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Self-employment and Okun’s Law relationship: the Spanish case

Porras, María Sylvina; Martín-Román, Ángel L. - 2017

The present research provides evidence on the determinants driving the differences in the unemployment-output relationship in Spanish regions. We followed a two-step approach. First, we estimated a set of time-varying Okun’s coefficients (rolling-window) for the autonomous communities in Spain...

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Residential Satisfaction for a Continuum of Households: Evidence from European Countries

Borgoni, Riccardo; Michelangeli, Alessandra; Pirola, … - 2018

Residential satisfaction depends on housing and neighborhood conditions in addition to housing cost affordability. To determine the relative importance of these factors, their average effect is usually estimated using sample data, eventually split in sub-samples in order to represent social...

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Remittances and Child Labor in Pakistan: A Tale of Complementarities

Bang, James; Mitra, Aniruddha; Abbas, Faisal - 2023

We investigate the impact of remittance income on the household decision to send a child to work. Using data from a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in the Punjab province of Pakistan in 2014, we isolate the causal impact of remittance income by employing statistical matching to...

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Residential responses to cyclones: New evidence from Australia

Nguyen, Ha Trong; Mitrou, Francis - 2024

relocation intentions and actual migration experiences show moderate increases, particularly in cases of higher cyclone severity … and actively seek coverage. Alongside long-distance domestic migration, insurance acquisition emerges as another … from cyclones as a key factor driving observed migration patterns. …

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Social Barriers to Female Migration: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, M Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2020

Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if they are able to match with migrating grooms. Guided by a … theoretical model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets …

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Retirement, housing mobility, downsizing and neighbourhood quality - A causal investigation

Nguyen, Ha Trong; Mitrou, Francis; Zubrick, Stephen R. - 2021

This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of retirement on housing choices. Our empirical strategy exploits the discontinuity in the eligibility ages for state pension as an instrument for the endogenous retirement decision and controls for time-invariant individual...

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“A Global City in a Global Pandemic: Assessing the Ongoing Impact of COVID Induced Trends on London’s Economic Sectors”

Anderson, Dylan; Hesketh, Rachel; Kleinman, Mark; … - 2020

Over the last 50 years, London has successfully adapted to technological change and globalization, making it the major driver of the UK economy. But its strengths have also made the city particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of COVID-19, and potentially also to wider negative economic...

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The Morbidity Costs of Air Pollution through the Lens of Health Spending in China

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xun; Liu, Yuehua; Zhao, Xintong; Chen, Xi - 2023

This study is one of the first investigating the causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates (PM2.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance program in Wuhan, China. Our instrumental variable (IV)...

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Temperature and Low-stakes Cognitive Performance

Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2023

This paper offers one of the first evidence in a developing country context that transitory exposure to high temperatures may disrupt low-stakes cognitive activities across a range of age cohorts. By matching eight years of repeated cognitive tests among all the participants in a nationally...

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The impact of high temperatures on performance in work-related activities

Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2023

High temperatures can have a negative effect on work-related activities because workers may experience difficulties concentrating or have to reduce effort in order to cope with heat. We investigate how temperature affects performance of professional tennis players in outdoor singles matches in...

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