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Violent conflict exposure in Nigeria and labor supply of farm households

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2020

Nigeria has experienced bouts of violent conflict in different regions over the last few decades leading to significant loss of life. In this paper, we explore the potential short and accumulated long term effects of such conflict on labor supply of agricultural households. Using a nationally...

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A measure of well-being efficiency based on the World Happiness Report

Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022

We propose a measure of well-being efficiency to assess countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well-being (Cantril ladder). We use the six inputs (real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in...

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The heterogeneity of Okun's law : a metaregression analysis

Porras-Arena, M. Sylvina; Martín-Román, Ángel L. - 2022

Okun's law is an extremely influential parameter in empirical research and policy analysis, based on the sizable number of estimates from this perspective. Nevertheless, it is also subject to considerable heterogeneity. We first show graphical and statistical evidence on the existence of a high...

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Innovation, automation, and inequality : policy challenges in the race against the machine

Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2019

We analyze the effects of R&D-driven automation on economic growth, education, and inequality when high-skilled workers are complements to machines and low-skilled workers are substitutes for machines. The model predicts that innovation-driven growth leads to an increasing population share of...

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Immigration and unemployment in Europe : does the core-periphery dualism matter?

Esposito, Piero; Collignon, Stefan; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2019

In this paper, we assess the impact of immigration and unemployment for a sample of 15 EU countries between 1997 and 2016. We test for the existence of a core-periphery dualism based on differences in macroeconomic fundamentals and labour market characteristics. We use a Panel Error Correction...

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Okun's law : the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary layoffs procedures (ERTE) on Spanish regions

Porras-Arena, M. Sylvina; Martín-Román, Ángel L.; … - 2022

Official statistics indicated a break in Okun's law in all the Spanish regions due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, herein, evidence of the validity of the law is shown. The temporary layoff procedures (ERTE) allowed many workers to maintain their jobs. From the productive point of view, the...

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Technical change, task allocation, and labor unions

Marczak, Martyna; Beissinger, Thomas; Brall, Franziska - 2022

We propose a novel framework that integrates the "task approach" for a more precise production modeling into the search-and-matching model with low- and high-skilled workers, and wage setting by labor unions. We establish the relationship between task reallocation and changes in wage pressure,...

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Economics of Marriage Bars

Mosca, Irene; Wright, Robert E. - 2021

A Marriage Bar is the requirement that women working in certain jobs must leave that job when they marry. In the … required women to resign at marriage were introduced in several countries around the world, including Australia, Canada …. The third is to investigate the potential impacts of the Marriage Bar on women's behavior with respect to employment …

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Cultural norms and women's health : implications of the practice of menstrual restrictions in Nepal

Kumar, Rahul; Maity, Bipasha - 2021

We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women …'s subjective well-being. Similar restrictions, also practised around the time of childbirth, are based on the assumption that women … controls as well as assess the sensitivity of our results to alternative estimation methods. We find that women who face any …

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Climate shocks, migration, and labor markets : a gender analysis from West Africa

El-Mallakh, Nelly; Wodon, Quentin - 2021

the labor division between women and men and show that shocks may disrupt long-standing gender roles. The results are …

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