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Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282204
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Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2021
instance promoting social relations, would benefit the environment, and enable collective action to address public issues. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882556
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Lying and team incentives
Conrads, Julian; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rilke, Rainer Michael; … - 2011
We investigate the influence of two widespread compensation schemes, individual piece-rates and team incentives, on … pronounced under team incentives than under individual piece-rates, which highlights a so far fairly neglected feature of these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280688
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Long-Run Consequences of Health Insurance Promotion: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ghana
Asuming, Patrick Opoku; Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant; Sim, Armand - 2017
We study the long-run impacts of health insurance promotion in Northern Ghana. We randomly provide three overlapping interventions to promote enrollment: subsidy, information campaign, and convenient sign-up option, with follow-up surveys seven months and three years after the initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786967
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Migration, Openness and the Global Preconditions of 'Smart Development'
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369100
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Who lives in the c-suite? Organizational structure and the division of labor in top management
Guadalupe, Maria; Li, Hongyi; Wulf, Julie M. - 2012
team composition, firm diversification, and IT investments - which arguably alter returns to exploiting synergies through … show that general manager pay decreases as functional managers join the executive team suggesting a shift in activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287681
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We Already Live in a Degrowth World, and We Do Not like It
Naudé, Wim - 2023
The Degrowth Movement calls for "degrowth" – a reduction in GDP in advanced economies – to avert an ecological crisis. This paper argues that the Degrowth Movement misses that the West is already in a state resembling degrowth – a Great Stagnation. This state of degrowth and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377094
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Growth in the Shadows: Effect of the Shadow Economy on U.S. Economic Growth over More Than a Century
Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
This paper provides a long-term view by studying the effect of the underground or shadow economy on economic growth in the Unites States over the period 1870 to 2014. Shadow activities might spur or retard economic growth depending on their interactions with the formal sector and impacts on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653433
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Women's liberation: what's in it for men?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - 2008
The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men's incentives for sharing power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268737
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The economic growth impact of hurricanes: evidence from US coastal counties
Strobl, Eric - 2008
We estimate the impact of hurricane strikes on local economic growth rates and how this is reflected in more aggregate growth patterns. To this end we assemble a panel data set of US coastal counties' growth rates and construct a hurricane destruction index that is based on a monetary loss...
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