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Direct and Indirect Effects Based on Difference-in-Differences with an Application to Political Preferences Following the Vietnam Draft Lottery
Deuchert, Eva - 2018
provide an empirical application based on the Vietnam draft lottery, where we analyse the impact of the random draft lottery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935675
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Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment -- Evidence for German Sons
Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - 2021
This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315571
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Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment - Evidence for German Sons
Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - CESifo - 2014
This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948863
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Can Peers Improve Agricultural Productivity?
Songsermsawas, Tisorn - 2014
Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046573
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Can Peers Improve Agricultural Productivity?
Songsermsawas, Tisorn; Baylis, Kathy; Chhatre, Ashwini; … - CESifo - 2014
Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948841
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Autocratic Transitions and Growth
Nannicini, Tommaso - 2010
In this paper we use a transparent statistical methodology – synthetic control methods – to implement data-driven comparative studies about the impact of autocratic transition on real per capita GDP. The applied methodology compares the growth of countries that experienced a transition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147271
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Dynamic Spatial Panel Models : Networks, Common Shocks, and Sequential Exogeneity
Kuersteiner, Guido M. - 2015
This paper considers a class of GMM estimators for general dynamic panel models, allowing for cross sectional dependence due to spatial lags and due to unspecified common shocks. We significantly expand the scope of the existing literature by allowing for endogenous spatial weight matrices,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018457
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Migration and Climate Change in Rural Africa
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2015
We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026677
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Reducing Tariffs According to WTO Accession Rules : The Case of Vietnam
Fosse, Henrik Barslund - 2011
of income will take place among the poor rural households in Vietnam. We propose other tariff reforms that both raise …When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have … Vietnam has many state-owned enterprises that do not behave in a profit maximizing way. The model simulations show that the …
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Globalization and State Capitalism : Assessing Vietnam's Accession to the WTO
Baccini, Leonardo - 2017
What do state-owned enterprises (SOEs) do? How do they respond to market incentives? Can we expect substantial efficiency gains from trade liberalization in economies with a strong presence of SOEs? Using a new dataset of Vietnamese firms we document a set of empirical regularities...
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