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increasing the women's bargaining power alters household expenditure patterns. Second, whether households allocate fewer … resources to daughters than to sons. Third, whether increasing the bargaining power of women reduces pro-boy discrimination. We … find that expenditure patterns do vary with proxies for women's bargaining power. Pro-boy discrimination is suggested by …
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This Policy Brief offers a comprehensive evaluation and comparison of the regulatory frameworks governing platform work in four European countries. The comparative analysis draws upon research conducted by the OECD and the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the principles of good regulation. Adapting...
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Greece was traditionally an emigration country. However, since the early 1990s it became an immigrant destination and …
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graduates contributes to the gender pay gap, and the reasons underlying their distinct educational choices. The case of Greece … firstly estimated by gender. It is found that the subjects in which women are relatively over-represented (e.g. Education … functions of the Hartog-type also indicate that women seek for less risky educations that consequently command lower wage …
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This paper analyzes the response of earnings to payroll tax rates using a cohort-based reform in Greece. All …
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and current account deficits, which have in turn driven Greece's foreign indebtedness to alarming levels, necessitating …
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This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that...
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wage responsiveness across various degree subjects in Greece is interesting, as it is characterised by high levels of …
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This paper analyses Greek fiscal sustainability from a retrospective and a prospective view. Implications of Greek fiscal (un)sustainability are discussed. In the empirical analysis econometric testing of Greek government solvency during the period 1985-2008 is combined with a scenario analysis...
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This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...
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