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The Role of Globalization in the Within-Industry Shift Away from Unskilled Workers in France
Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa - 2003
globalization in France has been a huge growth in vertical specialization -- the completion of the different production stages of a … that in France vertical specialization -- defined as the share of imported inputs in production -- rose from 9% in 1977 to …
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Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry
Bertrand, Marianne - 2001
Does entry regulation hinder job creation? We investigate this question in the context of the French retail industry, a sector that has experienced especially low rates of job creation over the last 25 years. Since the early 70s, the French government has required regional zoning board approval...
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Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment : A Comparison of the United States, Canada, and France
Card, David - 1996
, Canada, and France. We argue that the same forces that led to falling real wages for less-skilled workers in the U ….S. affected similar workers in Canada and France. Consistent with the view that labor market institutions are more rigid in France … somewhat less in Canada, and did not fall at all in France. Contrary to expectations, however, we find little evidence that …
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Assessing Misallocation in Agriculture : Plots versus Farms
Aragon, Fernando M.; Restuccia, Diego; Rud, Juan Pablo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We assess the extent and cost of misallocation in agriculture in less-developed countries comparing the analysis at the plot and farm levels. Using detailed data from Uganda, we show that the plot-level analysis leads to extremely large estimates of reallocation gains, even after adjusting for...
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Mechanizing Agriculture
Caunedo, Julieta; Kala, Namrata - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Economic activity in developing countries is labor-intensive, low-scale, and family run, with substantial family managerial time spent supervising hired labor. We use a randomized control trial that subsidizes access to rental equipment markets to study the impact of the adoption of mechanized...
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Farm Profits, Prices and Household Behavior
LaFave, Daniel R. - 2020
The farm household model, in which decisions about production and consumption are made simultaneously, lies at the heart of many models of development. Empirically modelling these simultaneous choices is not straightforward. The vast majority of empirical studies assume that farm households...
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Colonial Origins, Property Rights, and the Organization of Agricultural Production : the US Midwest and Argentine Pampas Compared
Edwards, Eric C. - 2020
We examine the origins, persistence, and economic consequences of institutional structures of agricultural production. We compare farms in the Argentine Pampas and US Midwest, regions of similar potential input and output mixes. The focus is on 1910-1914, during the international grain trade...
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Who (Actually) Gets the Farm? Intergenerational Farm Succession in the United States
Haws, Adrian; Just, David; Price, Joseph - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We link census records for millions of farm children to identify owner-operators of the family farm in adulthood, providing the first population-level evidence on intergenerational farm transfers. Using our panel of U.S. census data from 1900 to 1940, our analysis supports the primogeniture...
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The Effect of Unions on Employment : Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay
Cassoni, Adriana - 2000
This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period where unions were banned (1973-1984), then legalized with tripartite bargaining (1984-1991) followed by industry-wide or firm-specific bargaining (1992-1997). The relationship between wages and...
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Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor : Firm-Level Evidence
Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1999
Recently, the relative demand for skilled labor has increased dramatically. We investigate one of the causes, skill-biased technical change. Advances in information technology (IT) are among the most powerful forces bearing on the economy. Employers who use IT often make complementary...
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