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This paper investigates the impact of television on internal migration in Indonesia. We exploit the differential … introduction of private television throughout the country and the variation in signal reception due to topography to estimate the …
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We examine the effects of fast-food restaurant advertising on television on the body composition of adolescents as … from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and data on local fast-food restaurant advertising on television from … Competitive Media Reporting. Exposure to fast-food restaurant advertising on television causes statistically significant increases …
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We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian districts covering the period 1993-2010. Identification of causal effects relies on a district-fixed effects approach and controlling for local economic development. The...
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The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
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Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...
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new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe. Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …
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supply elasticities for Western Europe and the US. We also investigate the relative contribution of different methodological …, both in the US and in Europe. …
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empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite … transitions pay); and fourth, efficient labour market regulation for better utilising existing capacities and restraining …
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governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering …, indicating a relative cohesion in Europe. Yet, substantial variations exist in terms of higher education policy in Europe, each …
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In this paper we use a dataset that follows a representative sample of native Europeans, resident of 11 countries, over the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and wage. We use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by...
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