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Skill policies for Scotland
Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2005
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. Targeted early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274195
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Skill Policies for Scotland
Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2004
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274209
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Globale Einkommensdisparitäten und -polaritäten
Henrich, Károly - 2004
Die These, die neuere Globalisierung der sozioökonomischen Beziehungen habe die kontinuierliche, erweiterte Reproduktion sozialer Ungleichheit hervorgebracht, ist nur bedingt haltbar. Tatsächlich begann, nachdem noch um das Jahr 1000 die Durchschnittseinkommen in den verschiedenen Weltregionen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274222
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Representing GASPEC with the World Gas Model
Egging, Ruud; Holz, Franziska; von Hirschhausen, … - 2008
countries, sometimes called GASPEC. We use the World Gas Model, a dynamic, strategic representation of world gas production … North America would be affected more than other parts of the world. Lastly, the vulnerability of gas importers worldwide on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274286
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The world gas market in 2030: development scenarios using the world gas model
Huppmann, Daniel; Egging, Ruud; Holz, Franziska; … - 2009
In this paper, we discuss potential developments of the world natural gas industry at the horizon of 2030. We use the … World Gas Model (WGM), a dynamic, strategic representation of world natural gas production, trade, and consumption between … 2005 and 2030. We specify a base case which defines the business-as-usual assumptions based on forecasts of the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274288
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The globalization of steam coal markets and the role of logistics: an empirical analysis
Zaklan, Aleksandar; Cullmann, Astrid; Neumann, Anne; … - 2009
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive multivariate cointegration analysis of three parts of the steam coal value chain - export, transport and import prices. The analysis is based on a rich dataset of international coal prices; in particular, we combine data on steam coal prices with freight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274289
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The influence of collusion on price changes: New evidence from major cartel cases
von Blanckenburg, Korbinian; Geist, Alexander; … - 2010
In this paper, we compare the distribution of price changes between collusive and noncollusive periods for ten major cartels. The first moments focus on previous research. We extend the discussion to the third (skewness) and fourth (kurtosis) moments. However, none of the above descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274410
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Labor market policy: A comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor market flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2010
I review theories and evidence on labor market policies and institutions in an international context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies. Scandinavia and Central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274420
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The effect of inflation on real commodity prices
Reicher, Christopher Phillip; Utlaut, Johannes Friederich - 2011
Recent research has shown that economic conditions have an important effect on real commodity prices. We quantify the contribution of fluctuations in inflation to this particular link. In the data, a temporary rise in inflation causes real commodity prices to rise, as does a rise in trend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274442
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Exploring the intensive and extensive margins of world trade
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Kohler, Wilhelm K. - 2004
World trade evolves at two margins. Where a bilateral trading relationship already exists it may increase through time … have not traded with each other in the past (extensive margin). We provide an empirical dissection of post-World-War- II … growth in manufacturing world trade along these two margins. We propose a ?cornersolutions- version? of the gravity model to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274453