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How to Increase R&D in Transition Economies? Evidence from Slovenia
Domadenik, Polona; Prasnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Paper addresses the recent initiatives of EU Lisbon Agenda to increase level of R&D expenses in EU Member States by studying firm-level panel data in most advanced transition economy, Slovenia. Previous empirical literature - mainly cross-sectional - has tested the demand-pull hypothesis and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761655
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Unemployment in East and West Europe
Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the evolution of unemployment together with that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822900
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Risk Sharing and Commuting Among US Federal States
Juessen, Falko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Financial markets provide imperfect insurance of labor income risk. However, workers can partly insure against labor market risk by commuting to adjacent regions. Since commuters own wage claims to output produced in adjacent regions, the business cycle in the neighborhood becomes a relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822090
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The Saving Behaviour of Two Person Households: Evidence from Dutch Panel Data
Euwals, Rob; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Eymann, Angelika - 2000
-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262446
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The Saving Behaviour of Two Person Households: Evidence from Dutch Panel Data
Euwals, Rob; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Eymann, Angelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233731
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Behind the Great Recession: Job Search and Housing Decisions
Rendon, Silvio; Quella, Núria - 2013
In this paper we analyze a mechanism that is particularly relevant to the workings of the Great Recession: we explain how easier home financing and higher homeownership rates increase unemployment rates. To this purpose we build a model of job search with liquid wealth accumulation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329033
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The savings behavior of temporary and permanent migrants in Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias - 2005
This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany, paying particular attention to …), our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between foreign-born and German-born individuals. These … the determinants of immigrants' savings rates reveal that intended return migration does not only affect remittances, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267503
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Savings and prize-linked savings accounts
Atalay, Kadir; Bakhtiar, Fayzan; Cheung, Stephen L.; … - 2012
Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially …-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine principal-security with lottery-type jackpots, can increase savings among these at …-risk households. Results from an online experiment show that the introduction of PLS accounts increase total savings and reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289923
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Savings and Prize-Linked Savings Accounts
Atalay, Kadir; Bakhtiar, Fayzan; Cheung, Stephen L.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially …-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine principal-security with lottery-type jackpots, can increase savings among these at …-risk households. Results from an online experiment show that the introduction of PLS accounts increase total savings and reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959657
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Behind the Great Recession: Job Search and Housing Decisions
Rendon, Silvio; Quella, Núria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper we analyze a mechanism that is particularly relevant to the workings of the Great Recession: we explain how easier home financing and higher homeownership rates increase unemployment rates. To this purpose we build a model of job search with liquid wealth accumulation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212745