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Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper studies the social desirability of agglomeration and the efficiency arguments for policy intervention in a simple, analytically solvable ‘new economic geography’ model with two trade integrating regions. The location pattern emerging as market equilibrium is “bubbleshaped”,...

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Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'

Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Models of the new economic geography share a number of common conclusions, but also exhibit notable differences, in particular with respect to the shape of the location pattern and the efficiency of the market equilibrium. This reflects the fact that these models rely heavily on specific...

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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy

Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; Van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro-econometric evaluation of their causal effects is rare. We exploit multiple changes in the area-specific eligibility criteria for a major program to support manufacturing jobs...

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Complements or Substitutes? Task Specialization by Gender and Nativity in Spain

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; de la Rica, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

of immigration on native workers. Instead, using data from Spain, where the immigrant population has risen from 4 percent …

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Terrorism and Human Capital at Birth: Bomb Casualties and Birth Outcomes in Spain

Quintana-Domeque, Climent; Ródenas-Serrano, Pedro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study the effects of terrorism in Spain on birth outcomes, focusing on terrorism perpetrated by ETA, combining … registry of live births in Spain, elaborated by the Spanish Statistical Institute (INE). We focus on live births conceived …

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Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Nollenberger, Natalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper assesses how new immigrants to Spain fare in the country's labor market, evaluating the conditions under … immigrants who arrived in Spain between 2000 and 2007 were able to find work and eventually move out of the low-skilled positions … shed low- and middle-skilled jobs in sectors dominated by immigrants. In the long term, Spain will likely need immigrants …

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Labour Market Dynamics in Spanish Regions: Evaluating Asymmetries in Troublesome Times

Sala, Hector; Trivín, Pedro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The Spanish labour market disproportionately booms in expansions and bursts in recessions; meanwhile, its regions' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To examine this twofold feature, we apply Blanchard and Katz's...

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Newborn Health and the Business Cycle: Is It Good to Be Born in Bad Times?

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa; Gonzalez, Libertad - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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

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Immigration and Labor Productivity: New Empirical Evidence for Spain

Nicodemo, Catia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The purpose of this paper of this paper is to explore the immigration and productivity in Spain. We estimate the effect … of immigration on labor productivity from 2004 until 2008 for Spain. Using firms (SABI) and individuals data (Social …

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Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain

Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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

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