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Does occupational licensing impact incomes? : the German crafts case
Leyen, Kaja von der - 2018 - Updated version
The empirical literature on occupational licensing finds standard monopoly effects of entry regulations: Less competition and economic rents for professionals. I exploit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing...
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Does occupational licensing impact incomes? : a replication study for the German crafts case
Leyen, Kaja von der - In: Journal for labour market research 54 (2020) 1/8, pp. 1-17
Large variation in the estimated income premium of occupational licensing can be found in the existing literature. I revisit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing requirement for self-employment in certain...
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Trouble on my mind : the effect of catastrophic events on people's worries
Ehlert, Andree; Seidel, Jan; Weisenfeld-Schenk, Ursula - In: Empirical economics : a journal of the Institute for … 59 (2020) 2, pp. 951-975
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Worries across time and a ge in Germany : bringing together open- and close-ended questions
Rohrer, Julia M.; Bruemmer, Martin; Schupp, Jürgen; … - 2017
We investigate how worries in Germany change across time and age, drawing on both closed-ended questions (which … influence worries. For example, worries about peace peaked in 2003, the year of the Iraq War, with a considerable number of … effects - worries about various topics such as health and the general economic situation increase with age. With increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669907
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Worries across time and age in Germany : bringing together open and close-ended questions
Rohrer, Julia M.; Bruemmer, Martin; Schupp, Jürgen; … - 2017
We investigate how worries in Germany change across time and age, drawing on both closed-ended questions (which … influence worries. For example, worries about peace peaked in 2003, the year of the Iraq War, with a considerable number of … effects - worries about various topics such as health and the general economic situation increase with age. With increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672589
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Twin - Peaks in E.U. Regional Productivity Dynamics: a nonparametric analysis
Fotopoulos, Georgios - 2005
Working within the 'distributional approach', this research offers evidence, based on empirical density estimates and modality tests, of past polarization in regional labour productivity in EU-15. Most importantly, it provides evidence on the related ergodic density which suggests that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261515
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The distribution of excess liquidity in the euro area
Baldo, Luca; Hallinger, Benoît; Helmus, Caspar; … - 2017
Since 2008, excess liquidity - defined as the sum of holdings of central bank reserves in excess of reserve requirements and holdings of equivalent central bank deposits - has tended to accumulate in specific euro area countries and in a small, slowly changing group of credit institutions....
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The Distribution of Excess Liquidity in the Euro Area
Baldo, Luca - 2017
Since 2008, excess liquidity – defined as the sum of holdings of central bank reserves in excess of reserve requirements and holdings of equivalent central bank deposits – has tended to accumulate in specific euro area countries and in a small, slowly changing group of credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943463
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Happiness and beliefs in criminal environments
Di Tella, Rafael; MacCulloch, Robert; Ñopo, Hugo - 2008
This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities (including drug trafficking and corruption) around the world. The paper then documents a negative (positive) correlation between measures of criminal activity and happiness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278276
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Internal vs. international migration: Impacts of remittances on child well-being in Vietnam
Binci, Michele; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2012
This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The...
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