Title:Changes in the Wage Structure By Types of Contract, 1995-2002
Author(s):MOTELLON, Elisabet; LOPEZ-BAZO, Enrique; EL-ATTAR, MayssunDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyses changes in the wage distribution in Spain between 1995 and 2002, using data from the Wage Structure Survey. Results show a modification of the wage distribution over the period under analysis, which ...
Title:‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition
Author(s):DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, OmarDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We propose a new theory of the demographic transition based on the evidence
that body development during childhood is an important factor for life expectancy.
The key and novel mechanism of the model is that parents face ...
Title:Choice of Sample Split in Out-of-Sample Forecast Evaluation
Author(s):HANSEN, Peter Reinhard; TIMMERMANN, AllanDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Out-of-sample tests of forecast performance depend on how a given data set is split into estimation and evaluation periods, yet no guidance exists on how to choose the split point. Empirical forecast evaluation results can ...
Title:Choice Under Complete Uncertainty When Outcome Spaces Are State Dependent
Author(s):PUPPE, Clemens; SCHLAG, Karl H.Date:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:One central objection to the maximin payoff criterion is that it focuses on the state that yields the lowest payoffs regardless of how low these are. We allow different states to have different sets of possible outcomes ...
Title:Christopher Dow on Major Recessions
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.; FLEMMING, J.; MATTHEWS, R.; WEALE, MartinDate:2000Type of Publication:Article
Title:Civic Capital as the Missing Link
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, LuigiDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This chapter reviews the recent debate about the role of social capital in economics. We argue that all the difficulties this concept has encountered in economics are due to a vague and excessively broad definition. For ...
Title:Claiming Social Security Benefits Early to Retire Later
Author(s):FAWAZ, YarineDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper examines Social Security benefit claiming behavior in the US using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to implement a duration model. It focuses essentially on the rushing/delaying behavior of the unemployed ...
Title:Clean Evidence on Peer Effects
Author(s):ICHINO, Andrea; FALK, ArminDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study subjects who were asked to fill letters into envelopes with a remuneration independent of output. In the "pair" treatment, two subjects worked at the same time in the same room, and peer effects were possible. In ...
Title:Clean evidence on peer effects
Author(s):FALK, Armin; ICHINO, AndreaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study subjects who were asked to fill letters into envelopes with a remuneration independent of output. In the 'pair' treatment, two subjects worked at the same time in the same room, and peer effects were possible. In ...
Title:Close to Balance or in Surplus: A Policy Maker's Guide to the Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.; BUTI, MarcoDate:2000Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CEPR Discussion PaperAbstract:Under the Stability and Growth Pact, countries are committed to achieving medium-term budget positions of “close to balance or in surplus”. The rationale for this commitment is that such budgetary positions would allow for ...