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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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Information provision and preferences for education spending : evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
Do differences in citizens' policy preferences hamper international cooperation in education policy? To gain comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133857
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Information provision and preferences for education spending : evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
Do differences in citizens’ policy preferences hamper international cooperation in education policy? To gain comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123030
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The political economy of early Covid-19 interventions in US states
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2022
We investigate how politico-economic factors shaped government responses to the spread of COVID-19. Our simple framework uses epidemiological, economic and politico-economic arguments. Confronting the theory with US state level data we find strong evidence for partisanship even when we control...
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Schemes for financing radioactive waste storage and disposal : final report
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The Euro-Dollar exchange rate : is it fundamental?
Camarero Olivas, Mariam; Ordóñez, Javier; Tamarit … - 2002
In this paper we have applied two approaches to the study of the dollar real exchange rate in relation with the Euro-area currencies. First, using dynamic panel techniques, we estimate an error correction model for the dollar real exchange rate versus seven developed countries, four of them...
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US welfare reform : what's relevant for Europe?
Blank, Rebecca M. - 2002
This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessons of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410428
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Recent trends in occupational segregation by gender : a look across the Atlantic
Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2002
In this paper, we analyse the recent patterns of occupational segregation by gender in the EU countries vis-à-vis the … male and female workers in EU countries, we use a single cross section corresponding to 1999 as the basis of comparison …, hoping to uncover convergence trends by examining whether the EU-Us differentials in gender occupational segregation decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412023
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Statements of ECB officials and their effect on the level and volatility of the Euro-Dollar exchange rate
Jansen, David-Jan; Haan, Jakob de - 2003
This paper studies the reaction of the mean and volatility of the euro-dollar exchange rate to statements of ECB officials during the first years of EMU. We focus on statements on monetary policy and the (potential) strength of the euro. We find that the Bundesbank has dominated the news...
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