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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006
, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and institutions in the labor market. There is particular emphasis on the …
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A dynamic approach to Germany's unemployment problem
Bachmann, Ronald - 2007
raising unemployment benefits in a model with endogenous job destruction and skill mismatch leads to a longer expected … duration of post-unemployment job matches. On the other hand, an increase in skill mismatch in the aggregate production … function lowers the level of unemployment in an economy with high unemployment benefits. The third chapter empirically …
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Incorporating sustainability measures in life-cycle financial decision making for highway construction
Goh, Kai Chen; Yang, Jay - 2010
Public awareness and the nature of highway construction works demand that sustainability measures are first on the development agenda. However, in the current economic climate, individual volition and enthusiasm for such high capital investments do not present as strong cases for decision making...
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Managing financial implications for sustainable highway infrastructure delivery
Goh, Kai Chen; Yang, Jay - 2011
Highway construction works have significant bearings on all aspects of sustainability. As they typically involve huge capital funds, stakeholders tend to place all interests on the financial justifications of the project, especially when embedding sustainability principles and practices may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483342
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Marginal tax changes with risky investment
Macnamara, Patrick; Pidkuyko, Myroslav; Rossi, Raffaele - 2021
Este trabajo utiliza un modelo de ciclo de vida para cuantificar el rol de la heterogeneidad en los rendimientos de las inversiones en la respuesta económica de unos cambios impositivos marginales. En este modelo, los agentes que son suficientemente productivos pueden obtener rendimientos más...
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The young, the old, and the government : demographics and fiscal multipliers
Basso, Henrique S.; Rachedi, Omar - 2018
Este artículo muestra que el tamaño del multiplicador fiscal depende de la estructura demográfica de la población de una economía. Usando la variación en el gasto militar y las tasas de natalidad en los estados de los EE. UU., mostramos los multiplicadores fiscales locales aumentan con la...
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Taxing consumption in unequal economies
Macnamara, Patrick; Pidkuyko, Myroslav; Rossi, Raffaele
El presente trabajo muestra que los impuestos lineales sobre el consumo son una herramienta potente para lograr una redistribución eficiente. Este es el resultado que se obtiene en un modelo cuantitativo de ciclo de vida que replica la distribución de la renta y de la riqueza en Estados...
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International trade and labour markets
Braun, Sebastian Till - 2010
Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus vier Aufsätzen, die sich mit Fragen des Außenhandels und der Arbeitsmarktökonomie auseinandersetzen. Der erste Aufsatz untersucht in einem internationalen Oligopol die Interaktion zwischen Handelsliberalisierung, Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467258
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Worker Flows, Job Flows and Firm Wage Policies: An Analysis of Slovenia
Haltiwanger, John; Vodopivec, Milan - 2002
Like many transition economies, Slovenia is undergoing profound changes in the workings of the labor market with potentially greater flexibility in terms of both wage and employment adjustment. We investigate the impact of the changing labor market for Slovenia using unique longitudinal matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477057
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Returns to Mobility in the Transition to a Market Economy
Boeri, Tito; Flinn, Christopher J. - 1999
generosity of unemployment benefits will not significantly boost outflows from the unemployment state. These findings support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477456