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The Impact of the German Autobahn Net on Regional Labor Market Performance: A Study Using Historical Instrument Variables

Möller, Joachim; Zierer, Marcus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper analyzes the impact of the German autobahn net on the economic performance of German regions. To address endogeneity and reverse causation problems, we use historical instrument variables, i.e. a plan of the railroad net in 1890 and a plan of the autobahn net in 1937. We find a...

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Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions in Middle East and North African Countries

Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Ben Youssef, Adel; M'henni, Hatem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12 Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) over the period 1981 …–2005. Our results show that in the long-run energy consumption has a positive significant impact on CO2 emissions. More … interestingly, we show that real GDP exhibits a quadratic relationship with CO2 emissions for the region as a whole. However …

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Exploring the Causality Links between Energy and Employment in African Countries

Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Ben Youssef, Adel; M'henni, Hatem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using a bootstrap panel analysis that allows for cross-country dependence, without requiring the use of pre-tests for a unit root, we study the causality links between energy use and employment for a sample of 16 African countries over the 1991-2010 period (according to availability of...

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The Babeldaob Road: The Impact of Road Construction on Rural Labor Force Outcomes in the Republic of Palau

Akee, Randall - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This research examines the impact of road construction on rural labor force outcomes in a developing country. A new road built in the Republic of Palau links formerly inaccessible rural areas to more urban wage sector employment. We use two censuses conducted five years apart which perfectly...

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Economic Status, Air Quality, and Child Health: Evidence from Inversion Episodes

Jans, Jenny; Johansson, Per; Nilsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

On normal days, the temperature decreases with altitude, allowing air pollutants to rise and disperse. During inversion episodes, a warmer air layer at higher altitude traps pollutants close to the ground. We show how readily available NASA satellite data on vertical temperature profiles can be...

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Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl Accident

Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human capital shock and examine their parents'...

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Severe Air Pollution and Labor Productivity

Li, Teng; Liu, Haoming; Salvo, Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We examine day-to-day fluctuations in worker-level output over 15 months for a panel of 98 manufacturing workers at a plant located in an industrial city in Hebei province, north China. Long-term workers earn piece-rate wages, with no base pay or minimum pay, for homogeneous tasks performed over...

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Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies

Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko; Vagliasindi, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

It is widely accepted that the costs of under-pricing energy are large, whether in advanced or developing countries. This paper explores how large these costs can be by focussing on the size of the external effects that energy subsidies in particular generate in two important sectors –...

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Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Menon, Nidhiya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper examines the impact of fertilizer agrichemicals in water on infant and child health using data on water quality combined with data on the health outcomes of infants and children from the 1992-93, 1998-99, and 2005-06 Demographic and Health Surveys of India. Because fertilizers are...

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Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer

Lichter, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly information on the concentration of particulate matter in...

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