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Institutional Features of Wage Bargaining in 23 European Countries, the US and Japan

Du Caju, Philip; Gautier, Erwan; Momferatou, Daphne; … - 2021

This paper presents information on wage bargaining institutions, collected using a standardized questionnaire. Our data provide information from 1995 and 2006, for four sectors of activity and the aggregate economy, considering 23 European countries, plus the US and Japan. Main findings include...

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Life Cycle Employment and Fertility Across Institutional Environments

Sauer, Robert M. - 2006

In this paper, we formulate a dynamic utility maximization model of female labor force participation and fertility choices and estimate approximate decision rules using data on married women in Italy, Spain and France. The pattern of estimated state dependence effects across countries is...

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Sectoral Explanations of Employment in Europe - the Role of Services

D'Agostino, Antonello; Serafini, Roberta; … - 2021

This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service … achieving higher employment levels in Europe. This paper focuses on the role of barriers in the EU-15 which may have hindered …

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Where Are the Real Bottlenecks?Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries aboutthe Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Performance

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We use data from over 20,000 firms in 60 countries to identify constraints on the growth offirms. We interpret managers´ answers to survey questions on the extent to which variousaspects of their external environment inhibit the performance of their firm as measuring theshadow cost of...

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The Gradual Transformation of Continental EuropeanLabor Markets: France and Germany Compared

Eichhorst, Werner - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor marketproblems such as low employment and high and persistent unemployment which can beexplained by labor market institutions that inhibit labor market adaptability...

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Does Financial Deregulation Boost Top Incomes? Evidence from the Big Bang

Tanndal, Julia - 2016

This study estimates the impact of financial deregulation on top income shares. Using the novel econometric method of constructing synthetic control groups, we show that the "Big Bang"-deregulations in the United Kingdom in 1986 and Japan 1997-1999 increased the share of pre-tax incomes going to...

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International Migration and Institutional Quality in the Home Country : It Matters Where You Go and How Long You Stay!

Tran, Ngoc - 2017

International migrants are widely recognised as agents of institutional change in their home countries. However, the huge growth in temporary migration in recent years demands a fresh investigation of this phenomenon. Theoretically, a country's diaspora constitutes one of the four principal...

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Spillover Effects of Institutions on Cooperative Behavior, Preferences and Beliefs

Engl, Florian - 2017

nature of an institution that enforces prosocial behavior in one domain affects behavior in another domain and whether it … whether, for only one game, there is an institution enforcing cooperation and vary also whether the institution is imposed … exogenously or arises endogenously through voting. Our results show that the presence of an institution in one game generally …

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The Role of Institutions and Immigrant Networks in Firms' Offshoring Decisions

Moriconi, Simone - 2018

The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms' potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and characteristics...

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Institutions, Culture, and Wetland Values

Mayula Chaikumbung - 2018

Do institutions and culture affect environmental values? In this article we analyze 1,041 environmental valuations of 223 wetlands in 38 developing countries, to examine the effect of institutions and culture on environmental values. We assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic...

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