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On Globalization and the Growth of Governments

Epifani, Paolo; Gancia, Gino - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2005

This paper investigates the relationship between trade openness and the size of government, both theoretically and … empirically. We show that openness can increase the size of governments through two channels: (1) a terms of trade externality … between openness and the size of government and test whether it is consistent with the terms of trade externality or the …

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The Impact of Scheduling Birth Early on Infant Health

Borra, Cristina; González, Libertad; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2015

We take advantage of a natural experiment to provide new, credible evidence on the health consequences of scheduling births early for non-medical reasons. In May 2010, the Spanish government announced that a 2,500-euro universal “baby bonus” would stop being paid to babies born after...

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The Effects of a Universal Child Benefit

González, Libertad - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2011

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July 1, 2007. The regression discontinuity-type design...

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The Role of Supply Constraints in Multiplier Analysis

Cardenete, M. Alejandro; Sancho, Ferran - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2010

Multiplier analysis based upon the information contained in Leontief's inverse is undoubtedly part of the core of the input-output methodology and numerous applications an extensions have been developed that exploit its informational content. Nonetheless there are some implicit theoretical...

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