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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

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Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986 - 2006

Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Rault, Christophe - 2015

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986-2006 and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us to distinguish net migration of the native- and foreign-born populations by skill level. Specifically, after...

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The effect of the "Woman Life Freedom" protests on life satisfaction in Iran : evidence from survey data

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fischer, Sven - 2023

This study examines the causal effect of the violent "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran during the last quarter of 2022 on individual life satisfaction. To evaluate the impact, we use two original representative surveys in Iran conducted in 2022. Our results, based on an ordered logit...

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Armed groups in conflict : competition and political violence in Pakistan

Gassebner, Martin; Schaudt, Paul; Wong, Melvin Heen Lung - 2020

organized political violence. We use plausible exogenous variation in the number of armed groups in Pakistan, by exploiting the … violence. By combining different data sources and implementing a new approach to deal with potential double-counting, we … provide a proxy for counter-insurgency efforts by the government. We show that the increase in violence is primarily driven by …

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Economic gains for US states from educational reform

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and foreign immigration, we estimate growth regressions that incorporate worker skills. We find that...

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Unwilling to train? : firm responses to the Colombian apprenticeship regulation

Caicedo, Santiago; Espinosa, Miguel; Seibold, Arthur - 2020

We study firm responses to a large-scale change in apprenticeship regulation in Colombia. The reform requires firms to …

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The contribution of short-cycle programs to student outcomes : evidence from Colombia

Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Melguizo, Tatiana - 2023

. We exploit unique administrative data from Colombia on the universe of students, institutions, and programs to control …

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The economic welfare cost of conflict : an empirical assessment

Hess, Gregory D. - 2003

War, whether external or internal, large or small, is a costly endeavor. Loss of life, loss of close friends or family, and the destruction of material possessions all play a part in the costs of war. The purpose of this paper is to capture only the material, economic welfare costs of conflict...

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Institutional transplant and cultural proximity : evidence from nineteenth-century Prussia

Lecce, Giampaolo; Ogliari, Laura - 2015 - This version: November 2015

The economic impact of an institutional transplant depends on the underlying cultural envi-ronment of the receiving country. This paper provides the first evidence that the positive effect of importing good institutions cancels out when the receiving territories are characterized by cultural...

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Fiscal federalism and economic performance new evidence from Switzerland

Burret, Heiko Tobias; Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, … - 2018

The link between federalism and economic performance is still ambiguous. Aiming at clarification, we improve on a widespread shortcoming by measuring federalism not just by one variable but by various institutions that constitute it. To this end, Switzerland provides for a laboratory as its 26...

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