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Insurance versus savings for the poor: Why one should offer either both or none
Landmann, Andreas; Vollan, Björn; Frölich, Markus - 2012
This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … insurance if shocks are observable. Depending on insurance design, there is also evidence for persistence of this effect even if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282235
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Risk management among the poor: The case of microfinancial services
Arun, Thankom; Bendig, Mirko - 2010
This paper argues that the level of financial services provision determines the risk management strategies among the poor. The paper estimates the determinants of the household's use of one, two or all three types of microfinancial services applying ordered probit models and additionally probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274583
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Populism, Political Risk and the Economy: Lessons from Italy
Balduzzi, Pierluigi; Brancati, Emanuele; Brianti, Marco; … - 2020
We study the effects on financial markets and real economic activity of changes in risk related to political events and policy announcements in Italy during the 2013-2019 period that saw the rise to power of populist parties. We focus on events that have implications for budgetary policy, debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180122
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Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? : The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings
Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - 2004
study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262046
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Trends in economic research: an international perspective
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269503
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Years of schooling, human capital and the body mass index of European females
Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - 2009
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271261
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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278374
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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The effects of the recent economic crisis on social protection and labour market arrangements across socio-economic groups
Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Matthias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - 2011
protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282291
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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282359