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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404596
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Reexamining the Conditional Effect of Foreign Direct Investment
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Campos, Nauro F - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The prevailing consensus is that foreign direct investment (FDI) effects are conditional. At the macro level, they depend upon minimum levels of human capital or financial development, while at the micro level, they depend on type of linkage (forwards, backwards, or horizontal). This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670820
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Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada
Boudarbat, Brahim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
In this paper, we estimate a structural model of choice of field of study by community college students. We use data from the Canadian Survey of Graduates for 12,871 individuals who successfully completed their programs in Canadian community colleges (CEGEPs in Quebec) in 1990 and 1995. Over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822467
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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … of time in Canada on earnings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822761
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Self-Selection, Immigrant Public Finance Performance and Canadian Citizenship
DeVoretz, Don J.; Pivnenko, Sergiy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Canada’s treasury circa 1996 over their life cycle. Naturalized citizens from OECD countries contributed the largest public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822921
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The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991
Kuhn, Peter; Riddell, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using data spanning a half century for adjacent jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada, we study the long-term effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822992
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Canadian Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes: Why the Differences in Outcomes between Sweden and Canada?
Picot, Garnett; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Immigrants to Canada enjoy labour market outcomes that are more favourable than those for their counterparts in Sweden …. In an effort to understand these gaps, Canada’s immigration policy and outcomes are contrasted to the Swedish immigration … deteriorated significantly in Canada since the 1980s, as they have in many western countries including Sweden. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876556
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Quality and Quantity in Primary Care Mixed Payment Models: Evidence from Family Health Organizations in Ontario
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
physicians in Ontario, Canada. Using a panel of administrative data that covers one year before and two years after the FHO model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149143
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The Recent Evolution of Retirement Patterns in Canada
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; Michaud, Pierre-Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
retirement behaviour in Canada. We also investigate trends in work after retirement. Our findings are in line with findings from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323408
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Profit Sharing and Workplace Productivity: Does Teamwork Play a Role?
Long, Richard J.; Fang, Tony - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The conditions under which profit sharing affects workplace productivity have never been fully understood. Using panel data, this paper examines whether there is any link between adoption of an employee profit sharing plan and subsequent productivity growth in Canadian establishments, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734426