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Minimum wages, labor market institutions, and female employment and unemployment: A cross-country analysis
Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2010
This paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008. Our treatment is motivated by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among teenagers and young adults. Apart from the longer time...
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A general model of technical change with an application to the OECD countries
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
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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; … - 2006
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267998
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Diploma No Problem : Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2004
Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower … offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262077
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School Vouchers Italian Style
Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 2005
School vouchers introduced recently in some Italian regions have lowered the cost of private schools. On one side, we provide evidence that Italian private schools may be selected for different reasons than quality considerations. On the other side, by exploiting individual data on voucher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262199
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Intergenerational persistence in educational attainment in Italy
Checchi, Daniele; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Leonardi, Marco - 2008
levels over time in Italy. However, focusing on equality of circumstances, we show that there is still a persistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268574
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Wage effects of recruitment methods: the case of the Italian social service sector
Mosca, Michele; Pastore, Francesco - 2008
volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268718
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Centralized wage determination and regional unemployment differences: the case of Italy
Caponi, Vincenzo - 2008
This paper addresses the problem of the dualism of the Italian economy, particularly of its labor market. Although the Italian labor market is considered to be the most highly regulated among OECD countries, the unemployment rate in the North, which represents two thirds of the whole economy, is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268742
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Does the expansion of higher education increase the equality of educational opportunities? Evidence from Italy
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Blasio, Guido de - 2008
opportunities. It examines Italy's experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range …
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie F.; D'Agosto, Elena - 2008
researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …
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