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Decomposing changes in the aggregate labor force participation rate
Hotchkiss, Julie L. - 2009
This paper presents a simple methodology for decomposing changes in the aggregate labor force participation rate (LFPR) over time into demographic group changes in labor force participation behavior and in population share. The purpose is to identify the relative importance of behavioral changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292316
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Risikofaktoren und Multifaktormodelle für den Deutschen Aktienmarkt (Risk Factors and Multi-Factor Models for the German Stock Market)
Hanauer, Matthias; Kaserer, Christoph; Rapp, Marc Steffen - 2011
insignifikant (positive) Marktrisikoprämie, eine signifikant negative Größenprämie (Size Premium), eine signifikant positive … four major results: First, we find an insignificant (positive) market risk premium, a significant negative size premium, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307494
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Hobbes and the political economy of power
Wittman, Donald - 2006
and current account/GDP exceed 10%. We investigate the size distribution and the durability of current account deficits … balances. Excluding the US, we find that size does matter: the length of current account deficit spells is negatively related … to the relative size of the countries' GDP. We conclude that the continuation of the fast growth rate of China, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322714
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Swedish Business R&D and its Export Dependence
Bergman, Karin; Ejermo, Olof - 2011
Sweden has seen a rise in business R&D-intensities and dependence on exports to make its economy grow since the early 1990s. This paper examines the role of foreign sales in stimulating R&D as compared to a domestic sales effect, and finds, in line with the literature, that R&D rises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208586
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Pricing on the fish market: Does size matter?
Sjöberg, Eric - 2014
The importance of fish size for price per kilo is studied using an inverse demand approach. Prices per kilo in … different size categories of the same species differ significantly. This means that the average price for a species may change … due to e.g., high-grading, growth overfishing or a changing climate which all have the potential to change the size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369482
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Globalization and the sustainability of large current account imbalances: Size matters
Aizenman, Joshua; Sun, Yi - 2007
and current account/GDP exceed 10%. We investigate the size distribution and the durability of current account deficits … balances. Excluding the US, we find that size does matter: the length of current account deficit spells is negatively related … to the relative size of the countries' GDP. We conclude that the continuation of the fast growth rate of China, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285339
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The gender pay gap in Austria: Tamensi movetur!
Böheim, René; Himpele, Klemens; Mahringer, Helmut; … - 2011
Policies to reduce the gender pay gap feature prominently on the political agenda and interventions in the labor market are frequently proposed, claiming a persistent wage gap. We examine the change of the gender wage gap in Austria between 2002 and 2007 with new data from administrative records...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294855
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The distribution of the gender pay gap in Austria: Evidence from matched employer-employee data and tax-records
Boeheim, Rene; Himpele, Klemens; Mahringer, Helmut; … - 2011
We examine the gender wage gap in Austria using new matched employer-employee data from 2007. We investigate the gap at the conditional wage distribution of men and women, and decompose it into the parts which are attributed to different characteristics and different returns to these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294928
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Sometimes, winners lose: Economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan
Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014
Several post-Soviet states have introduced policies to improve the relative economic, political or social position of formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies - "Kazakhisation" in Kazakhstan - we investigate their impact on the comparative earnings of two directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396832
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Decomposing Revenue Effects of Tax Evasion, Base Broadening and Tax Rate Reduction
Gang, Ira N.; Das-Gupta, Arindam - 1998
This paper proposes a method for evaluating the impact of tax reform on tax revenues and the distribution of the tax burden. The technique consists of decomposing actual revenue relative to potential revenue into components attributable to (i) changes in the tax rate structure (ii) deductions...
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