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Pension incentives and labor force participation : evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2019 - preliminary draft
We estimate the labor force participation (LFP) response to the introduction of means-tested minimum pensions in the UK through the Old-Age Pension Act (OAP) of 1908. The OAP was a major social policy intervention and the first one to universally target older workers in a time of very limited...
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Are Japanese men of pensionable age underemployed or overemployed?
Usui, Emiko; Shimizutani, Satoshi; Oshio, Takashi - In: The Japanese economic review : the journal of the … 67 (2016) 2, pp. 150-168
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Employer accommodation and labor supply of disabled workers
Hill, Matthew J.; Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen J. - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 41 (2016), pp. 291-303
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Criminality spread : a "boomerang effect" of public transport improvements?
Bacares, Carlos Augusto Olarte - 2013
The relationship between accessibility or the degree of improvement of urban transports and criminality was underestimated and even almost forgotten. This paper aims to reveal the importance of public transport policies in the evolution of crime con guration on a city. The hypothesis that the...
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Informal-formal worker wage gap in Turkey : evidence from a semi-parametric approach
Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - 2011 - This version: February 25, 2011, (preliminary and incomplete)
regions and over time, where the formality of employment is defined with respect to registry status of the individuals to …
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How does a change in risk perception affect the housing market? : evidence from an industrial accident in France
Bléhaut, Marianne - 2014 - Preliminary version
In 2001, the AZF plant exploded in Toulouse (France). The accident was unexpected, it strongly damaged local housing and benefited from a wide media coverage. It provides a rare opportunity to analyze the consequences of a shift in risk perception on housing markets and neighborhoods subject to...
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Ex-post evaluation of territorial integrated projects in Italy : an empirical analysis at firm level : 53rd ERSA Congress - Palermo - August 27-31, 2013
Cusimano, Alessandro; Mazzola, Fabio - 2013
This paper focuses on the evaluation of an incentive program for firms implemented in southern Italy during the last decade. In the framework of the policy instruments aimed to reduce territorial disparities, and to support local development, territorial integrated projects (TIP) constituted a...
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A long-term evaluation of the first generation of the French urban enterprise zones
Givord, Pauline; Quantin, Simon; Trevien, Corentin - 2012
discontinuity design method. Both methods yield similar results. We highlight a strong positive impact of this policy on employment …, no significant impact on their employment level can be detected. Besides, this policy promotes sectors of activity that … weakly stimulate local employment and development. Overall, these results suggest that firms are sensitive to tax cuts but …
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Foreign Direct Investment and growth : the role of territorial capital
Casi, Laura; Resmini, Laura - 2012 - This version: June 2012, first draft
In the last years, and particularly since the publication of the famous Barca Report (Barca, 2009), the European Union (EU) is starting to acknowledge the importance of spatially targeted regional policies and to understand how crucial a territorial approach can be in order to achieve desirable...
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Is higher education mobility a good investment for EU lagging regions? : the case of Master and Back, an active labour market policy co‐financed by the European Social Fund. : XII...
Orrù, Enrico - 2012
following outputs have been considered: odds of employment, earnings and odds of emigration. Both administrative data and web … of employment nor on earnings, while it seems to have increased the odds of emigration. These findings imply that lagging …
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