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Generational Accounting as a Tool to Assess Fiscal Sustainability: An Overview of the Methodology

Bonin, Holger; Patxot, Concepció - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

The paper surveys the methodology of generational accounting, a tool for gauging intertemporal imbalance in government finances facing demographic transition. Starting from the fiscal balance rule providing the theoretical background, we review the methods of generational accountants for...

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International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006

Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide both future empirical and theoretical work in this area, and public debates and policy makers, in an evidence-based way. The focus is on...

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A Reconsideration of Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes

Filippin, Antonio; Crosetto, Paolo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper reconsiders the wide agreement that females are more risk averse than males providing a leap forward in its understanding. Thoroughly surveying the experimental literature we first find that gender differences are less ubiquitous than usually depicted. Gathering the microdata of an...

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What Do Field Experiments of Discrimination in Markets Tell Us? A Meta Analysis of Studies Conducted since 2000

Rich, Judy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Sixty-seven field experiments of discrimination in markets conducted since 2000 across seventeen countries were surveyed. Significant and persistent discrimination was found on all bases in all markets. High levels of discrimination were recorded against ethnic groups, older workers, men...

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How Are Firms Affected by the Crisis and How Do They React?

Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C.; Neamtu, Ioana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

role of access to credit in creating and destroying jobs. The paper is based on a survey run on all Danish firms with more …

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Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This survey summarizes the classical fundamentals of modern deterrence theory, covers major theoretical and empirical …

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Determinants of Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine

Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia Danzer (née … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty in Ukraine during transition using two comparable surveys from 1996 and 2004. We measure poverty using income and consumption and contrast the effects of various poverty lines. Poverty in both periods...

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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

survey data is limited by measurement error and by the questionability of their behavioral relevance. Here we present a … interaction among the participants, with a survey of noninteracting respondents in a smooth and inexpensive way. We illustrate the … power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany by combining representative survey data with …

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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Die deutsche Bevölkerung durchläuft in den nächsten Jahrzehnten einen demographischen Alterungsprozess, der als erstes die Erwerbsbevölkerung erfasst. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die ökonomischen Folgen dieser Entwicklung. Direkte Arbeitsmarkteffekte einer schrumpfenden und alternden...

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Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special …

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