Similar Search Results

Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States : 1968-1993, Second Version

Kambourov, Gueorgui; Manovskii, Iourii - 2021

We analyze the dynamics of worker mobility in the United States over the 1968-1993 period at various levels of occupational and industry aggregation. We find a substantial overall increase in occupational and industry mobility over the period and document the levels and time trends in mobility...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319399

Candidates' quality and electoral participation : evidence from Italian municipal elections

De Benedetto, Marco Alberto; De Paola, Maria - 2014

We analyze the impact of the quality of candidates running for a mayor position on turnout using a large data set on Italian municipal elections held from 1993 to 2011. We firstly estimate a municipal fixed effects model and show that an increase in the average quality of candidates competing at...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344923

Importing political polarization? : the electoral consequences of rising trade exposure

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2020

to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315433

Incumbency, party identity and governmental lead : evidence for heterogeneous incumbency effects for Germany

Ade, Florian; Freier, Ronny; Odendahl, Christian - 2011

Do incumbents in an election have an advantage, and if so, are these advantages heterogeneous across parties or … government and opposition? We first present a theoretical discussion on the possible heterogeneity of incumbency effects in a … in government. This effect is robust and shows even in state elections that are unrelated to federal elections - calling …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580347

Abstention and Populist Voting : Evidence from the Italian 2018 Election

Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia; Di Maio, Giorgio; Gilli, Mario - 2022

-right Forza Italia, which have alternated in government since 1994, reached their minimum electoral consent. We study the Italian …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077123

Improving nurse retention in the British National Health Service : the impact of job satisfaction on intentions to quit

Shields, Michael; Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie - 2000

In recent years the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain has experienced an acute shortage of qualified nurses. This has placed issues of recruitment and retention in the profession high on the political agenda. In this paper we investigate the determinants of job satisfaction for nurses,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326000

Investigating the Quitting Decision of Nurses : Panel Data Evidence from the British National Health Service

Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael A.; Price, Stephen Wheatley - 2021

There is currently a worldwide shortage of registered nurses, driven by large shifts in both the demand for and supply of nurses. Consequently, various policies to increase the recruitment and retention of nurses are under discussion, in particular, the role that wage increases might have in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319894