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Trade, Wages and the Political Economy of Trade Protection: Evidence from the Colombian Trade Reforms
Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
liberalizations in Colombia in the 1980s and 1990s to investigate the relationship between protection and industry wages. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136441
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The Dynamics of the Colombian Civil Conflict: A New Data Set
Restrepo, Jorge; Spagat, Michael; Vargas, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We present a detailed, high-frequency dataset on the civil conflict in Colombia during the period 1988-2002. We briefly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662139
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Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Goldberg, Pinelopi; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We investigate the effects of the drastic tariff reductions of the 1980s and 1990s in Colombia on the wage distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666889
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The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization
Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
1980’s and 1990’s - Brazil and Colombia - we examine the response of the informal sector to liberalization. In Brazil, we … find no evidence of a relationship between trade policy and informality. In Colombia, we do find evidence of such a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661732
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The Severity of the Colombian Conflict: Cross-Country Dataset versus New Micro Data
Restrepo, Jorge; Spagat, Michael; Vargas, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We compare the treatment of Colombia in large cross-country conflict datasets with the information of the detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661788
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The Colombian Conflict: Uribe's First 17 Months
Restrepo, Jorge; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Analysis of our new, 16-year dataset on the Colombian civil war finds under Uribe: guerrilla and paramilitary attacks dropping sharply against long-run averages since 1988, lower for April-December, 2003; government-guerrilla clashes at all-time highs, exceeding guerrilla attacks; civilian killings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662036
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Unemployment and Inflation in Ireland: 1926-2012
Gerlach, Stefan; Lydon, Reamonn; Stuart, Rebecca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272719
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Firm Leverage and Unemployment during the Great Recession
Giroud, Xavier; Mueller, Holger M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We argue that firms’ balance sheets were instrumental in the propagation of shocks during the Great Recession. Using establishment-level data, we show that firms that tightened their debt capacity in the run-up (“high-leverage firms”) exhibit a significantly larger decline in employment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252614
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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?
Burda, Michael C; Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment loss. Employers’ reticence to hire in the preceding expansion, associated in part with a lack of confidence it would last, contributed to an employment shortfall equivalent to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246610
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Returns to Education across Europe
Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …
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