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Fair and Efficient Taxation Under Partial Control : Theory and Evidence

Ooghe, Erwin - 2010

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. Such fairness considerations have been introduced in political economy and optimal income tax models with a...

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Wage Differentials Across Sectors in Europe : An East-West Comparison

Magda, Iga; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan; Valsamis, … - 2021

countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech … countries. It is relatively small in Norway and Belgium, large in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic …

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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2021

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …

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Norwegian Rhapsody? The Political Economy Benefits of Regional Integration

Campos, Nauro - 2015

politically driven economic benefits from EU membership: if Norway had joined the EU in 1995, productivity levels between 1995 and … economic integration. The identification strategy rests on the fact that Norway, at the time of the 1995 Enlargement of the … European Union (EU), had successfully completed negotiations and fulfilled all accession requirements, taken membership in the …

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Are Labor Supply Decisions Consistent with Neoclassical Preferences? Evidence from Indian Boat Owners

Giné, Xavier - 2016

This paper studies the labor supply of South Indian boat owners using daily labor participation decisions of 249 boat owners during seven years. We test the standard neoclassical model of labor supply and find that boat owners' labor participation depends positively on expected earnings but also...

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The (Un)Importance of Inheritance

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Landaud, Fanny; … - 2022

inequality. This paper uses administrative data for the population of Norway to examine the share of the Total Inflows (defined …

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Activation Against Absenteeism : Evidence from a Sickness Insurance Reform in Norway

Hernaes, Oeystein - 2017

I evaluate a program aimed at strictly enforcing a requirement that people on long-term sick leave be partly back at work unless explicitly defined as an exception. Employing the synthetic control method, I find that the reform reduced work-hours lost due to absenteeism by 12 % in the reform...

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The Effects of Paternity Leave on Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes

Farré, Lidia - 2017

This paper studies the effects of a father quota in the parental leave period on households' labor market and fertility decisions. Identification is based on the 2007 reform of the Spanish family benefit system, which extended the sixteen weeks of paid parental leave by two additional weeks...

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The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement : Evidence of Disruption?

Beuchert, Louise - 2016

We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010-2011 to analyze the impact on student achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school consolidation and up to four years after. We find that...

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