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paper presents a model of killing versus enslaving Caesar, based on a new theory which unifies justice, status, and power … of societies - justice-nonmaterialistic, status, and power-nonmaterialistic. Results cover members' gains, effects of own … killed only in a justice-nonmaterialistic society, and from the noblest of motives - to achieve equal gains for members. …
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We examine the impact on the UK of the influx of workers from Eastern Europe. We look at the characteristics of the workers who have come to the UK since 2004. We also use data from a number of Eurobarometers 2004-2007 as well as the 2005 Work Orientation module International Social Survey...
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Scrutiny at the Canadian border to heighten security and simultaneously reduce type one (false positives) and type two … develops a pedigree system for Canadian border security which simultaneously reduces both type I and II errors while avoiding …
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To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and …
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tighter security; we find no evidence of a change in the number of armed forces (military and civil personnel) in the migrant …
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This paper discusses the relevance of recent research on the economics of human development to the work of the Human Development and Capability Association. The recent economics of human development brings insights about the dynamics of skill accumulation to an otherwise static literature on...
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Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use …
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. Individual responsibility is seriously undermined, as is faith in markets. He concludes that supporters of individual freedom …
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The impact of transparency on the extent of reciprocal behavior is investigated in a simple repeated gift exchange experiment, where principals set wages and agents respond by choosing effort levels. In addition to the efforts the principals? payoffs are determined by a random component. It is...
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We provide evidence that long-term relationships between trading parties emerge endogenously in the absence of third party enforcement of contracts and are associated with a fundamental change in the nature of market interactions. Without third party enforcement, the vast majority of trades are...
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