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An Economic Model of Child Custody
Francesconi, Marco; Muthoo, Abhinay - 2003
This paper develops a model of child custody based on an incomplete-contract approach to the allocation of property rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments they make into their children, but can reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261582
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Religious participation versus shopping: What makes people happier?
Cohen-Zada, Danny; Sander, William - 2010
In this paper, we first explore how an exogenous increase in the opportunity cost of religious participation affects individuals' religious participation and reported happiness using data from the General Social Survey. The exogenous shift in the cost of religious participation is a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274668
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An Economic Model of Child Custody
Francesconi, Marco; Muthoo, Abhinay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper develops a model of child custody based on an incomplete-contract approach to the allocation of property rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments they make into their children, but can reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703298
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Religious Participation versus Shopping: What Makes People Happier?
Cohen-Zada, Danny; Sander, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In this paper, we first explore how an exogenous increase in the opportunity cost of religious participation affects individuals' religious participation and reported happiness using data from the General Social Survey. The exogenous shift in the cost of religious participation is a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678699
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Turning Unemployment into Self-Employment: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-Up Programmes
Baumgartner, Hans J.; Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
notoriously low selfemployment rate. Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of such programmes is scarce. The contribution of the … present paper is twofold: first, we evaluate the effectiveness of two start-up programmes for the unemployed. Our outcome … the results of this analysis, we conduct an efficiency analysis, i.e., we estimate whether the Federal Employment Agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761814
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Start-up subsidies in East Germany: finally, a policy that works?
Caliendo, Marco - 2008
Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings even though partly preliminary - are rather promising, showing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268805
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Start-Up Subsidies in East Germany: Finally, a Policy that Works?
Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings – even though partly preliminary – are rather promising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822210
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Normative Judgments Implicit in the Tax System: A Simulation Approach
Isaak, Niklas; Jessen, Robin - 2024
How much does society value redistribution? The common method to derive inverse-optimum welfare weights is by inverting an optimal-tax model. Our alternative imposes fewer restrictions on labor supply and enables comparisons across household types. We use a structural labor supply model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015210893
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Does Social Pension Insurance Increase the Efficiency of Household Financial Portfolios?
Liu, Xueying; Zhao, Zhong - 2024
This study investigates the impact of social pension insurance on the efficiency of household financial portfolios … significantly enhances the efficiency of household financial portfolios, partly through the channels of risk attitude and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015210910
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Hope, Noise, and the Efficiency of Perfect Meritocracy
Beltrametti, Luca; Cardullo, Gabriele - 2024
This paper explores the economic effects of imperfect meritocracy in recruitment and career advancement. We compare two career promotion mechanisms: a fully meritocratic system and a "noisy" one, that allows less productive workers to advance. Our model shows that imperfect meritocracy in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015210978