Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 780
Cover Image
Fair and efficient taxation under partial control : theory and evidence
Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - 2010
European countries (using EU-SILC data) and the US (using CPS data). We find a robust tendency in all countries to compensate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314282
Cover Image
Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309274
Cover Image
Slippery fish : enforcing regulation under subversive adaptation
Gonzalez Lira, Andres; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - 2019
Attempts to curb illegal activity through regulation gets complicated when agents can adapt to circumvent enforcement. Economic theory suggests that conducting audits on a predictable schedule, and (counter-intuitively) at high frequency, can undermine the effectiveness of audits. We conduct a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985950
Cover Image
Nautical patrol and illegal fishing practices
Kastoryano, Stephen; Vollaard, Ben A. - 2022
We uncover a hidden illegal fishing practice: the use of fishing nets with illegally small mesh size. The small mesh prevents nearly all fish of saleable size from escaping the net, but also traps a large number of fish which are too small to be sold on the market and are therefore discarded at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368988
Cover Image
Norwegian rhapsody? : the political economy benefits of regional integration
Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Moretti, Luigi - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281605
Cover Image
How wages change : micro evidence from the international wage flexibility project
Dickens, William T. (contributor) - 2006
How do the complex institutions involved in wage setting affect wage changes? The International Wage Flexibility Project provides new microeconomic evidence on how wages change for continuing workers. We analyze individuals' earnings in 31 different data sets from sixteen countries, from which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003504796
Cover Image
Competitive work environments and social preferences : field experimental evidence from a Japanese fishing community
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. (contributor); Seki, Erika (contributor) - 2005
relationship to the local fishery and the fact that they all live in the same community), we argue that they are exposed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003039639
Cover Image
Single mothers and their children : evaluating a work-encouraging welfare reform
Løken, Katrine V.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Reiso, … - 2016
Using rich administrative data from Norway, we evaluate a 1998 work-encouraging reform targeted at single parents. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540027
Cover Image
Unemployment, labour force composition and sickness absence : a panel data study
Askildsen, Jan Erik; Bratberg, Espen; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2002
Sickness absence tends to be negatively correlated with unemployment. This may suggest disciplining effects of unemployment but may also reflect changes in the composition of the labour force. A panel of Norwegian register data for the years 1990-1995 is used to analyse sickness absences lasting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410697
Cover Image
Gender differences in early retirement behaviour
Dahl, Svenn-Åge; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vaage, Kjell - 2002
, spouse income and wealth, and spouses' labour market status. The female participation rate is high in Norway, implying that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412013