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Ambition and jealousy: income interactions in the old Europe versus the new Europe and the United States
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2006
uncovers a divide between old -low mobility- European countries versus new European post-Transition countries and the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267358
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Ambition and Jealousy: Income Interactions in the "Old" Europe versus the "New" Europe and the United States
Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
uncovers a divide between "old" -low mobility- European countries versus "new" European post-Transition countries and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566328
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Nonlinearity between the Shadow Economy and Level of Development
Wu, Dong Frank; Schneider, Friedrich - 2019
This paper is the first attempt to directly explore the long-run nonlinearity of the shadow economy. Using a dataset of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059115
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Linearity in instrumental variables estimation: Problems and solutions
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - 2010
restriction in IV estimation, and discusses possible remedies. We first examine the biases due to nonlinearity in the commonly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274706
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Linearity in Instrumental Variables Estimation: Problems and Solutions
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
restriction in IV estimation, and discusses possible remedies. We first examine the biases due to nonlinearity in the commonly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678700
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The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime in the Process of Real and Nominal Convergence
D'Adamo, Gaetano; Rovelli, Riccardo - 2013
During the last decade, economists have intensively searched for evidence on the importance of the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) hypothesis in explaining nominal convergence. One general result is that B-S can at best explain only part of the excess inflation observed in the European catching-up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328933
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How Economic, Political and Institutional Factors Influence the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes? New Evidence from Selected Countries of the MENA Region
Maraoui, Najia; Hadj Amor, Thouraya; Khefacha, Islem; … - 2022
In this paper, we investigate how economic, political and institutional factors affect the choice of exchange rate regimes, using data on eight MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries over the 1984-2016 period. Specifically, we run random-effects ordered probit regressions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351773
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The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime in the Process of Real and Nominal Convergence
D'Adamo, Gaetano; Rovelli, Riccardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
During the last decade, economists have intensively searched for evidence on the importance of the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) hypothesis in explaining nominal convergence. One general result is that B-S can at best explain only part of the excess inflation observed in the European catching-up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128045
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Effects of Labor Reallocation on Productivity and Inequality: Insights from Studies on Transition
Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas; Svejnar, Jan - 2016
flows in the period of massive and rapid labor reallocation, i.e. the economic transition from a centrally planned to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559657
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Voting Up? The Effects of Democracy and Franchise Extension on Human Stature
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2019
between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059119