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Real earnings and business cycles: new evidence

Hart, Robert A.; Malley, James R.; Woitek, Ulrich - 2009

In the time domain, the observed cyclical behavior of the real wage hides a range of economic influences that give rise to cycles of differing lengths and strengths. This may serve to produce a distorted picture of wage cyclicality. Here, we deploy frequency domain methods that allow us to asses...

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Fiscal Shocks and Their Consequences

Burnside, A. Craig; Eichenbaum, Martin; Fisher, Jonas D. M. - 2003

This paper investigates the response of hours worked and real wages to fiscal policy shocks in the U.S. during the post World War II era. We identify these shocks with exogenous changes in military purchases and argue that they lead to a persistent increase in government purchases and tax rates...

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The comparative statics of industry-level produced-input-use in HOS trade theory

Steedman, Ian - 2005

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Review of Political Economy, published by and copyright Routledge.

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Three Blind Men and the Elephant

Long, J S - 2008

Just like the blind men in the popular story of perceiving the elephant, the three major constituencies participating in the energy debate have greatly different perceptions of the problem. The constituency that is worried about climate change believes the energy problem is caused by profligate...

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Regional disparities of household expenses in the Czech Republic

Svatošová, Libuše - 2012

Household expenditures serve as one of crucial indicators of living standard. Monitoring of its extent and its structure at regional level is source of information of particular importance – situation and quality of life of particular region´s population. The paper is focused on possibilities...

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Microfinance in the Improvement of Living Standard and GNH

Bandyopadhyay, Saugata - 2008

This paper mainly aims to extend the philosophy of capability development at the micro level for achieving individual happiness as a part of a community through social transformation and to achieve happiness at individual and community level. One of the main indicators for Gross National...

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Ernährung, wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Bürgerkriege in Afrika südlich der Sahara (1950-2000)

Moradi, Alexander - 2005

Ein Leben frei von Hunger ist ein bedeutender Bestandteil der Lebensqualität. Um die Ernährungssituation in Afrika südlich der Sahara (ASS) zu quantifizieren, bedient sich die Studie der Methoden der anthropometrischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Eine unzureichende Ernährung sowie ein hoher...

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A Model for Structuring Efficient Consumer Response Measures

Aastrup, Jesper; Kotzab, Herbert; Grant, David B.; … - 2008

performance, behavioural, attitude and capability measures. Two extant studies from Austria and Denmark are examined in the …

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Comparing hospital costs: What is gained by accounting for more than a case-mix index?

Hvenegaard, Anne; Street, Andrew; Sorensen, Torben Hojmark - 2009

We explore what effect controlling for various patient characteristics beyond a case-mix index (DRG) has on inferences drawn about the relative cost performance of hospital departments. We estimate fixed effect cost models in which 3754 patients are clustered within six Danish vascular...

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Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark

Bogedan, Claudia - 2005

Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …

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