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Labor market conditions and post-reform declines in welfare receipt among immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001
lowered immigrant participation, and others have argued that this is true only in California. This paper analyzes the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403338
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The impacts of paid family leave benefits : regression kink evidence from California administrative data
Bana, Sarah; Bedard, Kelly; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2018
administrative data from California together with a regression kink (RK) design to estimate the causal impacts of benefits in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810214
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Exponent of cross-sectional dependence : estimation and inference
Bailey, Natalia; Kapetanios, George; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2012
An important issue in the analysis of cross-sectional dependence which has received renewed interest in the past few years is the need for a better understanding of the extent and nature of such cross dependencies. In this paper we focus on measures of cross-sectional dependence and how such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530816
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Give me your wired and your highly skilled : measuring the impact of immigration policy on employers and shareholders
Lin, Carl - 2011
The paper links finance theory to labor economics and political economy in the context of migration and immigration policy. Most research treating the impact of immigration has focused on the consequences for employees as measured by wages, earnings, and employment. Less is known about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308050
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Unearthing the economic and social consequences of earthquakes
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Chupilkin, Maxim; Koczan, Zsoka; … - 2024
The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic effects of earthquakes. We begin with a thorough literature review. Following this, we assess policy measures taken in response to major earthquakes, drawing on existing research to formulate insights and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580733
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Natural disasters and university enrolment : evidence from L'Aquila earthquake
Cerqua, Augusto; Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2015
This paper uses the synthetic control method to look at how the L'Aquila earthquake affected subsequent enrolment at … contribution made by the university to the local economy before the earthquake. The empirical results indicate that the earthquake …-disaster measures adopted in an attempt to mitigate the expected negative effects on enrolment triggered by the earthquake. Finally, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337022
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The academic impact of natural disasters : evidence from L'Aquila earthquake
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2015
This paper examines the effect of the L'Aquila earthquake on the academic performance of the students of the local … of L'Aquila before and after the earthquake with changes in educational outcomes during the same time period among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488274
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Lost in translation? : teacher training and outcomes in high school economics classes
Valletta, Robert G.; Hoff, K. Jody; Lopus, Jane S. - 2012
Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533309
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Searching for rehabilitation in nonparametric regression models with exogenous treatment assignment
Henderson, Daniel J.; Maasoumi, Esfandiar - 2012
This paper offers some new directions in the analysis of nonparamertric models with exogenous treatment assignment. The nonparametric approach opens the door to the examination of potentially different distributed outcomes. When combined with cross-validation, it also identifies potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629111
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Experimental evidence on the effects of home computers on academic achievement among schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - 2013
,123 schoolchildren grades 6-10 in 15 California schools participated in the experiment. Although the program significantly increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715023