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The economics behind the epidemic : Afghan opium price and prescription opioids in the US
Deiana, Claudio; Giua, Ludovica; Nisticò, Roberto - 2019
We investigate the effect of variations in the price of opium in Afghanistan on per capita dispensation of prescription opioids in the US. Quarterly county-level data for 2003-2016 indicate that reductions in opium prices significantly increase the quantity of opioids prescribed. The increase...
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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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Remittances and income smoothing
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - 2011
Due to inadequate savings and binding borrowing constraints, income volatility can make households in developing countries particularly susceptible to economic hardship. We examine the role of remittances in either alleviating or increasing household income volatility using Mexican household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233941
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Firms and labor in times of violence : evidence from the Mexican drug war
Utar, Hâle - 2022
longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits … plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico … violence has significant distortive effects on domestic industrial development in Mexico and shed light on the characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170284
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Changes in female employment in Mexico: demographics, economics, and policies
López Acevedo, Gladys; Freije, Samuel; Vergara Bahena, … - 2020
The unemployment and labor force participation gender gaps narrowed in Mexico after the 2008 global economic crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242337
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Within-country poverty convergence: evidence from Mexico
López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2020
analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262928
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Innovation and SMEs patent propensity in Korea
Han, Junghee; Heshmati, Almas - 2015
This paper analyzes the patent propensity as an outcome of innovative activities of regional SMEs. To achieve the aims, we apply robust regression analysis to estimate the models to test 5 research hypotheses using 263 firm level data located at Gwangju region in Korea. Our empirical results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470885
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Drivers and impacts in the globalization of corporate R&D : an introduction based on the European experience
Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - 2011
The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts...
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Opening up military innovation: causal effects of "bottom-up" reforms to U.S. defense research
Howell, Sabrina T.; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
When investing in research and development (R&D), institutions must decide whether to take a top-down approach - soliciting a particular technology - or a bottom-up approach in which innovators suggest ideas. This paper examines a reform to the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research...
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Profit taxation, R&D spending, and innovation
Lichter, Andreas; Löffler, Max; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; … - 2021
We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel data which approximately covers the universe of R&D-active plants in Germany, we exploit around 7,300 changes in the municipal business tax rate over the period 1987-2013 for...
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