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Families in Macroeconomics
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - 2016
aggregate labor supply and savings. Next, we turn to economic growth, and describe how accounting for families is central for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479320
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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2013
We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … growth rate of the economy depends on the fraction of the population choosing an entrepreneurial career. How many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319500
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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … growth rate of the economy depends on the fraction of the population choosing an entrepreneurial career. How many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670827
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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762306
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Immigration, unemployment and growth in the host country: Bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis on OECD countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - 2011
This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host …, immigration does not cause unemployment. We also find that, in France, Iceland, Norway and United Kingdom, growth positively … causes immigration, while in any country, immigration does not cause growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278537
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Immigration, growth and unemployment: Panel VAR evidence from OECD countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - 2012
This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ panel VAR techniques to use a large annual dataset on 22 OECD countries over the period 1987-2009. The VAR approach allows to addresses the endogeneity problem by allowing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289971
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Immigration, Growth and Unemployment: Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ panel VAR techniques to use a large annual dataset on 22 OECD countries over the period 1987-2009. The VAR approach allows to addresses the endogeneity problem by allowing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885187
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Immigration, Unemployment and Growth in the Host Country: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Analysis on OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host …, immigration does not cause unemployment. We also find that, in France, Iceland, Norway and United Kingdom, growth positively … causes immigration, while in any country, immigration does not cause growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216762
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Cumulation of cross-section surveys: Evaluation of alternative concepts for the cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 compared to the Sample Survey of...
Merz, Joachim; Stolze, Henning - 2010
With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272670
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Cumulation of Cross-Section Surveys: Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for the Cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 Compared to the Sample Survey of...
Merz, Joachim; Stolze, Henning - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560401