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Learning Efficiency of Economics Students

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

In this paper six authors propose guidelines for German labor market policy, to overcome current discouragement and lead to a new balance of social security and individual competitiveness. Crucial aspects in this regard should be a reformed tax system based on excise instead of income taxes, and...

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Testing Weak Cross-Sectional Dependence in Large Panels

Pesaran, M. Hashem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper considers testing the hypothesis that errors in a panel data model are weakly cross sectionally dependent, using the exponent of cross-sectional dependence α, introduced recently in Bailey, Kapetanios and Pesaran (2012). It is shown that the implicit null of the CD test depends on...

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The Fertility Effect of Catastrophe: U.S. Hurricane Births

Zhao, Zhong; Evans, Richard W.; Hu, Yingyao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

For years, anecdotal evidence has suggested increased fertility rates resulting from catastrophic events in an area. In this paper, we measure this fertility effect using storm advisory data and fertility data for the Atlantic and Gulf Coast counties of the United States. We find that...

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Identification and Estimation of Economic Models of Outmigration Using Panel Attrition

Bellemare, Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Because their departures are difficultly observed, little is known about the performance of immigrants who leave a region and move to another. This paper shows conditions under which the (conditional) outmigration probability, work probability and the expected earnings of outmigrants are...

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Short-Run and Long-Term Effects of Childbirth on Mothers’ Employment and Working Hours Across Institutional Regimes: An Empirical Analysis Based on the European Community Household...

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The employment behavior of mothers is strongly influenced by labor market regulations and certain institutional arrangements, which both vary greatly across European countries. Using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) 1994-2001 for Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which...

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A Pair-Wise Approach to Testing for Output and Growth Convergence

Pesaran, M. Hashem - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper proposes a pair-wise approach to testing for output convergence that considers all N(N-1)/2 possible pairs of log per capita output gaps across N economies. A general probabilistic definition of output convergence is also proposed, which suggests that all such output gap pairs must be...

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Modeling International Trade Flows Between Eastern European Countries and OECD Countries

Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert; Sova, Ana Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Our paper deals with econometric developments for the estimation of the gravity model which lead to convergent parameter estimates even when a correlation exists between the explanatory variables and the specific unobservable characteristics of each unit. We implement panel data econometric...

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Regional Dependencies in Job Creation: An Efficiency Analysis for Western Germany

Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper investigates the efficiency of the matching process between job seekers and vacancy posting firms in West … between spatial contingencies among regional labor markets: matching efficiency decreases with spatial autocorrelation in …

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The Matching Efficiency of Regional Labour Markets A Stochastic Production Frontier Estimation, France 1990-1995

Ibourk, Aomar; Maillard, Bénédicte; Perelman, Sergio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

We evaluate the determinants of matching efficiency changes through a stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier model … extended to allow the efficiency coefficient to depend on variables meant to capture workers and firms characteristics. We … apply this methodology to examine regional disparities in France over the period 1990-1995. About 30% of the efficiency …

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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...

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