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Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean
Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan D.; Hope, Kevin - 2020
This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252703
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Do international tourist arrivals change residents' attitudes towards immigration? : a longitudinal study of 28 European countries
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Smith, Ian - 2023
Western Europe, the relationship tends to turn from positive to negative at relatively high levels of tourism. The … instrumental variable analysis suggests that incoming tourism has a positive causal effect on attitudes towards immigration in both … Western and Eastern Europe. Overall, our study reveals an overlooked dimension of the tourism-migration nexus and highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546037
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Where the girls are : trade and labor market segregation in Colombia
Ederington, Josh; Minier, Jenny; Troske, Kenneth R. - 2009
Gary Becker's theory of discrimination argues that increasing competition will reduce discrimination in the labor market. We use the Colombian trade liberalization episode over the period 198491 to investigate this claim on plant-level data in three ways. First, we examine whether women are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831805
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The quality-complementarity hypothesis : theory and evidence from Colombia
Kugler, Maurice (contributor); Verhoogen, Eric (contributor) - 2009
This paper presents a tractable formalization and an empirical investigation of the quality-complementarity hypothesis, the hypothesis that input quality and plant productivity are complementary in generating output quality. We embed this complementarity in a general-equilibrium trade model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794048
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Trade reforms and market selection : evidence from manufacturing plants in Colombia
Eslava, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John C.; Kugler, Adriana D.; … - 2009
We use plant output and input prices to decompose the profit margin into four parts: productivity, demand shocks, mark-ups and input costs. We find that each of these market fundamentals are important in explaining plant exit. We then use variation across sectors in tariff changes after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863653
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Is the wage curve formal or informal? : evidence for Colombia
Ramos, Raúl; Duque, Juan C.; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi - 2009
The objective of this paper is to analyse the existence or not of a wage curve in Colombia, paying special attention to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901811
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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Nopo, Hugo; Peña-Parga, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent … America ; Colombia ; matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688737
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Rural windfall or a new resource curse? : coca, income, and civil conflict in Colombia
Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor);  … - 2007
production of one such resource coca paste into Colombia, where most coca leaf is now harvested. Our analysis shows that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003594443
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Does more mean better? : Sibling sex composition and the link between family size and children's quality
Baez, Javier E. (contributor) - 2008
the household or the outcomes of these investments. Results using data from Colombia suggest that family size has negative … alternative sub-samples. -- Fertility ; household behavior ; children's well-being ; Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003697364
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in developing countries : evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2009
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858877