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International Trade in General Oligopolistic Equilibrium
Neary, J. Peter - 2016
This paper presents a new model of oligopoly in general equilibrium and explores its implications for positive and normative aspects of international trade. Assuming “continuum-Pollak” preferences, the model allows for consistent aggregation over a continuum of sectors, in each of which a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000218
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Let the Voters Choose Women
Baltrunaite, Audinga - 2017
We study the effectiveness of a novel measure to reduce gender gaps in political empowerment: double preference voting conditioned on gender, coupled with gender quotas on candidate lists. This policy was introduced in 2013 in Italian local elections. Using a regression discontinuity design, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970062
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Female Migration : A Way Out of Discrimination
Ruyssen, Ilse - 2015
be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011648
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The Female Vote and the Rise of AKP in Turkey
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - 2021
Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social … men and women in Turkey. There are significant differences between the genders, nevertheless. In particular, the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315549
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Equilibrium Search and the Impact of Equal Opportunities for Women
Coles, Melvyn G.; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
the separate effects of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and improved contraception on female education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315643
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Gender Effects in Dictator Game Giving : Women Favour Female Recipients
Baltrusch, Maximilian - 2018
Allowing for a free choice of the recipient's gender in a dictator game (N = 508), we find that women show a … recipient and overall transfers increase. Yet, conditioning on transfers to fellow students the gender bias of women remains …. Moreover, we find that women tend more towards giving half the endowment while men tend more towards “all or nothing.” The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916352
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House Prices and Macroprudential Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model of New Zealand
Funke, Michael - 2017
We analyse the effects of macroprudential and monetary policies and their interactions using an estimated dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model tailored to New Zealand. We find that the main historical drivers of house prices are shocks specific to the housing sector. While our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953951
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Instrumental Variables and Causal Mechanisms : Unpacking the Effect of Trade on Workers and Voters
Dippel, Christian - 2018
This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new framework for mediation analysis where one instrumental variable is sufficient to identify three causal effects. Using German data from 1987–2009, we find that import exposure...
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Estimating General Equilibrium Trade Policy Effects : GE PPML
Anderson, James E. - 2015
We develop a simple estimation procedure for general equilibrium (GE) comparative static analysis of gravity models. Non-linear solvers of estimated models are replaced by (constrained) regressions. Applied economists can more readily generate results, with more intuition about the working of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010483
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Globalization, Gender and Development : The Effect of Parental Labor Supply on Child Schooling
Ural Marchand, Beyza P. - 2011
Tariff reductions have gender-specific effects on the labor market that change the relative bargaining power within households, which in turn affects child outcomes. We estimate how changes in parental labor supply due to these tariff reductions affect child schooling by focusing on young...
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