that, due to their limited efficiency effects and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268499
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How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States
West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2016
preferences, we implement parallel survey experiments in Germany and the United States. In both countries, support for increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584672
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Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques previously used in Germany and the United States. In Switzerland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179942
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Human capital investments in children: A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272656
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Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548723
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The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Marcelli, Enrico A. - 2000
Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 Mexican migrants to the United States has remained constant. We find that more recent cohorts of migrants: (1) are more likely to settle permanently in the United States, (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262427