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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2009
In this paper we try to understand the phenomena whereby a large proportion of the population evades tax payments. We present a model which incorporates elements from the theory of information cascades with the standard model of tax evasion and analyze the connection between the decision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894752
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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - In: Review of development economics 14 (2010) 2, pp. 374-385
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975915
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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2009
In this paper we try to understand the phenomena whereby a large proportion of the population evades tax payments. We present a model which incorporates elements from the theory of information cascades with the standard model of tax evasion and analyze the connection between the decision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832265
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Why pay taxes when no one else does?
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2009
Previous papers tested the validity of the Family Investment Hypothesis (FIH) among immigrants by comparing the labor market outcomes of immigrant couples and native or mixed couples. Here we propose an alternative test for the FIH which is based on a comparison between married and single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003835083
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Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?
Epstein, Gil S. - 2009
In this paper we try to understand the phenomena whereby a large proportion of the population evades tax payments. We present a model which incorporates elements from the theory of information cascades with the standard model of tax evasion and analyze the connection between the decision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159940
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Migrants, Ethnicity and Strategic Assimilation
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2006
Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers to trade such as information costs, risk, and uncertainty by building trust and by substituting for the difficulty of enforcing contracts internationally. We study networks which emerge from the interaction (i) between migrants and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005839085
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The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Towards Temporary Migrants
Epstein, Gil S.; Venturini, Alessandra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European … additional reason for proposing temporary migration policies based on the characteristics of the foreign labor-effort supply. The … when temporary migration policies are adopted. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001090
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The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Towards Temporary Migrants
Epstein, Gil S.; Venturini, Alessandra - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2011
Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European … additional reason for proposing temporary migration policies based on the characteristics of the foreign labor-effort supply. The … migrants may rise when temporary migration policies are adopted. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019917
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Assimilation through Marriage
Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695852
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Assimilation through Marriage
Epstein, Gil S.; Pomerantz, Renana Lindner - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2012
During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861920