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The Role of "Skill Enhancing Trade" in Brazil: Some Evidence from Microdata
Araújo, Bruno Cesar; Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting in a dramatic increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004569
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Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703743
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Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Viveiros, Igor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684794
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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
host country (i.e., spillovers). We document that backward linkages have a consistently positive effect on productivity of … domestic firms while horizontal and forward linkages show no consistent effect. We also examine how the strength of spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884338
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Working Time Preferences, Hours Mismatch and Well-Being of Couples: Are There Spillovers?
Wunder, Christoph; Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
first evidence on spillovers from the partner's working time mismatch. However, the spillover becomes insignificant once we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276082
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Does Uninsurance Affect the Health Outcomes of the Insured? Evidence from Heart Attack Patients in California
Daysal, N. Meltem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the health of the insured, focusing on one health outcome – the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and hospital financial data from California (1999-2006)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279323
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Spillover Effects of Drug Safety Warnings on Health Behavior
Daysal, N. Meltem; Orsini, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-2007, we find statistically significant small negative spillovers on post-menopausal women's likelihood of having an annual … that these spillovers may contribute to the existing health disparities by education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279331
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Three New Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis When Environmental Regulation is Endogenous
Millimet, Daniel L.; Roy, Jayjit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
emphasized the importance of geographic spillovers in determining the location choice of foreign investment, such spatial effects … circumvent the lack of a traditional instrument within a model incorporating geographic spillovers utilizing three novel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246700
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Labor Supply and Matching Rates for Welfare Recipients: An Analysis Using Neighborhood Characteristics
van der Klaauw, Bas; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper investigates how in addition to personal characteristics the neighborhood affects the individual transition rate from welfare to work. We use a unique administrative database on welfare recipients in Rotterdam, the second largest city of The Netherlands. We find that the exit rate to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552470
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Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Entrepreneurship: Blessing or Curse?
Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Estrin, Saul; Reynolds, Paul; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
between FDI and entrepreneurship; positive spillovers via dissemination of technology or negative because of crowding out. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721626