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Inequality and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces : Lessons from History
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2014
abundant Europe and the high-wage, labor scarce New World. Those global forces contributed to a reduction in unskilled labor … scarcity in the New World and to a rise in unskilled labor scarcity in Europe. Thus, it contributed to rising inequality in … overseas countries, like the United States, and falling inequality in most of Europe. Falling unskilled labor scarcity and …
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Visual Tools and Narratives : New Ways to Improve Financial Literacy
Lusardi, Annamaria - 2015
We developed and experimentally evaluated four novel educational programs delivered online: an informational brochure, a visual interactive tool, a written narrative, and a video narrative. The programs were designed to inform people about risk diversification, an essential concept for financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033352
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The Economics of Online Postsecondary Education : Moocs, Nonselective Education, and Highly Selective Education
Hoxby, Caroline M. - 2015
I consider how online postsecondary education, including massive open online courses (MOOCs), might fit into economically sustainable models of postsecondary education. I contrast nonselective postsecondary education (NSPE)in which institutions sell fairly standardized educational services in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034361
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Fairness and Redistribution : U.S. Versus Europe
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2011
Different beliefs about how fair social competition is and what determines income inequality, influence the redistributive policy chosen democratically in a society. But the composition of income in the first place depends on equilibrium tax policies. If a society believes that individual effort...
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Taxation and International Migration of Superstars : Evidence from the European Football Market
Kleven, Henrik - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe …
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Liquidity Management and Corporate Investment During a Financial Crisis
Campello, Murillo - 2010
This paper uses a unique dataset to study how firms managed liquidity during the financial crisis. Our analysis provides new insights on the interactions between internal liquidity, external funds, and real corporate decisions, such as investment and employment. We first describe how companies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138771
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Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis : Us vs. Europe
Dolls, Mathias - 2010
stabilizers in Eastern and Southern Europe are much lower than in Central and Northern European countries. We also investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139144
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Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth
Comin, Diego A. - 2012
In the aftermath of World War II, the world's economies exhibited very different rates of economic recovery. We provide evidence that those countries that caught up the most with the U.S. in the postwar period are those that also saw an acceleration in the speed of adoption of new technologies....
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In the Eye of a Storm : Manhattan's Money Center Banks During the International Financial Crisis of 1931
Richardson, Gary - 2011
In the summer of 1931, a financial crisis began in Austria, spread to Germany, forced Britain to abandon the gold standard, crossed the Atlantic, and afflicted financial institutions in the United States. This article describes how banks in New York City, the central money market of the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120280
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How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction
Voigtländer, Nico - 2011
Europeans restricted their fertility long before the Demographic Transition. By raising the marriage age of women and ensuring that a substantial proportion remained celibate, the "European Marriage Pattern" (EMP) reduced childbirths by up to one third between the 14th and 18th century. In a...
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