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Immigration Policy, Remittances, and Growth in the Migrant-Sending Country
Dessy, Sylvain; Rambeloma, Tiana - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2009
transnational migration and remittances are entirely mediated by the human capital profile of emigrants, as determined by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015307
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Self-selection in migration and returns to unobservable skills
Dostie, Benoit; Léger, Pierre Thomas - Institut d'Économie Appliquée, HEC Montréal (École … - 2006
Several papers have tested the empirical validity of the migration models proposed by Borjas (1987) and Borjas, Bronars … locations are a function of both observable and unobservable characteristics. We focus on the inter-provincial migration … modified Borjas model of self-selection in migration based on both unobservables and observables. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677349
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Self-Selection in Migration and Returns to Skills
Dostie, Benoit; Léger, Pierre Thomas - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2006
Several papers have tested the empirical validity of the migration models proposed by Borjas (1987) and Borjas, Bronars … locations are a function of both observable and unobservable characteristics. We focus on the inter-provincial migration … modified Borjas model of self-selection in migration based on both unobservables and observables. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696330
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Why has the mortgage debt increased by so much in Canada?
Fortin, Mario - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2015
This paper estimates a reduced form model of the Canadian mortgage demand from 1971 to 2010. Three equations are estimated, one for the average real value of new mortgage loans originated, another one for the number of new loans and a third for the flow of real repayment of existing loans. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272945
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Is there Any Dependence Between Consumer Credit Line Utilization and Default Probability on a Term Loan? Evidence from Bank-Level Data
Bergerès, Anne-Sophie; d'Astous, Philippe; Dionne, Georges - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2011
Whereas recent studies on revolving lines of credit suggest a positive relationship between exposure at default and default probability on the line, this paper considers the relationship between two financial instruments through the simultaneous analysis of credit line utilization and default...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009221569
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Littératie financière et préparation à la retraite au Québec et dans le reste du Canada
Lalime, Thomas; Michaud, Pierre-Carl - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2012
Dans cet article, nous démontrons, en utilisant des données de l’Enquête canadienne sur les capacités financières, que le Québec tire de l’arrière par rapport au reste du Canada non seulement en termes de niveau de littératie financière et d’éducation financière, mais aussi en...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575393
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Optimal Redistributive Pensions and the Cost of Self-Control
St-Amant, Pier-André Bouchard; Garon, Jean-Denis - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2014
We examine how the introduction of self-control preferences influence the trade-off between two fundamental components of a public pension system: the contribution rate and its degree of redistribution. The pension regime affects individuals’ welfare by altering how yielding to temptation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752083
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Statistical Power of Within and Between-Subjects Designs in Economic Experiments
Bellemare, Charles; Bissonnette, Luc; Kröger, Sabine - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2014
This paper discusses the choice of the number of participants for within-subjects (WS) designs and between-subjects (BS) designs based on simulations of statistical power allowing for different numbers of experimental periods. We illustrate the usefulness of the approach in the context of field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960506
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On the Early Holocene: Foraging to Early Agriculture
Marceau, Nicolas; Myers, Gordon - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2005
to a one-way transition from foraging to agriculture. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670291
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Induced innovation in a decentralized model of climate change
Laurent-Lucchetti, Jérémy; Leach, Andrew - Institut d'Économie Appliquée, HEC Montréal (École … - 2006
We propose a model of climate change consistent with four principal stylized facts. First, the benefits and costs of climate change mitigation policies are not evenly distributed across generations. Second, capital accumulation is not determined jointly with emissions policy, but rather as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677351