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dc.contributor.authorMocan, Nacien
dc.contributor.authorAltindag, Duha T.en
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-01-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-07T10:48:50Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-07T10:48:50Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201109297472en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55113-
dc.description.abstractPrior to July 2009, salaries of the members of the European Parliament were paid by their home country and there were substantial salary differences between parliamentarians representing different EU countries. Starting in July 2009, the salary of each member of the Parliament is pegged to 38.5% of a European Court judge's salary, paid by the EU. This created an exogenous change in salaries, the magnitude and direction of which varied substantially between parliamentarians. Parliamentarians receive per diem compensation for each plenary session they attend, but salaries constitute unearned income as they are independent of attendance to the Parliament. Using detailed information on each parliamentarian of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2011 we show that an increase in salaries reduces attendance to plenary sessions and an increase in per diem compensation increases it. We also show that corruption in home country has a negative effect on attendance for seasoned members of the Parliament.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5949en
dc.subject.jelD73en
dc.subject.jelP16en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelJ45en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordlabor supplyen
dc.subject.keywordcorruptionen
dc.subject.keywordEUen
dc.subject.stwAbgeordneteen
dc.subject.stwDiätenen
dc.subject.stwDienstrechten
dc.subject.stwZeitverwendungen
dc.subject.stwÖkonomischer Anreizen
dc.subject.stwParlamenten
dc.subject.stwEuropäische Wirtschafts- und Währungsunionen
dc.titleIs leisure a normal good? Evidence from the European Parliament-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn675944309en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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