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External Imbalances in an Advanced, Commodity-Exporting Country : The Case of New Zealand
Edwards, Sebastian - 2006
During the last three years New Zealand has faced increasingly large external imbalances. The current account deficit has increased from 4.3% of GDP in 2003 to almost 9.0% of GDP in 2005. During the same period the country's net international investment position (NIIP) went from a negative level...
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Balance-of-payments adjustment policies: Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands
Michaely, Michael - 1968
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Medication of Postpartum Depression and Maternal Outcomes : Evidence from Geographic Variation in Dutch Prescribing
Currie, Janet M.; Zwiers, Esmée S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Using data on over 420,000 first time Dutch mothers, we examine the effects of postpartum antidepressant use on a wide range of maternal outcomes including further treatment for severe mental illness, labor market outcomes, and family formation. We exploit rules which state that Dutch general...
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A Comparative Perspective on Long-Term Care Systems
Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea …
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
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The Variability and Volatility of Sleep : An ARCHetypal Behavior
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Pfann, Gerard A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Using Dutch time-diary data from 1975-2005 covering over 10,000 respondents for 7 consecutive days each, we show that individuals' sleep time exhibits both variability and volatility characterized by stationary autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity: The absolute values of deviations from...
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The Effects of Becoming a Physician on Prescription Drug Use and Mental Health Treatment
Anderson, D. Mark; Diris, Ron; Montizaan, Raymond; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
There is evidence that physicians disproportionately suffer from substance use disorder and mental health problems. It is not clear, however, whether these phenomena are causal. We use data on Dutch medical school applicants to examine the effects of becoming a physician on prescription drug use...
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Energy and Resource Allocation : A Dynamic Model of the "Dutch Disease"
Bruno, Michael - 1982
It is well known that a domestic resource discovery gives rise to wealth effects that cause a squeeze of the tradeable good sector of an open economy. The decline of the manufacturing sector following an energy discovery has been termed the "Dutch disease," and has been investigated in many...
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Wages, Nonwage Job Characteristics, and Labor Mobility
Bartel, Ann P. - 1980
This paper examines the impact of a set of nonwage job characteristics on the quit decisions of young and middle-aged men. The empirical analysis shows that young men are less likely to quit "physical" jobs or jobs with bad working conditions but are more likely to quit repetitive jobs. Older...
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Family and Government Insurance : Wage, Earnings, and Income Risks in the Netherlands and the U.S
De Nardi, Mariacristina - 2019
in the Netherlands and the United States. We find that, in both countries, earnings display rich dynamics, including … Netherlands, are related to fluctuations in hours worked rather than in wages. Individual-level male wage and earnings risk is … distribution. In the Netherlands, government transfers are a major source of insurance. They have notable effects on the standard …
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