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Vivarelli, Marco; Meschi, Elena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper discusses the distributive consequences of trade flows in developing countries (DCs). On the theoretical side, we argue that the interplays between international openness and technology adoption may constitute an important mechanism leading to a possible increase of income...

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Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China

Dammert, Ana C.; Ural Marchand, Beyza; Wan, Chi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …

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Electrification and Educational Outcomes in Rural Peru

Dasso, Rosamaría; Fernandez, Fernando; Nopo, Hugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We study the effects of electrification on educational outcomes in Peru by taking advantage of a program that rapidly …

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Integrating Mobile Phone Technologies into Labor-Market Intermediation: A Multi-Treatment Experimental Design

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This study investigates the causal impacts of integrating mobile phone technologies into traditional public labor-market intermediation services on employment outcomes. By providing faster, cheaper and up-to-date information on job vacancies via SMS, mobile phone technologies might affect the...

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Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

subjective job gain expectations in Peru. Results show that jobseekers who received digital intermediation based on a large …

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Child Labor Variation by Type of Respondent: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This study uses a nationally representative survey to analyze a key survey design decision in child labor measurement: self-reporting versus proxy interviewing. The child/proxy disagreement affects 20 percent of the sample, which translates into a 17.1 percentage point difference in the national...

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The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation

Metzler, Johannes; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Teachers differ greatly in how much they teach their students, but little is known about which teacher attributes account for this. We estimate the causal effect of teacher subject knowledge on student achievement using within-teacher within-student variation, exploiting a unique Peruvian...

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Child Labor and Schooling Response to Changes in Coca Production in Rural Peru

Dammert, Ana C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

coca leaves from Peru to Colombia in 1995 to analyze the indirect effects of the anti-coca policy on children’s allocation …

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Constrained Firms, Not Subsistence Activities: Evidence on Capital Returns and Accumulation in Peruvian Microenterprises

Göbel, Kristin; Grimm, Michael; Lay, Jann - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We investigate the returns to capital and capital accumulation using panel data of Peruvian micro enterprises (MEs). Marginal returns to capital are found to be very high at low levels of capital, but rapidly decreasing at higher levels. The dynamic analyses of capital accumulation in MEs...

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Does Human Capital Protect Workers against Exogenous Shocks? South Africa in the 2008-2009 Crisis

Leung, Ron; Stampini, Marco; Vencatachellum, Désiré - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The financial and economic crisis of 2008 and 2009 has taken its toll on the South African economy. The economy contracted for the first time since 1998, and entered recession during the fourth quarter of 2008. The GDP contraction was soon transmitted to the labor market. Between the second...

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