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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1278
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Alois
Stutzer
Bruno
S.
Frey
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Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox
People spend a lot of time commuting and often find it a burden. According to economics, the burden of commuting is chosen when compensated either on the labor or on the housing
market so that ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 110 (2), 339 - 366)
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D12, D61, R41
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1277
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Almas
Heshmati
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the ...
(published in: Nissanke and Thorbecke (eds.), The Impact of Globalization on the Worlds Poor, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2006)
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C23, D63, F15, O57
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1274
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Daniela
Del Boca
Silvia
Pasqua
Chiara
D.
Pronzato
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Why Are Fertility and Women's Employment Rates So Low in Italy? Lessons from France and the U.K.
According to the agenda for employment set by the EU in 2000 for the following ten years, the target for female employment was set at 60 per cent for the year 2010. While Northern and most ...
(published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (s1), 51-79)
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J2, C3, D1
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1273
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Axel
Heitmueller
Kirsty
Inglis
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Carefree? Participation and Pay Differentials for Informal Carers in Britain
A substantial proportion of working age individuals in Britain are looking after sick, disabled, and elderly people and combine work and caring responsibilities. Using the British Household Panel ...
(published as "The earnings of informal carers: Wage differentials and opportunity costs" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 821-841)
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J70, J31, J40, C23
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1272
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Saul
Estrin
Klaus
Meyer
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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on ...
(published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49 (1), 61-80)
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O13, O33, J21, F23
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1271
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Almas
Heshmati
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Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as ...
(published in: ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, 2005, 5 (1), 7-52 )
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C10, D31, D63, I30, N30
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1270
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Matthias
Kräkel
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Emotions and Incentives
We introduce a concept of emotions that emerge when workers compare their own performance with a given standard or with the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the ...
(published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214)
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J3, M5
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1269
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Sandra
E.
Black
Paul
J.
Devereux
Kjell
G.
Salvanes
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The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2), 669-700)
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I2, J1
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1268
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Jörn-Steffen
Pischke
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Labor Market Institutions, Wages, and Investment
Labor market institutions, via their effect on the wage structure, affect the investment decisions of firms in labor markets with frictions. This observation helps explain rising wage inequality in ...
(published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2005, 51 (1), 47-75)
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E22, E24, J23, J24, J31
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1267
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Almas
Heshmati
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The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality
This review covers a range of measures and methods frequently employed in empirical analysis of global income inequality and global income distribution. Different determinant factors along with ...
(published as "The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality: A Review of the Economic Literature" in: Journal of World-Systems Research, 2006, 12 (1), 61-107)
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C10, D31, D63, I30, N30
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12990Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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