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Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute
Polachek, Solomon W.; Seiglie, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
. Specialization based on comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then … at least a portion of the costs of conflict can be measured by a nation's lost gains from trade. The greater two nations …' gain from trade the more costly is bilateral (dyadic) conflict. This notion forms the basis of Baron de Montesquieu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233897
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Testing for Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects in the Presence of a Quasi-Instrument
de Luna, Xavier; Johansson, Per - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...
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The Effect of Sexual Activity on Wages
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The purpose of this study is to estimate whether sexual activity is associated with wages, and also to estimate potential interactions between individuals' characteristics, wages and sexual activity. The central hypothesis behind this research is that sexual activity, like health indicators and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884311
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From Micro Data to Causality: Forty Years of Empirical Labor Economics
van der Klaauw, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
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Income Convergence and the Flow out of Poverty in India, 1994-2005
Quiroga, Barrientos; Andrea, Paola; Blunch, Niels-Hugo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
explicitly addresses issues pertaining to the potential endogeneity and measurement error of initial income and poverty. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212565
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Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design
Frölich, Markus; Melly, Blaise - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper shows nonparametric identification of quantile treatment effects (QTE) in the regression discontinuity design (RDD) and proposes simple estimators. Quantile treatment effects are a very helpful tool to characterize the effects of certain interventions on the outcome distribution. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233749
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GENDER AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN PAY AND PROMOTION FOR NHS NURSES
Pudney, Stephen; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
For many years the NHS has been subject to allegations that gender and racial discrimination are a feature of the internal labour market for qualified nurses. This paper examines this issue with regard to the promotion process using 1994 survey data. We start by rejecting the assumption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233930
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The Causal Effect of Education on Wages Revisited
Dickson, Matt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
for endogeneity. I also exploit the dual sources of exogenous variation in schooling to derive a further IV estimate of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015461
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Work-Related Health in Europe: Are Older Workers More at Risk?
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper uses the fourth European Working Conditions Survey (2005) to address the impact of age on work-related self-reported health outcomes. More specifically, the paper examines whether older workers differ significantly from younger workers regarding their job-related health risk...
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A Note on Parametric and Nonparametric Regression in the Presence of Endogenous Control Variables
Frölich, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This note argues that nonparametric regression not only relaxes functional form assumptions vis-a-vis parametric regression, but that it also permits endogenous control variables. To control for selection bias or to make an exclusion restriction in instrumental variables regression valid,...
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