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Can natural gas save lives? : evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016
There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...
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Re-assessing the impacts of exports on local labour market outcomes : a supply chain perspective : evidence from Egypt
Tillian, Pablo; Kokas, Deeksha; Goes, Carlo; López … - 2023
outcomes in Egypt between 2007 and 2018. We assess the effects not only on directly exporting industries but also on industries … indirectly affected by rising export demand. Furthermore, we examine potential impacts on specific worker groups, such as high … Egypt as observed in other countries, as highlighted in the existing literature explaining the adverse effects of imports on …
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Energy boom and gloom? : local effects of oil and natural gas drilling on subjective well-being
Maguire, Karen; Winters, John V. - 2016
The United States experienced a considerable increase in oil and natural gas extraction in recent years due to technological advancements including horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Increased energy development likely creates both benefits and costs, but the net effects for local...
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Who benefits from local oil and gas employment? : labor market composition in the oil and gas industry in Texas
Cai, Zhengyu; Maguire, Karen; Winters, John V. - 2019
This paper examines local labor market outcomes from an oil and gas boom in Texas. We examine two main outcomes across gender, race, and ethnicity: the probability of employment in the oil and gas industry and the log wages of workers employed outside the oil and gas industry. We find that men...
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Labor demand responses to changing gas prices
Bossler, Mario; Moog, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten - 2023
In course of the current energy crisis, the consequences of increasing gas prices are heavily discussed. To date, however, there is no evidence of the impact of gas prices on the labor market. Using administrative employment data from 2012-2020, we find for manufacturing establishments a gas...
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Exports and labor demand : evidence from Egyptian firm-level data
Berg, Claudia; Robertson, Raymond; López Acevedo, Gladys - 2022
, Egypt requires deeper business environment reforms to incentivize large export, labor-intensive sector growth and integrate …Unlike many countries, Egypt did not experience significant labor market improvements following trade liberalization … present a simplified general equilibrium model inspired by Melitz (2003) with two sectors: one able to export and one "reserve …
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Determinants of trade margins : insights using state export data
Coughlin, Cletus Charles; Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2015
We adapt the heterogeneous firm trade models of Helpman, Melitz, and Rubinstein (2008) and Lawless (2010) to analyze extensive and intensive trade margins using state-level exports to foreign nations. Our theoretical analysis provides definitive predictions for the effects of changes in fixed...
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Export and labor market outcomes : a supply chain perspective : evidence from Vietnam
Kokas, Deeksha; López Acevedo, Gladys; Vu, Ha - 2023
Are the labor market changes from exports specific to exporting industries, or do they dissipate throughout the economy? To analyze this question, we study the case of Vietnam. Vietnam exported a total of $356B, making it the number 18 exporter in the world in 2021. Recent studies show provinces...
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Preferential market access into the Chinese market : how good is it for Africa?
Co, Catherine Yap; Dimova, Ralitza - 2014
over other exporters into the Chinese market. While there is evidence of decreased export bundle concentration and movement …
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Trade liberalization, economic activity, and political violence in the Global South : evidence from PTAs
Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Chiovelli, Giorgio; … - 2023
This paper investigates the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on economic activity and political violence in emerging countries. We use data on all Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) signed between 25 low- and middle-income countries and their high-income trade partners between 1995...
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