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Can redistribution contribute to pollution reductions? An empirical evaluation
Drosdowski, Thomas - 2006
We test the hypothesis that more progressive redistribution contributes to emission reductions with the aid of fixed-effects estimation technique. Using a panel of 16 West European countries over the period 1990-00, we regress emission levels of four different air pollutants on two alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335425
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Leadership Skills and Wages
Kuhn, Peter; Weinberger, Catherine - 2002
American business seems to be infatuated with its workers? ?leadership? skills. Is there such a thing, and is it rewarded in labor markets? Using the Project Talent, NLS72 and High School and Beyond datasets, we show that men who occupied leadership positions in high school earn more as adults,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262770
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Profit Shifting by Multinationals and the Ownership Share: Evidence from European Micro Data
Dischinger, Matthias - 2008
We provide indirect empirical evidence of profit shifting behavior by multinational enterprises (MNEs) employing a panel study for the years 1995 to 2005, while controlling for unobservable fixed firm effects. We use a large micro database of European MNEs which includes detailed accounting and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427517
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The impact of education on unemployment incidence and re-employment success: Evidence from the US labour market
Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - 2011
War period to create instrumental variables to identify the causal relationships. Results indicate that education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278532
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The Welfare Effects of Farm Household Activity Choices in Post-War Mozambique
Brück, Tilman - 2004
This paper analyses the effects of activity choices on farm household income and consumption in a war … with instrumental variables. War-time activity choices (such as subsistence farming) are shown to enhance welfare in the … post-war period. Market and social exchange induce only limited welfare gains. Cotton adoption reduces household welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260686
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Conflict experiences and household expectations on recovery: Survey evidence from northern Uganda
Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Muhumuza, Tony - 2010
We analyse the role of mass violent conflict in influencing individual expectations. We hypothesise that individuals are likely to report negative expectations if they were exposed to conflict events in the past. We combine individual and household level data from the Northern Uganda Livelihood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285753
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Welfare, labor supply and heterogeneous preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier; Decoster, André; Dolls, Mathias; … - 2011
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282528
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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants
Schüller, Simone - 2011
A lack of cultural integration is often blamed for hindering immigrant families' economic progression. This paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country. Empirical results based on data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282530
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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants
Schüller, Simone - 2012
A lack of cultural integration is often blamed for hindering immigrant families' economic progression. This paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country. Empirical results based on data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286904
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Welfare, labor supply and heterogeneous preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier; Decoster, André; Dolls, Mathias; … - 2011
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288286