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Estimating the extensive margin of trade
Santos Silva, Joao; Tenreyro, Silvana; Wei, Kehai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Understanding and quantifying the determinants of the number of sectors or firms exporting in a given country is of relevance for the assessment of trade policies. Estimation of models for the number of exporting sectors, however, poses a challenge because the dependent variable has both a lower...
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Living with HIV post-diagnosis: a qualitative study of the experiences of Nairobi slum residents
Wekesa, Eliud; Coast, Ernestina - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
these experiences in relation to their identity and sexuality. Design: Qualitative study using in-depth interviews and … were able to incorporate HIV/AIDS in their identity without it being disruptive to their biography, were pursuing safer …-diagnosis identity and sexual behaviour. Conclusions: People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) had to rework their sense of identity following …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126336
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Happiness in transition: the case of Kyrgyzstan
Namazie, Ceema; Sanfey, Peter - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
We analyse self-reported measures of satisfaction with life in a transition country, Kyrgyzstan, using 1993 household survey data. We test whether higher levels of satisfaction are associated with greater economic well-being. This hypothesis is strongly supported by the data. Unhappiness is...
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The social protection of rural workers in the construction industry in urban China
Li, Bingqin; Peng, Huamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The construction industry is important for Chinese rural to urban migrants. Over 90% of urban construction workers are rural migrants, and over a third of all rural migrants work in construction. The construction industry is not only particularly important, but is also different from other...
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Convergence club empirics: some dynamics and explanations of unequal growth across Indian states
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper documents the convergence of incomes across Indian states over the period 1965 to 1998. It departs from traditional analyses of convergence by tracking the evolution of the entire income distribution, instead of standard regression and time series analyses. The findings reveal...
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Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain
Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
In this paper we investigate whether young people whose fathers are union members are themselves more likely to join a union. The work builds upon a large social science literature on intergenerational mobility that, to our knowledge, has not been applied to industrial relations questions. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745307
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Corporate R&D and productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom
Bond, Stephen; Harhoff, Dietmar; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper analyzes differences in R&D spending and in the impact of R&D on productivity between German and UK firms. We confirm that German firms spend significantly larger amounts on R&D than their UK counterparts, even after controlling for firm size and industry effects. Using a dynamic...
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The internationalisation of public welfare policy
Banks, James; Disney, Richard; Duncan, Alan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
With increasing globalisation of knowledge, there are increased opportunities to 'learn' from the experience of policy interventions elsewhere. This paper presents evidence on the extent of international convergence in public policy, with particular focus on labour, welfare, savings and...
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Where the streets have a name: income comparisons in the US
Brodeur, Abel; Flèche, Sarah - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper analyses how neighbors' income affect agents' well-being using unprecedented data from the BRFSS and the City of Somerville. We conduct a multi-scale approach at the county, ZIP code and street-levels and find that the association between well-being and neighbors' income follows an...
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Estimating features of a distribution from binomial data
Lewbel, Arthur; Linton, Oliver; McFadden, D. L. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
A statistical problem that arises in several fields is that of estimating the features of an unknown distribution, which may be conditioned on covariates, using a sample of binomial observations on whether draws from this distribution exceed threshold levels set by experimental design....
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