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intermediate import price rose by more as a consequence of the sterling depreciation. Calibrating the estimated wage elasticity … with respect to intermediate import prices to theory uncovers evidence of a production complementarity between workers and …
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import exposure on manufacturing employment at the industry level. Our estimates indicate that the sanctions led to an … asymmetric effects across industries with different ex-ante import shares. Interestingly, the effects are mostly driven by labor … import inputs from abroad. …
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and performance of German firms. More specifically, we study the sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia in 2014 in … response to the annexation of Crimea and Russia's countermeasures. We find a substantial negative effect on both the extensive … dependent on Russia as an export market and those directly affected by the sanctions. …
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In this paper, we use a Micro-Macro model to evaluate the effects of a euro's depreciation on the French economy, both at the macro and micro level. Our Micro-Macro model consists of a Microsimulation model that includes an arithmetical model for the French fiscal system and two behavioral...
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services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing import competition from China experience …
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This paper augments the existing literature on trade and child labor by exploring the effects of terms of trade changes in the context of a three good general equilibrium model, where one of the goods is a non-traded good. We find that under quasi-linear preferences the effect of the terms of...
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This paper examines how economic sanctions affect the allocation of workers across formal and informal employment. We analyse the case of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Iran in 2012. Employing a difference-in-differences approach, we compare the probability of being employed in the...
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We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the … over time. Reducing the size of the groups while increasing the probability of collective sanction diminishes the officials …
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In this paper, we assess the distributional impact of introducing a carbon tax in Poland. We apply a two-step simulation procedure. First, we evaluate the economy-wide effects with a dynamic general equilibrium model. Second, we use a microsimulation model based on household budget survey data...
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We study the macroeconomic effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit extensions in the United States at short and long durations. To do this, we develop a new state level dataset on trigger variables for UI extensions and a "UI benefit calculator" based on detailed legislative and...
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