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Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015

We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999, 2000) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household...

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Provision of public goods in a federalist country: Tiebout competition, fiscal equalization, and incentives for efficiency in Switzerland

Widmer, Philippe; Zweifel, Peter - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency of the 26 Swiss cantons over the period 2000 to 2004 applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). A Total Public Sector Performance (TPSP) indicator for eight local government activities (administration, public safety, education, culture and...

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Accounting for heterogeneity in the measurement of hospital performance

Widmer, Philippe K.; Zweifel, Peter; Farsi, Mehdi - 2011

correction in the estimation of hospital performance. …

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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case

Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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Returns to Returning

Gang, Ira N.; Co, Catherine Y.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999

selection issues are considered in the estimation of the earnings equation; we implement a natural method using MLE. The result …

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Does Background Matter? The Transmission of Human Capital from a Planned to a Market Economy

Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1999

We analyze the early U.S. economic achievement of former Soviet citizens entering the United States during the period 1979 through 1985. Using the Soviet Interview project (SIP) data, we identify components of human capital acquired in the former Soviet Union (FSU), relating these to labor force...

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Improving efficiency through consolidation of jurisdictions? Evidence from the Cantons of Switzerland

Widmer, Philippe K.; Elias, George; Zweifel, Peter - 2012

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the optimal scale of local jurisdictions (cantons) in Switzerland applying Data …

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How much internalization of nuclear risk through liability insurance?

Schneider, Yves; Zweifel, Peter - 2002

An important source of conflict surrounding nuclear energy is that with a very small probability, a large-scale nuclear accident may occur. One way to internalize the associated financial risks is through mandating nuclear operators to have liability insurance. This paper presents estimates of...

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Efficient electricity portfolios for the United States and Switzerland: An investor view

Krey, Boris; Zweifel, Peter - 2008

the United States and Switzerland, adopting an investor point of view. Expected returns are defined by the rate of …, and Solar in the case of Switzerland, a country without domestic supplies of fossil fuels. Since shocks in generation … costs are found to be correlated, Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation (SURE) is used to filter out the systematic …

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Efficient electricity portfolios for Switzerland and the United States

Krey, Boris; Zweifel, Peter - 2006

Switzerland and the United States. Expected returns are given by the (negative of the) rate of increase of power generation cost … Nuclear, Run of river, Storage hydro and Solar in the case of Switzerland, and Coal, Nuclear, Gas, Oil, and Wind in the case … estimation (SURE) method is applied for filtering out the systematic component of the covariance matrix of the cost changes …

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