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Title:The Economics of Patent Enforcement and its Reception in Asia Author(s):WECHSLER, AndreaDate:2011Citation:Kung-Chung LIU and Reto M. HILTY (eds), The Enforcement of Patents, Alphen aan den Rijn, Kluwer International (Law and Business), 2011, 65-81, Max Planck series on Asian Intellectual Property LawType:Contribution to book
Title:Economists as political philosophers : a critique of normative trade theory Author(s):LEPENIES, Robert Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2014/11Abstract:Economists are political philosophers. This claim is defended based on an investigation of normative arguments made in economics textbooks. The paper aims to explain, reconstruct and contest the neoclassical vision implicit ...
Title:The Edges of the Family: Family Life, Political Concerns and the Treatment of Children in Post-War Italy and Britain Author(s):BERNINI, StefaniaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2007/38Abstract:The paper explores approaches to child protection in post-war Italy and Britain between 1945 and the mid 1960s. Both in Italy and in Britain, the Second World War represented a watershed in the treatment of children, giving ...
Title:Editorial [to the Legal policy & pandemics] Author(s):BENJAMIN, Antonio Herman; IAMICELI, Paola; KASIMBAZI, Emmanuel; LIN, Jolene; ROBINSON, Nicholas; SCOTTI, Elisa; LAURI, Cristiana ; TIGRE, Maria AntoniaDate:2021Citation:Legal policy & pandemics : the journal of the global pandemic network (LPPJ), 2021, Vol. 1, No.1-2-3, pp. 5-9Type:ArticleAbstract:[This Editorial focuses and] starts with the current COVID-19 pandemic, recognized as ‘the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II’ emerged in Asia in late 2019 and rapidly spread to Europe, Africa, the Americas, ...
Title:Editorial introduction methodological mess : doing research in contexts of high variability Author(s):PAPPAGALLO, Linda ; SEMPLICI, Greta Date:2020Citation:Journal nomadic peoples, 2020, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 179-194Type:ArticleAbstract:This special issue inquires into the messiness of methodological and epistemological approaches for research undertaken in contexts of high variability. What can variability, also conceived as ‘mess’ in social, cultural, ...
Title:Educational inequalities in parental care time : cross-national evidence from Belgium, Denmark, Spain, and the United Kingdom Author(s):GRACIA, Pablo ; GHYSELS, JorisDate:2017Citation:Social science research, 2017, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 166-180Type:ArticleAbstract:This study uses time-diary data for dual-earner couples from Belgium, Denmark, Spain, and the United Kingdom to analyze educational inequalities in parental care time in different national contexts. For mothers, education ...
Title:The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes Author(s):AVITABILE, Ciro; CLOTS-FIGUERAS, Irma; MASELLA, PaoloDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2010/03Abstract:This paper provides empirical evidence on whether child legal status at birth affects the level of cultural integration of immigrant parents with native community. We consider the 1999 reform of the German nationality ...
Title:The Effect of Capital Controls on Exchange Rate Risk Author(s):VERSTEEG, Roald; STRAETMANS, StefanDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP;2010/33Abstract:Many countries try to smooth their exchange rate movements by means of capital controls or otherwise. By the use of statistical extreme value analysis, we investigate if capital controls succeed in lowering foreign exchange ...
Title:The effect of computer use on job quality : evidence from Europe Author(s):MENON, Seetha ; SALVATORI, Andrea; ZWYSEN, WouterDate:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/02Abstract:This paper studies changes in computer use and job quality in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2015. We document that while the proportion of workers using computers has increased from 40% to more than 60% over twenty years, ...
Title:The effect of job-polarizing skill demands on the US wage structure Author(s):KANTENGA, Kory Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/03Abstract:I present a quantitative model which accounts for changes in occupational wages, occupational employment shares, and the overall wage distribution. The model reproduces numerous aspects of US cross sectional data observed ...
Title:The Effect of Language at School on Identity and Political Outlooks Author(s):ASPACHS-BRACONS, Oriol; CLOTS-FIGUERAS, Irma; MASELLA, PaoloDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2008/36Abstract:The process of individual identity formation is still an enigma, as it is the capacity of public bodies to intervene in it. In 1983 the Catalan education system became bilingual, and Catalan, together with Spanish, was ...
Title:The effect of the increasing demand for elite schools on stratification Author(s):ESTRADA, RicardoDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/02Abstract:I use detailed applications data to document a case in which, contrary to prevailing concerns, increasing school stratification by ability co-existed with stable stratification by family income: Mexico City public high ...
Title:The effects of cigarette excise taxes on health and wages Author(s):RESTREPO, BrandonDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/32Abstract:The cigarette excise tax is viewed as an important policy tool to reduce smoking-related health problems and productivity losses. This is based on evidence that higher cigarette taxes reduce cigarette consumption and induce ...
Title:The effects of congruence in policy priorities on satisfaction with democracy Author(s):REHER, Stefanie Date:2016Citation:Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, 2016, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 40-57Type:ArticleAbstract:There is widespread agreement that better policy representation increases citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. Previous research on this topic has generally focused on ideological congruence between citizens and ...
Title:The effects of Covid-19 on couples' job tenures : mothers have it worse Author(s):LAFUENTE MARTINEZ, Cristina ; RULAND, Astrid ; SANTAEULÀLIA-LLOPIS, Raül; VISSCHERS, LudoDate:2023Citation:Labour economics, 2023, Vol. 83, Art. 102404, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:We study the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment contracts and job tenures of couples, and how these are shaped by gender and the presence of children. Using the Spanish Labour Force Survey, we find that ...
Title:Effects of Tobin Taxes in Minority Game markets Author(s):OLMOS GIUPPONI, Maria Belen; BIANCONI, Ginestra; GALLA, Tobias; MARSILI, MatteoDate:2009Citation:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 70, 231-240.Type:Article
Title:Efficiency, equity, and optimal income taxation Author(s):BRENDON, Charles Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2013/22Abstract:Social insurance schemes must resolve a trade-off between competing efficiency and equity considerations. Yet there are few direct statements of this trade-off that could be used for practical policymaking. To this end, ...
Title:Efficient risk sharing with limited commitment and storage Author(s):ABRAHAM, Arpad ; LACZÓ, SaroltaDate:2018Citation:Review of economic studies, 2018, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 1389-1424Type:ArticleAbstract:We extend the model of risk sharing with limited commitment by introducing both a public and a private (unobservable and/or non-contractible) storage technology. Positive public storage relaxes future participation ...
Title:Egalitarian revolutions Author(s):DE DIJN, AnnelienDate:2019Type:VideoSeries/Number:MWP; Video Lecture; 2019/01Abstract:In this lecture, I show that the Atlantic Revolutions of the late eighteenth century were not just democratic revolutions, as R.R. Palmer put it; they were also egalitarian revolutions. American, Dutch and French revolutionaries ...
Title:Egypt in 2011: A regime that no longer knows how to adapt? Fluid conjunctures and regime transformations in perspective Author(s):COLLOMBIER, Virginie Date:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/03Abstract:The popular uprising that took place in Egypt in January and February 2011 may eventually lead to regime change. Whatever the end result of the ongoing process, however, the theories of authoritarian consolidation – which ...