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Optimal Income Taxation: An Exemple with a U-Shaped Pattern of Optimal Marginal Tax Rates.

Diamond, P. - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of … - 1994

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The growing of vegetables, one of the strategic possibility of the Hungarian agricultural improvement

Bene, Csaba; Marselek, Sandor - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 53 (2009) 23

The development of market-gardening can be one of the hopeful possibilities of the agriculture; the function is still competitive but its competitiveness is decreasing. It is national, consumer and economic interest to improve the sector as the unemployment in the countryside can also be reduced....

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The Analysis of the Basic Features of Peasant Households with Different Income Levels - A Case of 259 Peasant Households in Three Villages of Hebei Province, China

Chen, Jun-min - In: Asian Agricultural Research 2 (2010) 02

According to the urban and rural income levels and the national poverty line, peasant households are classified into … poor households, middle-income households and wealthy households. Based on the investigation data of 259 peasant households … households with different income levels in current status are analyzed. The result shows that there are great differences in …

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A semiparametric characterization of income uncertainty over the life cycle

Feigenbaum, James A.; Li, Geng - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2010

We propose a novel approach to estimate household income uncertainty at various future horizons and characterize how … the estimated uncertainty evolves over the life cycle. We measure income uncertainty as the variance of linear forecast … errors conditional on information available to households prior to observing the realized income. This approach is …

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The devil is in the shadow Do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity?

Dreher, A.; Méon, P.; Schneider, F. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2007

This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive impact of institutional quality on official output and total factor productivity, and its negative...

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An essay on the Muslim Gap. Religiosity and the political system

Paldam, Martin - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2007

The paper analyzes 3 main trends: (t1) The economic development in the Muslim world is slower than in the rest of the world. (t2) The world grows increasingly democratic due to rising incomes, but this trend does not affect the Muslim world. (t3) The world grows increasingly secular due to...

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Performance improvement possibilities within the US airline industry

Kumar, Sameer; Johnson, Kevin L.; Lai, Steven T. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 58 (2009) 7, pp. 694-717

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze some of the issues US airlines are facing to control costs and improve operations. Design/methodology/approach – A detailed comparison of two major airlines (American Airlines and Southwest Airlines) is performed to identify key differences...

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Returns to tenure, firm‐specific human capital and worker heterogeneity

Bingley, Paul; Westergaard‐Nielsen, Niels - In: International Journal of Manpower 24 (2003) 7, pp. 774-788

Workers with longer job tenure are paid more, on average, than those with shorter tenure. This paper re‐opens the debate about whether individual financial returns to tenure are due to firm‐specific human capital accumulation or sorting according to unobserved individual productivity...

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On the sensitivity of returns to seniority to the measurement of earnings

Lefranc, Arnaud - In: International Journal of Manpower 24 (2003) 7, pp. 789-811

through direct reports of hourly wages. Comparing results for different wage variables from the panel study of income dynamics …

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Careers and wages within large firms: evidence from a matched employer‐employee data set

Lima, Francisco; Telhado Pereira, Pedro - In: International Journal of Manpower 24 (2003) 7, pp. 812-835

The relationship between the workers' career and wages is studied using a longitudinal sample of firms. The analysis shows that the interactions of human capital attributes with the hierarchical levels are an important determinant of wages. The relationship between wage growth and several career...

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