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Are Shirking and Leisure Substitutable? An Empirical Test of Efficiency Wages Based on Urban Economic Theory

Ross, Stephen L.; Zenou, Yves - 2006

allow for behavioral substitution between leisure time at home and effort at work. In equilibrium, residing at a location … with a long commute affects the time available for leisure at home and therefore affects the trade-off between effort at … wages, which are both consistent with shirking and leisure being substitutable. …

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14.452 Macroeconomic Theory II, Spring 2002

Blanchard, Olivier - 2002

and Facts The basic model: the consumption/saving choice Allowing for a labor/leisure choice (the RBC model) Allowing for …

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14.452 Macroeconomic Theory II, Spring 2005

Blanchard, Olivier - 2005

and Facts; The basic model: the consumption/saving choice; Allowing for a labor/leisure choice (the RBC model); Allowing …

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Alleindienstleister im Berufsfeld Kultur : Versuch einer erwerbssoziologischen Konzeptualisierung

Gottschall, Karin; Betzelt, Sigrid - 2001

Die Kulturberufe gehören zu den seit Jahren expandierenden Wissensberufen und nehmen im bundesdeutschen Erwerbssystem in verschiedener Hinsicht eine Sonderstellung ein. So werden sie häufig in der Form des "Alleindienstleisters" ausgeübt und weisen hohe Frauenanteile und Akademisierungsgrade...

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Impact of 2001 Building Technology, state and community programs on United States employment and wage income

MJ Scott; DJ Hostick; DB Elliott - 2008

The Department of Energy Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) is interested in assessing the potential economic impacts of its portfolio of programs on national employment and income. A special purpose version of the IMPLAN input-output model allied In Build is used...

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A structural analysis of natural gas consumption by income class from 1987 to 1993

Poyer, D.A. - 2009

This study had two major objectives: (1) assess and compare changes in natural gas consumption between 1987 and 1993 by income group and (2) assess the potential influence of energy policy on observed changes in natural gas consumption over time and across income groups. This analysis used U.S....

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Effect of NAFTA on Mexico's Income Distribution in the Presence of Migration

Garduno-Rivera, Rafael - 2010

This paper asks how NAFTA affected income distribution within Mexico considering changes in internalmigration. Trade liberalization should theoretically increase the income of low-skilled workers in low-skilled labor-abundantdeveloping countries. Thus, by increasing the wages of poorer workers,...

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Farm level effects of EU policy liberalization: Simulations based on an EU-wide agricultural sector model and a supply model of the German agricultural sector

Deppermann, Andre; Grethe, Harald; Offermann, Frank - 2010

The impact of sectoral or economy wide policy scenarios is often of strong political and public interest, yet it is a scientific challenge. When analyzing different levels of aggregation, the use ofsingle models may not be sufficient. In this paper we establish an interface between the European...

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The scope and extent of home-based business income relative to employment earnings in financing basic household expenditures: a study in the sub-economic housing area of Kleinvlei...

Pick, Bernard - 2002

The scope and extent of home-based businesses and the determination of the method by which the greater portion of household income is generated, in poor neighbourhoods, is the crux ofthis study.The study was undertaken among the 2245 households in the Kleinvlei sub-economic housing area located...

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Income Distribution Dynamics with Endogenous Fertility

Chen, Daniel L.; Kremer, Michael - 2002

Developing countries with highly unequal income distributions, such as Brazil or South Africa, face an uphill battle in reducing inequality. Educated workers in these countries have a much lower birth rate than uneducated workers. Assuming children of educated workers are more likely to become...

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