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Happy moves? : assessing the link between life satisfaction and emigration intentions

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2015

It has been shown that higher levels of subjective well-being lead to greater work productivity, better physical health and enhanced social skills. Because of these positive externalities, policymakers across the world should be interested in attracting and retaining happy and life-satisfied...

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Former communist party membership and bribery in the post-socialist countries

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Hinks, Timothy - 2018

We study the effect of former Communist party membership on paying bribes to public officials and motivations for bribery, 25 years after the fall of communist rule. Data come from a large representative survey, conducted in post-socialist countries in 2015/16. To deal with endogeneity, we...

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Former Communist party membership and present-day entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2019

After the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, former party members were particularly likely to start businesses and become entrepreneurs. However, it remains unclear whether this entrepreneurial activity was driven by the resources, information and opportunities provided by...

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To Europe or not to Europe? : migration and public support for joining the European Union in the Western Balkans

Ivlevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha Maria - 2019

For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is … known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the … relationship between migration and support for EU accession in the Western Balkans. Using data from the Gallup Balkan Monitor …

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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction : the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015

The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study how this migrant inflow affected life satisfaction of native residents in England and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local...

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The redistributive effects of tax benefit systems in the enlarged EU

Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality …

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Automatic stabilizers, economic crisis and income distribution in Europe

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

This paper investigates to what extent the tax and transfer systems in Europe protect households at different income levels against losses in current income caused by economic downturns like the present financial crisis. We use a multi country micro simulation model to analyse how shocks on...

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Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis : US vs. Europe

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 48 per cent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … 23 to 32 per cent in the EU and 19 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic stabilizers …

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Remittances and informal work

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2016

This paper studies the effects of remittances on informal employment in the migrants' countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households. Using data from the Social Exclusion Survey, conducted in six transition economies in 2009, I find that receiving...

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Adverse welfare shocks and pro-environmental behaviour : evidence from the global economic crisis

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2017

This paper examines the effects of the 2008–09 global economic crisis on people's pro-environmental behaviour and willingness to pay for climate change mitigation. We hypothesise that the crisis has affected pro-environmental behaviours through tightening of budget constraints and relaxation...

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