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Does aid for education educate children? Evidence from panel data

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2006

enrolment. This result is robust to the method of estimation, employing instruments to control for the endogeneity of aid, and …

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Single Mothers and Work

González, Libertad - 2004

Western countries differ greatly in the extent to which single mothers participate in the labor market. Using LIS data for 15 countries, I propose and estimate a simple structural model of labor supply that incorporates the main variables that influence the work decision for single mothers. The...

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Is There Such a Thing as a Family Constitution? : A Test Based on Credit Rationing

Cigno, Alessandro; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Rosati, … - 2004

The paper aims to ascertain whether voluntary money transfers may be explained by the existence of self-enforcing family constitutions. We identify a circumstance in which an agent will behave differently if she is optimizing subject to a family constitution, than if she is moved by either...

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Reducing Hours of Work: Act as a Brake Upon Employment Growth? An Analysis by Gender for the Case of Italy

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Braschi, Cristina - 2002

investigate this issue using microdata by the Bank of Italy. In Italy, the incidence of overtime work among male dependent workers …

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GDP and the value of family caretaking: How much does Europe care?

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; … - 2010

This study estimates the size and value of unpaid family caretaking activities at a European level. While at a country level several studies are available, a comprehensive evaluation for Europe as a whole was missing so far, mainly due to data limitations. This paper fills this gap using a...

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Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists

Gallet, Craig Arthur; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter F. - 2004

Using a unique sample of new Ph.D. economists in 1987 and 1997, we examine how job seekers and their employers alter their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987 academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much weaker. A multimarket theory of optimal search suggests...

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Political regime change, economic reform and growth accelerations

Jong-A-Pin, Richard; de Haan, Jakob - 2007

Using an improved definition and indicator of growth accelerations, we examine whether political regimes, regime changes, and economic reform are related to growth accelerations. Our results show that economic growth accelerations are preceded by economic reforms. Furthermore, we find that...

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Does high inflation cause central bankers to lose their job?: evidence based on a new data set

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2007

This paper introduces new data on the term in office of central bank governors in 137 countries for 1970-2004. Our … panel models show that the probability that a central bank governor is replaced in a particular year is positively related …. The latter result suggests that the turnover rate of central bank governors (TOR) is a poor indicator of central bank …

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Interest rate linkages in EMU countries: a rolling threshold vector error-correction approach

Poghosyan, Tigran; de Haan, Jakob; Holmås, Tor Helge - 2007

This paper revisits financial market integration in the European Economic and Monetary Union, using a threshold vector error-correction model (TVECM) for a fixed rolling window. This approach enables us to analyze the dynamics of transaction costs and detect any co-movements with (policy...

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The importance of being vigilant: has ECB communication influenced Euro area inflation expectations?

Jansen, David-Jan; de Haan, Jakob - 2007

Using daily data on inflation-indexed bonds, we find evidence of a negative relationship between ECB communication regarding risks to price stability - measured on the basis of the frequency and strength of the keyword vigilance' - and changes in euro area break-even inflation. However, this...

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