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Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

Redistribution and labor market inclusion

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper incorporates labor market inactivity and long‐term unemployment into the framework of optimal redistributive taxation. We examine how a combination of education policy, public employment programs, unemployment benefits, and optimal income taxation can effectively address both redistributive goals and the persistent challenges of ...
Thomas Aronsson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social welfare effects of annuitization in small open economies

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a theory of when annuitization improves or reduces social welfare. The analysis is based on a small open economy with exogenous prices, populated by overlapping generations of non‐altruistic agents. Annuities provide longevity risk insurance and above‐market returns, but also reduce accidental bequests that transfer ...
Tim D. Maurer
wiley   +1 more source

Passing the Partisan Filter: Political Narratives, Partisan Bias, and Opinions on Public Finances

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether political partisanship and political narratives affect voters' opinions about public finances. In a novel survey experiment, we test the causal effect of pro‐consolidation and pro‐public investment narratives used in German general election campaigns on participants' opinions on public debt and budget deficits ...
Ekaterina Jürgens, Sebastian Gechert
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Owning‐Renting Dichotomy: Owner‐Renting in Urban China

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines owner‐renters, households that rent their current residence while owning property elsewhere, using data from the 2013 and 2019 China Household Finance Survey. It explores how household characteristics influence owner‐renting and the drivers of this phenomenon.
Jinqiao Long   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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