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Comparative advantage, segmentation and informal earnings : a marginal treatment effects approach

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This paper employs recently developed econometric models of marginal treatment effects to analyze the relevance of labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on...

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Can grit be taught? : lessons from a nationwide field experiment with middle-school students

Santos, Indhira; Petroska-Beska, Violeta; Carneiro, Pedro; … - 2022

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