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Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021

explanations of firm sponsored training. Using microdata from Germany, we show that the predictions of the specific human capital …

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls

Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany : Evidence and Interpretation

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Wachter, Till von - 2021

the range of 10 to 15 percent. We find no return to compulsory schooling in Germany in terms of higher wages. We … investigate whether this is due to labor market institutions or the existence of the apprenticeship training system in Germany … most relevant for the labor market are learned earlier in Germany than in other countries …

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Continuous Training in Germany

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021

training received by workers in Germany between 1986 and 1989. Further training is primarily a white collar phenomenon, is …

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Cities, Regions and the Decline of Transport Costs

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kohlhase, Janet E. - 2021

The theoretical framework of urban and regional economics is built on transportation costs for manufactured goods. But over the twentieth century, the costs of moving these goods have declined by over 90% in real terms, and there is little reason to doubt that this decline will continue....

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The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control

Glaeser, Edward L.; Luttmer, Erzo F. P. - 2021

When there are binding price controls, there are shortages and the allocation of goods across consumers may not be efficient. In general, the misallocation costs of price controls are first order, while the classic welfare losses due to undersupply are second order. This paper presents an...

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Do Institutions Cause Growth?

Glaeser, Edward L.; La Porta, Rafael; … - 2021

We revisit the debate over whether political institutions cause economic growth, or whether, alternatively, growth and human capital accumulation lead to institutional improvement. We find that most indicators of institutional quality used to establish the proposition that institutions cause...

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Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation

Cutler, David M.; Glaeser, Edward L.; Vigdor, Jacob L. - 2021

This paper uses decennial Census data to examine trends in immigrant segregation in the United States between 1910 and 2000. Immigrant segregation declined in the first half of the century, but has been rising over the past few decades. Analysis of restricted access 1990 Census microdata...

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Learning in Cities

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2021

Alfred Marshall argues that industrial agglomerations exist in part because individuals can" learn skills from each other when they live and work in close proximity to one another. An" increasing amount of evidence suggests that the informational role of cities is a primary reason for" their...

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Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process

Dumais, Guy; Ellison, Glenn; Glaeser, Edward L. - 2021

The degree of geographic concentration of individual manufacturing industries in the U.S. has declined only slightly in the last twenty years. At the same time, new plant births, plant expansions, contractions and closures have shifted large quantities of employment across plants, firms, and...

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