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GDP and the Value of Family Caretaking : How Much Does Europe Care?

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 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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The Effect of Product Demand on Inequality : Evidence from the US and the UK

Leonardi, Marco - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between product demand and the pattern of rising skill premia and rising employment of skilled workers in the US and the UK since the 1980s. If more skilled workers demand more skill-intensive goods, then an increase in relative skill supply will also induce...

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The Gender-Career Estimation Gap

Kaiser, Lutz C. - 2014

The paper discusses gender differences with regard to the self- and reciprocal estimation of career expectations … empirical part analysis the respective self- and reciprocal estimation of female and male career prospects for public sector … constitute a gender-career estimation gap. As the German public sector contains specific devices to equalising career chances of …

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The Role of Income and Immigration Policies in Attracting International Migrants

Ortega, Francesc - 2012

This paper makes two contributions to the literature on the determinants of international migration flows. First, we compile a new dataset on annual bilateral migration flows covering 15 OECD destination countries and 120 sending countries for the period 1980-2006. We also collect data on...

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The Aggregate Effects of Trade and Migration : Evidence from OECD Countries

Ortega, Francesc - 2011

Two large but separate bodies of literature analyze the economic effects of international trade and immigration. Given that several factors are important determinants of both trade and migration flows, the previous studies are vulnerable to a potentially serious omitted-variables bias,...

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Informal Sector and Corruption : An Empirical Investigation for India

Dutta, Nabamita - 2011

India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of corruption in every sector is remarkably high. Stifling bureaucratic interference and corruption at every stage of economic activities is one of the main reasons behind high...

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Beyond GDP and Back : What is the Value-Added by Additional Components of Welfare Measurement?

de New (née Kassenboehmer), Sonja C. - 2011

Recently, building on the highly polarizing Stiglitz report, a growing literature suggests that statistical offices and applied researchers explore other aspects of human welfare apart from material well-being, such as job security, crime, health, environmental factors and subjective...

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The Short- and Long-Run Determinants of Less-Educated Immigration into U.S. States

Simpson, Nicole B. - 2012

This paper uses a gravity model of migration to analyze how income differentials affect the flow of immigrants into U.S. states using annual data from the American Community Survey. We add to existing literature by decomposing income differentials into short- and long-term components and by...

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Public Opinion on Immigration in Europe : Preference versus Salience

Hatton, Timothy J. - 2017

There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the foundation for restrictive immigration policies. Existing studies have focused on the responses to survey questions on whether the individual would prefer more or less...

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Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality : A Dynamic Panel Approach

Niehues, Judith - 2010

This paper explores if more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if redistributive outcomes are offset by behavioral disincentive effects. To account for the inherent endogeneity of social policies with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System GMM...

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