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Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus

Stock, James H. - 2020

This note lays out the basic Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemiological model of contagion, with a target audience of economists who want a framework for understanding the effects of social distancing and containment policies on the evolution of contagion and interactions with the...

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Answering the Queen : Machine Learning and Financial Crises

Fouliard, Jeremy - 2020

Financial crises cause economic, social and political havoc. Macroprudential policies are gaining traction but are still severely under-researched compared to monetary policy and fiscal policy. We use the general framework of sequential predictions also called online machine learning to forecast...

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Does Management Matter in Schools

Bloom, Nicholas - 2014

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...

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Driving the Gig Economy

Abraham, Katharine G.; Haltiwanger, John C.; Hou, Claire Y. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Using rich administrative tax data, we explore the effects of the introduction of online ridesharing platforms on entry, employment and earnings in the Taxi and Limousine Services industry. Ridesharing dramatically increased the pace of entry of workers into the industry. New entrants were more...

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One Cohort at a Time : A New Perspective on the Declining Gender Pay Gap

Arellano-Bover, Jaime; Bianchi, Nicola; Lattanzio, Salvatore - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper studies the interaction between the decrease in the gender pay gap and the stagnation in the careers of younger workers, analyzing data from the United States, Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom. We propose a model of the labor market in which a larger supply of older workers can...

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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform

Blundell, Richard - 2013

We estimate a dynamic model of employment, human capital accumulation - including education, and savings for women in the UK, exploiting tax and benefit reforms, and use it to analyze the effects of welfare policy. We find substantial elasticities for labor supply and particularly for lone...

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Did the Reform Fix the London Fix Problem?

Ito, Takatoshi - 2017

This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which … behavior after the reform, and the volume spike in the fixing window disappeared. However, the anomalies on price dynamics … to examine the efficiency of banks' behavior after the reform. The volume pattern during the fixing time window suggests …

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Evaluating the persistence and structuralist theories of unemployment

Coakley, Jerry - 2000

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Active Labour Market Policies and the British New Deal for the Young Unemployed in Context

Van Reenen, John - 2003

The British New Deal for Young People began in January 1998. After 6 months of unemployment, 18-24 year olds are mandated to enter a `Gateway' period where they are given extensive job search assistance. If they are unable to obtain an unsubsidised job, then they can enter one of four New Deal...

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The impact of active labour market policies and benefit entitlement rules on the duration of unemployment

Lalive, Rafael - 2000

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