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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...

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Using personal car register for measuring economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy : evidence for Latvia

Dombrovsky, Vyacheslav; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2011

We suggest to use information from the state register of personal cars as an alternative indicator of economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy. We illustrate our approach using the Latvian pool of personal cars. Our main finding is that the extent of household...

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Measuring the social status of education programmes : applying a new measurement to dual vocational education and training in Switzerland

Bolli, Thomas; Rageth, Ladina - 2016

) system in Switzerland, which has recently received substantial attention across Europe. We argue that, holding everything … approach to test whether growing knowledge of the education system increases the social status of dual VET in Switzerland. Our … stay in Switzerland, thus reflecting their learning process about the Swiss education system. …

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Exchange rate uncertainty and firm investment plans : evidence from Swiss survey data

Binding, Garret; Dibiasi, Andreas - 2016

A sudden change in monetary policy happened in Switzerland on January 15th, 2015. The Swiss National Bank removed a …

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The Swiss "job miracle"

Siegenthaler, Michael; Graff, Michael; Mannino, Massimo - 2014

While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for … consequence of the "miracle", but also an important cause, as it created additional jobs in Switzerland by raising local demand …

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Decision-making institutions and voters' preferences for fiscal policies

Galletta, Sergio - 2018

This paper examines the effect of local political decision-making institutions (i.e., direct democracy vs. representative democracy) on citizens' preferences toward public spending. Exogenous variation in institutions comes from a regression discontinuity design, which exploits a discrete change...

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The social status of vocational education and training in Switzerland

Bolli, Thomas; Rageth, Ladina; Renold, Ursula - 2019

This paper analyses how the social status of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland has changed over … higher for women than for men, in rural than in urban areas, and for students with a parent born in Switzerland than for … find that the social status of VET is higher in the French- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland than in the German …

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