along language borders? Improving on previous research in this area, we use a nationally representative household survey …, the Swiss Household Panel 1999 and 2000, and we explicitly account for self-selection of workers into language areas …

issue across language groups in Switzerland. Language defines social groups and Swiss language groups are separated by a … language border. We can therefore study the role of culture in shaping the demand for social insurance. Specifically, we … contrast at the language border actual voting decisions on country-wide changes to social insurance programs. Key results …

Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and … to issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. While research on the role of language as a … learning process is widespread, there is no evidence on the role of language as a signal of cultural affinity. I pursue this …

We study communication in a two-player coordination game with Pareto-ranked equilibria. Prior research demonstrates … that efficient coordination is difficult without communication but obtains regularly with (mandatory) costless pre …-play messages. In a laboratory experiment, we modify communication by making the sending of messages optional and costly. Even small …

of verbal messages through a computer chat room, and face-to-face communication. Compared with a baseline of no … not communicate cues of facial expression, tone of voice, and body language. Face-toface communication is so effective …: communication, and punishment (allowing subjects to engage in costly reductions of one another’s earnings after learning of their …

language. Verbal communication is so effective that adding a punishment option to it does not significantly change the level of … of verbal messages through a computer chat room, and face-to-face communication. Compared with a baseline of no …: communication, and punishment (allowing subjects to engage in costly reductions of one another’s earnings after learning of their …

-play communication: numerical (tabular) only, and verbal and numerical. We find that either kind of pre-play communication increases … trusting, trustworthiness, or both, in inter-subject comparisons, but that the inclusions of verbal communication generates …

India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill … intensive and technology intensive firms co exist in India's zones and, therefore argues that all the three effects described …

This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India … (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for 97 industries at the 4-digit disaggregate level was computed for … the period 1990-91 to 2003-04. The study identifies 31 industries as 'labor intensive industries' within India's organized …

This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India's organized manufacturing in order to …