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Personal Ethics & the U.S. Financial Collapse of 2007-08
Trautman, Lawrence J. - 2017
, business and personal ethics, economic, mortgage lending, regulatory and policy making literature in several ways. First, it … fraud and facilitating payments of some sort constitute a lapse in personal ethics that contributes to the crisis. Next is a …
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Covid-19 is not affecting all working people equally
Schröder, Carsten; Entringer, Theresa Margareta; … - 2020
The corona pandemic and the political measures undertaken to contain it are changing the working conditions of many people in Germany. Based on data from the first tranche of a supplementary survey (SOEP-Cov) to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study analyzes the effects of the...
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Climate amenities, climate change, and American quality of life
Albouy, David; Graf, Walter; Kellogg, Ryan; Wolff, Hendrik - 2013
We present a hedonic framework to estimate U.S. households' preferences over local climates, using detailed weather and 2000 Census data. We find that Americans favor an average daily temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit, will pay more on the margin to avoid excess heat than cold, and are not...
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The Effect of Rate Regulations and Compulsory Insurance Laws on Auto Insurance Purchases : Evidence from the US Personal Auto Insurance Market
Kim, Gyu Dong - 2023
This research examines the effects of rate regulations and compulsory insurance laws on insurance purchases. Three stage least squares (3sls) regressions have been employed to control for the endogeneity of the main variables, which are premiums, regulations, and insurance purchases. The...
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Effect of the 10-20-30 Provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Reducing Teen Childbirth in Persistent Poverty Counties in the United States
Rao, Maya - 2020
In our efforts to better understand how policies geared towards poverty reduction may impact teen childbirth, we analyzed the impact of the 10-20-30 provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5) on teen childbirth. The 10-20-30 provision allocated at least...
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International Comparison of Military Welfare Service in the U.S., U.K. and Germany and Its Implications for Korean Military Welfare Service
Kim, Yun-Jung - 2017
a particular focus on vocational education, dwelling for military personnel, and military medical service. The findings …, military personnel in the U.S., U.K. and Germany have access to military medical hospitals free of charge, while the use of … civilian medical hospitals is financially supported by their armies. Based on the insights gained from this international …
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Crime, Punishment and the Measurement of Poverty in the United States, 1979-1997
Irvine, Ian; Xu, Kuan - 2014
The rate of incarceration has increased dramatically in the US since 1980. We explore the implications of this increased incarceration on national poverty measurement using micro data for the period 1979-1997. We make use of an as-yet unexplored data set on prisoner earnings, in conjunction with...
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Trade Policy as Corporate Welfare : The Case of the U.S. Steel Industry
McGee, Robert W. - 2003
This paper begins with a discussion of what constitutes corporate welfare, then proceeds to apply the corporate welfare concept to the steel industry in the United States. A review is made of the various government supports that the steel industry has enjoyed since 1969. Studies have estimated...
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Fighting Poverty One Family at a Time : Experimental Evidence from an Intervention with Holistic, Individualized, Wrap-Around Services
Evans, William N.; Kolka, Shawna; Sullivan, James X.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Families in poverty face numerous barriers to establishing stable economic footing. This paper examines the effect of a holistic, individualized wrap-around service intervention on outcomes for low-income individuals. The intervention includes a detailed assessment, an individualized service...
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E-Mobility
Heigl, Julia; Kuhn, Marc - 2015
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