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The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries
Brell, Courtney - 2020
differently in a host country's labor market, we examine employment and wages for these groups over time after arrival. There is … in employment rates than it is in wages. We also discuss how refugees are distinct in terms of other factors affecting …
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
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Competition, Land Prices, and City Size
Kichko, Sergey - 2019
Larger cities typically give rise to two opposite effects: tougher competition among firms and higher production costs. Using an urban model with substitutability of production factors and pro-competitive effects, I study the response of the market outcome to city size, land-use regulations, and...
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Government-Directed Urban Growth, Firm Entry, and Industrial Land Prices in Chinese Cities
Brueckner, Jan K.; Liu, Wenhua; Xiao, Wei; Zhang, Junfu - 2023
We examine the effect of a large-scale administrative reorganization in China, where counties are annexed into cities to accommodate urban growth. We present a simple model to illustrate how this annexation may affect firm entry decisions and in turn land market outcomes. Using nationwide data...
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Between Hope and Despair : Egypt's Revolution and Migration Intentions
Giesing, Yvonne; Hassan, Reem - 2021
Young People in Egypt (HSYPE). Difference-in-difference estimations show that the revolution significantly decreased the …
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Energy Expenditure in Egypt : Empirical Evidence Based on a Quantile Regression Approach
Bélaïd, Fateh; Rault, Christophe - 2021
This paper investigates the key factors affecting household energy expenditure in Egypt. Based upon the latest 2015 … Egypt are mainly due to variations in income, household size, and housing type. Our findings document substantial … policy implications regarding residential energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction in Egypt …
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Why are Average Hours Worked Lower in Richer Countries?
Bick, Alexander - 2020
Why are average hours worked per adult lower in rich countries than in poor countries? We consider two natural explanations: income effects in preferences, in which leisure becomes more valuable when income rises, and distortionary tax systems, which are more prevalent in richer countries. To...
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Different No More : Country Spreads in Advanced and Emerging Economies
Born, Benjamin - 2020
Interest-rate spreads fluctuate widely across time and countries. We characterize their behavior using some 3,200 quarterly observations for 21 advanced and 17 emerging economies since the early 1990s. Before the financial crisis, spreads are 10 times more volatile in emerging economies than in...
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Does Household Borrowing Reduce the Trade Balance? Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries
Xu, Can; Jacobs, Jan; de Haan, Jakob - 2021
We examine the dynamic impact of household borrowing on the trade balance using data from 33 developing countries and 36 developed countries over the 1980-2017 period. Our findings suggest that the impact of household borrowing on the trade balance is by and large negative, both in the short and...
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Minimum Wage and Collective Bargaining Reforms : A Narrative Database for Advance Economies
Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venter, Zoe - 2022
minimum wages have been more frequent than in collective bargaining in the last decades, and the majority of these were …
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