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Information Technologies and Provision of National Identification Cards by the Bolivian Police: Evidence from Two Randomized Natural Field Experiments

Chong, Alberto; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates the potential of information technologies to improve public service delivery and empower … the digital renewal process makes use of information technologies as part of the renewal process. The second experiment …-it-takes to renew an identification card. We find that information technologies significantly improve the quality of public …

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The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States

Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and instrumenting for U.S. imports using changes in Chinese imports by...

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Trade Adjustment: Worker Level Evidence

Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; Song, Jae - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through 2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China's spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter paired with longitudinal data on individual earnings...

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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research: With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … public investment in information and communication technologies as infrastructure for development, the importance of … commercialization and transfer of technologies, and increased income inequality and concentration of severe poverty in certain regions …

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Europe Agreements and Trade Balance: Evidence form Four New EU Members

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC-4) using both static and dynamic panel data approaches. Specifically, the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM, Blundell and Bond, 1998)...

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Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets

Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among...

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On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants

Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very small geographical units (NUTS-3). Exploiting the very favorable setup offered by Italy's features – the very high number of countries of origin of immigrants...

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Economic and Spatial Determinants of Interregional Migration in Kazakhstan

Aldashev, Alisher; Dietz, Barbara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In this paper we analyze economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan using quarterly panel data on region to region migration in 2008-2010. In line with traditional economic theory we find that migration is determined by economic factors, first of all income:...

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Southwest as the New Internal Migration Destination in Turkey

Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Antalya and Muğla provinces located in southwestern Turkey have emerged as the new magnets for internal migration in the country. Characteristics of immigration from other provinces to these two are described, and analyzed in the context of the gravity model. The factors that affect the...

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Enlarging the EMU to the East: What Effects on Trade?

Belke, Ansgar; Spies, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) accession of eight Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) on their share in EMU-12 imports. Overcoming biases related to endogeneity, omitted variables and sample selection, our results...

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