We use electoral survey data to examine the impact that two large external shocks had on the development of New Zealand … migration, both increased voting for NZF in its first years of existence. These shocks led to changes in political attitudes and … in explaining the rise of populism in NZ. Understanding how these shocks led to the development of NZF is particularly …

This paper examines the extent to which gains-from-trade predictions from commonly-used trade theories are consistent …-economy price indices based on trade theory and data, evaluate their biases according to our approach, and compare them with the …

an important indicator of vulnerability during economic shocks. …

We use panel data for rural Kyrgyzstan to examine households' international migration response when faced with shocks …, winter and earthquake shocks reduce the likelihood of migration. We use a simple theoretical framework to illustrate the … trade-off between two effects of a shock for a household: loss of income and increase in the need of labor services. We show …

these traits interact with household-level shocks in determining their labor market entry decisions. We find that … part, a function of how individuals respond to exogenous shocks. …

This paper studies whether a minimum wage changes how labour markets respond to economic shocks. Using data from South … shocks, which typically exert downward pressure on wages. The increased variance of employment across years in the post …

identifiable thresholds in variables such as financial depth and institutional quality - the cost-benefit trade-off from financial …

lowering trade frictions it is found that there is such a bias in the sense that the gains tend to accrue to the high paid and …