Title:Do Conditional Benefits Reduce Equilibrium Unemployment?
Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Although unconditional unemployment benefits destroy jobs in competitive and noncompetitive labor markets, conditional benefits can spur job growth in noncompetitive labor markets. Unconditional benefits reduce the penalty ...
Title:Do Foreigners Replace Native Immigrants? Evidence from a panel cointegration analysis
Author(s):BRÜCKER, Herbert; FACCHIN, Stefano; VENTURINI, AlessandraDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper examines the impact of the immigration of foreigners on domestic labour mobility. Since David Card's seminal study on the regional labour market impact of the Mariel Boatlift it is controversial whether domestic ...
Title:Do Foreigners Replace Natives Immigrants? Evidence from a Panel Cointegration Analysis
Author(s):BRÜCKER, Herbert; FACHIN, Stefano; VENTURINI, AlessandraDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:IZA Discussion PapersAbstract:This paper examines the impact of the immigration of foreigners on domestic labour mobility. Since David Card's seminal study on the regional labour market impact of the Mariel Boatlift it is controversial whether domestic ...
Title:Do Legal Regulations Hinder Naturalisation? Citizenship policies and naturalisation rates in Europe
Author(s):REICHEL, DavidDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper investigates a simple relationship: the influence of citizenship regulations on citizenship acquisitions by comparing citizenship policies and naturalisation rates in European countries. The analysis looks at ...
Title:Do Ministers Do What They Say? Ministerial Unreliability, Collegial and Hierarchical Governments
Author(s):BLONDEL, Jean; MANNING, NDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper is concerned with the extent to which individual members of governments reliably implement the decisions of the governments to which they belong, a matter which is rarely discussed, if ever, and yet can be ...
Title:Do Voters Affect or Elect policies? A new perspective, with evidence from the U.S. Senate
Author(s):ALBOUY, DavidDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:Using quasi-experimental evidence from close elections, – henceforth LMB – argue competition for voters in U.S. House elections does not affect policy positions, as incumbent Senate candidates do not vote more extremely ...