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War and endogenous democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2008
aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …-compatible redistribution, they may cope with the moral hazard problem of the citizens-soldiers only by relinquishing political power to them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268686
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Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence
Konrad, Kai A.; Spadaro, Amedeo - 2005
redistribution among young individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262201
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Why populist democracy promotes market liberalization
Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - 2008
Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … citizens' support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268619
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Human capital investment with competitive labor search
Kaas, Leo; Zink, Stefan - 2008
We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268607
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The Political Economy of Job Protection and Income Redistribution
Amable, Bruno; Gatti, Donatella - 2004
alternative institutional options: the degree of labour market flexibility and the intensity of redistribution. We show that the … (positive flexibility versus positive redistribution). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262146
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Preferences for childcare policies: theory and evidence
Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008
We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268765
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Competition, cooperation, and collective choice
Markussen, Thomas; Reuben, Ernesto; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2012
The ability of groups to implement efficiency-enhancing institutions is emerging as a central theme of research in economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma situation. Experimental results show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283979
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Demographics, fiscal health, and school quality: shedding light on school closure decisions
Billger, Sherrilyn M. - 2010
In our current challenging budgetary environment, school closures remain a potentially attractive choice. With a large panel of Illinois schools from 1991 to 2005, I investigate which factors contribute to school closures. Among elementary schools, declining enrolments and rural locations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269702
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Demographics, Fiscal Health, and School Quality: Shedding Light on School Closure Decisions
Billger, Sherrilyn M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In our current challenging budgetary environment, school closures remain a potentially attractive choice. With a large panel of Illinois schools from 1991 to 2005, I investigate which factors contribute to school closures. Among elementary schools, declining enrolments and rural locations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480921
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War and Endogenous Democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …-compatible redistribution, they may cope with the moral hazard problem of the citizens-soldiers only by relinquishing political power to them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822286