Title:The Career Costs of Children
Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; DUSTMANN, Christian; STEVENS, KatrienDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper analyzes the life-cycle career costs associated with child rearing and decomposes their effects into unearned wages (as women drop out of the labor market), loss of human capital, and selection into more ...
Title:Cartography and Production of Space: a Challenge for the Historian
Author(s):PANSINI, ValeriaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Cartographic sources have been used to support the role of “imagination” and “invention” in the production of spaces and locality. Their role as instruments of power and producers of order has been underlined inside the ...
Title:Cash-on-Hand and the Duration of Job Search. Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Norway
Author(s):BASTEN, Christoph; FAGERENG, Andreas; TELLE, KjetilDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a discontinuity in eligibility at age 50. We find that a severance payment worth 1.2 months’ earnings at the ...
Title:Catching the maximum market value of electricity storage – technical, economic and regulatory aspect
Author(s):HE, Xian; ZACHMANN, GeorgDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The creation of competitive wholesale electricity markets allows to evaluate the “arbitrage value” of
an electricity storage unit, which stems from buying and storing electricity when prices are low, and
selling it when ...
Title:The Challenge to Party Government
Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:At a time when the literature on political parties is brimming with health and vitality, the parties themselves seem to be experiencing potentially severe legitimacy problems and to be suffering from a quite massive ...
Title:Challenges for Creating a Comprehensive National Electricity Policy
Author(s):JOSKOW, Paul LDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The industry structure and regulatory framework that characterizes the electric power sector in the U.S. is in a state of disarray. Some regions have adopted a fully liberalized electricity sector model, others have ...
Title:The Challenges of EC Consumer Law
Author(s):PONCIBO', CristinaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Following the structure defined in the Review of the Consumer Acquis of 2004, the Commission adopted a Green Paper on 8 February 2007 and launched a consultation on some key issues on the future developments of EC consumer ...