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The regional dimension of collective wage bargaining: the case of Belgium
Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Tojerow, Ilan - 2008
The potential failure of national industry agreements to take into account productivity levels of least productive regions has been considered as one of the causes of regional unemployment in European countries. Two solutions are generally proposed: the first, encouraged by the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269376
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Insurance versus savings for the poor: Why one should offer either both or none
Landmann, Andreas; Vollan, Björn; Frölich, Markus - 2012
This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … insurance if shocks are observable. Depending on insurance design, there is also evidence for persistence of this effect even if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282235
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Food Aid and Violent Conflict: A Review of Literature
Koppenberg, Maximilian; Mishra, Ashok K.; Hirsch, Stefan - 2023
We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469350
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Aid and Radicalization: The Case of Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza
Loewenthal, Amit; Miaari, Sami H.; Hoeffler, Anke - 2021
In this paper we study how radical political factions secure support. In order to achieve their objective of gaining support, radical political factions can choose from a number of specific strategies. They can provide financial assistance and generate a reciprocal relationship with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597411
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Environmental Federalism: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
Millimet, Daniel L. - 2013
Environmental federalism refers to the debate over the 'optimal' level of government at which to delegate environmental … literatures. By doing so, the goal is to limit the scope of the debate over environmental federalism moving forward, as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329203
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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? An empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269173
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Is Secessionism Mostly about Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions
Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This paper analyzes whether the propensity to secede by subnational regions responds mostly to differences in income per capita or to distinct identities. We explore this question in a quantitative political economy model where people's willingness to finance a public good depends on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426419
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Environmental Federalism: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
Millimet, Daniel L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Environmental federalism refers to the debate over the 'optimal' level of government at which to delegate environmental … literatures. By doing so, the goal is to limit the scope of the debate over environmental federalism moving forward, as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960101
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The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining: The Case of Belgium
Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Tojerow, Ilan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The potential failure of national industry agreements to take into account productivity levels of least productive regions has been considered as one of the causes of regional unemployment in European countries. Two solutions are generally proposed: the first, encouraged by the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822930
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Government Decentralization as a Disincentive for Transnational Terror? An Empirical Analysis
Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030880