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Revitalising the Silk Road : evidence from railway infrastructure investments in Northwest China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2022
China’s Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013 to revitalise the Silk Road and promote economic development and integration. This paper investigates the economic effects of the opening of the only high-speed rail (HSR) line in northwest China which connects China’s northwestern...
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High-speed railways and firms total factor productivity : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Bottasso, Anna; Conti, Maurizio; Ferrara, Antonella Rita; … - 2023
The focus of this study is to assess the causal impact of the connection of a local area to a high-speed rail network (HSR) on firms' total factor productivity (TFP). The quasi-random location of the HSR station in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia is exploited in a Difference-in Differences...
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Does immigration raise natives' income? : national and regional evidence from Spain
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina (contributor);  … - 2008
-receiving nations. Spain is no exception following the rapid increase in immigrant flows experienced over the past decade. We assess the … surplus ; Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716526
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On gender gaps and self-fulfilling expectations : theory, policies and some empirical evidence
Rica, Sara de la (contributor); Dolado, Juan J. (contributor) - 2008
more effective in removing the gendered equilibrium. Empirical analysis based on a time use survey for Spain is provided to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726792
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The motherhood wage penalty in a Mediterranean country : the case of Spain
Molina, José Alberto (contributor);  … - 2008
We present evidence for the motherhood wage penalty in Spain as a representative Southern European Mediterranean … three or more, more than 15%. -- Fixed-effects estimation ; motherhood wage penalty ; Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729421
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The rise and fall of Spanish unemployment : a chain reaction theory perspective
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2008
The evolution of Spanish unemployment has been quite idiosyncratic. The full employment levels of the early seventies were followed by unemployment rates that were the highest within the OECD countries in the aftermath of the oil price shocks. While unemployment was extremely persistent in most...
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Polarisation and health
Blanco Pérez, Cristina (contributor);  … - 2008
, and which have been traditionally proxied by inequality. We test our premises with panel data for Spain. Results show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759825
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How do very open economies absorb large immigration flows? : recent evidence from Spanish regions
González, Libertad (contributor);  … - 2008
In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. Between 2001 and 2006 the fraction of the …
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The ins and outs of European unemployment
Petrongolo, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2008
countries, the United Kingdom, France and Spain. We compare performance in these three countries making use of both … the outflow rate, which is consistent with a regime with strict employment protection legislation. In Spain, however, both …
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Wage bargaining and the (dynamic) mincer equation
Andini, Corrado (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that, if observed earnings are the result of employer-employee wage bargaining, under a set of specific assumptions, the standard static Mincer equation can be thought as a particular case of a dynamic wage equation. Particularly, we argue that the standard static Mincer...
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