Title:The Take-Off of Temporary Employment in the Italian Labor Market ﻿ Author(s):NANNICINI, TommasoDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2004/09
Title:Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP ﻿ Author(s):ZOABI, HosnyDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/27Abstract:This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
Title:Targeting interventions in networks ﻿ Author(s):GALEOTTI, Andrea ; GOLUB, Benjamin; GOYAL, SanjeevDate:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2018/01Abstract:Individuals interact strategically with their network neighbors. A planner can shape incentives in pursuit of an aggregate goal, such as maximizing welfare or minimizing volatility. We analyze a variety of targeting problems ...
Title:Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply ﻿ Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; CORNAGLIA, FrancescaDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2011/32Abstract:This paper shows that smoking intensity, i.e. the amount of nicotine extracted per cigarette smoked, responds to changes in excise taxes and tobacco prices. We exploit data covering the period 1988 to 2006 across many US ...
Title:Technology Adoption and the Selection Effect of Trade ﻿ Author(s):NAVAS-RUIZ, Antonio; SALA, DavideDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/58Abstract:The reallocation of output across plants and the productivity growth at individual plants are both important sources of productivity growth at the industry level. Recent evidence has shown that trade liberalization is ...
Title:Technology Adoption, Turbulence and the Dynamics of Unemployment ﻿ Author(s):DUERNECKER, GeorgDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2008/10Abstract:The divergence of unemployment rates between the U.S. and Europe coincided with a substantial acceleration in capital-embodied technical change in the late 70’s. Furthermore, evidence suggests that European economies ...
Title:Temporary Migration and the Investment into Human Capital ﻿ Author(s):DUSTMANN, Christian Date:1991Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1991/47
Title:Temporary Workers: How Temporary Are They? ﻿ Author(s):NANNICINI, TommasoDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2004/23
Title:A Test of Narrow Framing and Its Origin ﻿ Author(s):GUISO, LuigiDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2009/02Abstract:I provide a test of narrow framing to explain why individuals turn down small positive expected value lotteries. Participants in a large survey have been asked whether they would accept a small lottery of winning 180 euros ...
Title:Testing Causality between Two Vectors in Multivariate GARCH Models ﻿ Author(s):WOŹNIAK, TomaszDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2012/20Abstract:Spillover and contagion effects have gained significant interest in the recent years of financial crisis. Attention has not only been directed to relations between returns of financial variables, but to spillovers in risk ...
Title:Testing for the Cointegrating Rank of a VAR Process with Level Shift and Trend Break ﻿ Author(s):TRENKLER, Carsten; SAIKKONEN, Pentti; LUETKEPOHL, HelmutDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2006/29Abstract:A test for the cointegrating rank of a vector autoregressive (VAR) process with a possible shift and broken linear trend is proposed. The break point is assumed to be known. The setup is a VAR process for cointegrated ...