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Measuring Trust: Experiments and Surveys in Contrast and Combination

Naef, Michael; Schupp, Jürgen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

. In this paper, we explore the questions of what exactly is measured by the diverse survey-derived scales and experiments …. Inspired by criticism of the widespread trust question used in many surveys, we created a new, improved survey trust scale … that it correlates with trusting behaviour in the experiment. Both survey and experimental measure correlate with related …

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Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany

Della Vigna, Stefano; Heining, Jörg; Schmieder, Johannes F. - 2020

-message-based survey of unemployed workers in Germany. We surveyed 6,800 UI recipients twice a week for 4 months about their job search …

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Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox

Easterlin, Richard A.; Angelescu, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per capita. This is true for three groups of countries analyzed separately − 17 developed, 9 developing, and 11 transition − and also for the 37 countries taken together. Time...

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Globalization and Income Inequality

Vivarelli, Marco; Meschi, Elena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper discusses the distributive consequences of trade flows in developing countries (DCs). On the theoretical side, we argue that the interplays between international openness and technology adoption may constitute an important mechanism leading to a possible increase of income...

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Happiness and Economic Growth: Does the Cross Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries

Easterlin, Richard A.; Sawangfa, Onnicha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Based on point-of-time comparisons of happiness in richer and poorer countries, it is commonly asserted that economic growth will have a significant positive impact on happiness in poorer countries, if not richer. The time trends of subjective well-being (SWB) in 13 developing countries,...

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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Hanushek, Eric A.; Link, Susanne; Wößmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...

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Firing Regulations and Firm Size in the Developing World: Evidence from Differential Enforcement

Almeida, Rita K.; Susanli, Z. Bilgen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We exploit a large firm level dataset across 63 countries and within country variation in the enforcement of the labor codes in countries with very different de jure firing...

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Do Dropouts Benefit from Training Programs? Korean Evidence Employing Methods for Continuous Treatments

Choe, Chung; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Lee, Sang-Jun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs both in developed and developing countries. The proportion of dropouts in prototypical programs ranges from 10 to 50 percent of all participants. From a policy perspective, it is of...

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Early Childhood Stimulation Interventions in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Baker-Henningham, Helen; López Bóo, Florencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This report reviews the effectiveness of early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries. The report aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom and under what conditions do these programs work and...

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Intergenerational Persistence in Health in Developing Countries: The Penalty of Gender Inequality?

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper is motivated to investigate the often neglected payoff to investments in the health of girls and women in terms of next generation outcomes. This paper investigates the intergenerational persistence of health across time and region as well as across the distribution of maternal...

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