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Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2017

This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment of the transmission mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of...

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The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007

This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...

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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

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Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: A panel analysis

Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007

This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...

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Turkish Voter Response to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes

Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2012

, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the … on the other hand, were responsible for the incompetence shown in providing relief, for involvement in corruption related … responsible for different types of corruption and mismanagement provided us with a unique data to differentiate between voter …

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Do we really value identified lives more highly than statistical lives?

Russell, Louise B. - 2014

Value of Statistical Life (VSL) studies suggest that people's willingness to pay for statistical lives is consistent with their willingness to pay for identified lives. The idea that the valuations are different may be no more than an artifact of the economic method for valuing statistical...

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The science of making better decisions about health: Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis

Russell, Louise B. - 2014

Despite spending far more on medical care, Americans live shorter lives than the citizens of other high-income countries. The situation has been getting worse for at least three decades. This paper describes the main scientific methods for guiding the allocation of resources to health -...

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Immigration and public spending

Böheim, René; Mayr, Karin - 2005

We examine the effect of immigration on public spending from a theoretical (political economic) and an empirical perspective. We distinguish between public spending on private goods and on public goods. Our model implies that whether immigration increases or decreases public spending primarily...

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Household wealth and the measurement of economic well-being in the United States

Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit - 2006

The standard official measure of household economic well-being in the United States is gross money income. The general consensus is that such measures are limited because they ignore other crucial determinants of well-being. We modify the standard measure to account for one such determinant:...

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One size fits all? The effects of teacher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on student achievement

Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008

Teachers are increasingly being drawn from the lower parts of the general ability distribution, but it is not clear how this affects student achievement. We track the position of entering teachers in population-wide cognitive and non-cognitive ability distributions using school grades and draft...

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