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What remains after the oil boom is over?
Jelnov, Pavel - 2019
This paper links between Beckerian literature that shows that marriage is a normal good with respect to male income and the literature that explores cultural changes as a result of exogenous events. I use the oil crisis of the 1970s as a positive shock on some males. The analyzed outcome is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005460
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On the impact of oil prices on sectoral inflation : evidence from world's top oil exporters and importers
Ben Salem, Leila; Nouira, Ridha; Rault, Christophe - 2024
This paper investigates the impact of oil price variations on sectoral inflation for a sample of 10 top oil importing and exporting countries. Specifically, we analyze the effects of oil prices on the consumer price index using monthly data spanning the July 2009 to February 2021 period. Two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454468
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North-South trade liberalization and returns to skill in the south : the case of Mexico
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor); Otero, Rafael (contributor) - 2008
This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771056
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Adding rungs to the exporting ladder : plant-level exporting dynamics and total factor productivity growth
Voicu, Alexandru (contributor) - 2008
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the dynamics of plant-level exporting activity at both the extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity growth. We find that exporting activity has a ladder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771885
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Aid and migration : an analysis of the impact of progresa on the timing and size of labour migration
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115241
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Social interactions and schooling decisions
Lalive, Rafael (contributor);  … - 2006
school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355647
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A cohort analysis of labor participation in Mexico, 1987 - 2009
Duval-Hernández, Robert; Orraca Romano, Pedro - 2009
This paper conducts a cohort analysis of labor participation in urban Mexico in recent decades. The rates analyzed are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894407
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Oportunidades : program effect on consumption, low participation, and methodological issues
Angelucci, Manuela; Attanasio, Orazio P. - 2009
In this paper we estimate the effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, on consumption, and we explore some issues related to participation to the program and to the estimation of treatment effects. We discuss the comparability of treatment and control areas,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902804
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Firm dynamics and real exchange rate fluctuations : does trade openness matter? ; evidence from Mexico's manufacturing sector
Fuentes, Miguel Andrés; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2009
In this paper we study the effect of NAFTA on the responsiveness of Mexican economy to real exchange rate shocks. We argue that, by opening the U.S. and Canadian markets to Mexican goods, NAFTA made it easier for domestic producers to take advantage of the opportunities brought by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904720
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Family networks and school enrolment : evidence from a randomized social experiment
Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; … - 2009
extended family. Using data from the PROGRESA program in Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904829