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Pourquoi les politiques publiques sont-elles si peu suivies d'effets ?. Quelques interrogations
Milewski, Françoise - In: Revue de l'OFCE n° 114 (2010) 3, pp. 291-318
ambivalent result, we can question the efficiency of public policies set up to overcome gender inequality and fight gender … discrimination. Does a real will exist, and if so why is it so inefficient or so poorly implemented? What forms do individual and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597065
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Why do women still earn less than men? Decomposing the Dutch gender pay gap, 1996-2006
Fransen, Eva; Plantenga, J.; Vlasblom, J.D. - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2010
. International research shows that the persistence of the gender pay gap may be due to the fact that although the gap in … favourable changes, the Dutch wage structure still contains a considerable implicit gender bias. …
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Differences in Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms and the Gender Pay Gap: An Empirical Analysis Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2008
about one third of the gender pay gap might be wage discrimination by profit-maximizing monopsonistic employers. …'s (which is the reverse of gender differences in labor supply usually found at the level of the market). Our results imply that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720859
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Differences in Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms and the Gender Pay Gap: An Empirical Analysis Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2008
about one third of the gender pay gap might be wage discrimination by profit-maximizing monopsonistic employers. …'s (which is the reverse of gender differences in labor supply usually found at the level of the market). Our results imply that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558664
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Differences in Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms and the Gender Pay Gap: An Empirical Analysis Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2008
about one third of the gender pay gap might be wage discrimination by profit-maximizing monopsonistic employers. …'s (which is the reverse of gender differences in labor supply usually found at the level of the market). Our results imply that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558746
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The Public and Decision-making Process: Who and Why Needs Citizen Participation?
O. Bychkova. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 6 (2014)
theories and empirical studies that can explain a new fashion trend of openness and transparency in world’s public policy and …
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Impact of greater bank disclosure amidst a banking crisis
Jordan, John S.; Peek, Joe; Rosengren, Eric S. - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 1999
a policy. This paper fills that gap by examining the impact of requiring the release of supervisory information on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005713283
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Public policy implications of tax-exempt leasing in the United States
Baker, C. Richard - In: International Journal of Public Policy 1 (2005) 1/2, pp. 148-161
We suggest that a type of charade has developed in the tax-exempt leasing arena, one in which lessor/investors are confident of the enforceability of leases with governmental units, while simultaneously governmental officials and citizens are convinced that tax-exempt leases can be cancelled,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817061
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Rethinking Governance: Empirical Lessons Challenge Orthodoxy
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003
emerging economies. We argue instead that sharper focus on external accountability is required, focusing on: transparency … financing reform, and transparency in parliaments, the judiciary and the executive. Recommendations on governance strategies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561333
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Why Do Some Countries Spend More for Health? An Assessment of Sociopolitical Determinants and International Aid for Government Health Expenditures
Liang, Li-Lin; Mirelman, Andrew J - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
A consensus exists that rising income levels and technological development are among the key drivers of total health spending. However, determinants of public sector health expenditure are less well understood. This study examines a complex relationship across government health expenditure...
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