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Incentives and Outcomes : China's Environmental Policy
Wu, Jing - 2013
In generating fast economic growth, China is also generating growing concern about its environmental record. Using 2000-2009 data, we find that, while spending on environmental infrastructure has visible positive environmental impact, city spending is strongly tilted towards transportation...
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Leaders in Social Movements : Evidence From Unions in Myanmar
Boudreau, Laura; Macchiavello, Rocco; Minni, Virginia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Social movements are catalysts for crucial institutional changes. To succeed, they must coordinate members' views (consensus building) and actions (mobilization). We study union leaders within Myanmar's burgeoning labor movement. Union leaders are positively selected on both personality traits...
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The Work-at-Home Technology Boon and its Consequences
Davis, Morris A.; Ghent, Andra C.; Gregory, Jesse M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
where to live, how to allocate their time between working at home and at the office, and how much space to use in production …. A key parameter is the elasticity of substitution between working at home and in the office that we estimate using cross …
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Remote Work and City Structure
Monte, Ferdinando; Porcher, Charly; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the adoption of remote work within cities and its effect on city structure and welfare. We develop a dynamic model of a city in which workers can decide to work in the central business district (CBD) or partly at home. Working in the CBD allows them to interact with other commuters,...
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Working from Home, Worker Sorting and Development
Atkin, David; Schoar, Antoinette; Shinde, Sumit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
A growing literature explores the impact of home-based versus office-based work. Differences in productivity may arise … due to a treatment effect of the office or from workers with different abilities sorting into office or home work. We … conduct an RCT in the data entry sector in India that exogenously allocates workers to the home or office. We find that the …
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