We provide the first twin-based estimates of the intergenerational transmission of income between fathers and sons …. Using Swedish register data on the income of monozygotic twin fathers and their sons, we are able to control for unobserved … income elasticity of 0.276, while our twin-based intergenerational income elasticity is 0.12. This is close to the estimate …

on income. This paper provides estimates of the effects of trade and immigration on income in a unified framework. We … income per capita unaffected because of an offsetting negative effect on TFP. In contrast, trade flows appear to increase … income per capita, mainly through TFP growth, and have no impact on the employment rate. The positive employment effect of …

We study the effect of the cycle on the health of newborn babies using 30 years of birth-certificate data for Spain. We …

We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over …