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The psychological costs of war : military combat and mental health

Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011

While descriptive evidence suggests that deployment in the Global War on Terrorism is associated with adverse mental health, the causal effect of combat is not well established. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we exploit exogenous variation in...

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Diasporas and conflict

Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...

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The role of demographics in precipitating crises in financial institutions

Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009

There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...

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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...

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The effects of school quality in the origin on the payoff to schooling for immigrants

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2010

The payoff to schooling among the foreign born in the US is only around one-half of the payoff for the native born. This paper examines whether this differential is related to the quality of the schooling immigrants acquired abroad. The paper uses the Over-education/ Required...

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The firing cost implications of alternative severance pay designs

Parsons, Donald O. - 2010

Economists have concerns about the firing cost implications of mandated severance plans. Analysis reveals that predicted severance plan consequences depend critically on the precise structure of the plan. Whether governments mandate (i) severance insurance plans or (ii) severance savings plans...

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Trends in economic research : an international perspective

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

standards in economics around the world been reflected in research performance? How have individual countries fared? Do research …

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The great recession of 2008 - 2009 : causes, consequences and policy responses

Verick, Sher Singh; Islam, Iyanatul - 2010

US to the worst recession the world has witnessed for over six decades. Through an in-depth review of the crisis in terms … suggested, while at the same time the majority of the world’s poor had benefited insufficiently from stronger economic growth …

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Warrant economics, call-put policy options and the fallacies of economic theory

Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - 2011

plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of …

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China's emergence in the world economy and business cycles in Latin America

Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio; Pesaran, M. Hashem; Rebucci, … - 2011

world have altered the transmission mechanism of international business cycles to Latin America. Evidence based on a Global … world shows that the long-term impact of a China GDP shock on the typical Latin American economy has increased by three … associated with a deceleration in China's economic growth in the future for both Latin America and the rest of the world economy …

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