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Why is pollution from US manufacturing declining? : the roles of environmental regulation, productivity, and trade
Shapiro, Joseph S.; Walker, Reed - In: The American economic review 108 (2018) 12, pp. 3814-3854
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Why is Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Trade, Regulation, Productivity, and Preferences
Shapiro, Joseph S. - 2015
, environmental regulation, productivity, and consumer preferences have contributed to these reductions in pollution emissions. We … estimate the model's key parameters using administrative data on plant-level production and pollution decisions. We then … pollution changes. Finally, we compare the model-driven decomposition to a statistical decomposition. The model and data suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029138
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Do people vote with their feet? : an empirical test of Tiebout's mechanism
Banzhaf, H. Spencer; Walsh, Randall P. - In: The American economic review 98 (2008) 3, pp. 843-863
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750435
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Delayed Graduation and Overeducation : A Test of the Human Capital Model versus the Screening Hypothesis
Aina, Carmen - 2012
The academic circles are devoting a growing interest to delayed graduation and overeducation, but none has analyzed the joint consequences of these two phenomena. Thus, this paper studies the link between graduation not within the minimum period and overeducation, and the effects of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108626
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Unemployment or Overeducation : Which is a Worse Signal to Employers?
Baert, Stijn - 2014
This study aims at estimating the stigma effect of unemployment and overeducation within one framework. To this end, we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We send out trios of fictitious male job applications to real vacancies. These applications differ only by the labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050630
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Environmental health risks and housing values : evidence from 1,600 toxic plant openings and closings
Currie, Janet M.; Davis, Lucas; Greenstone, Michael; … - In: The American economic review 105 (2015) 2, pp. 678-709
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519097
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Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies
Commander, Simon John - 2015
(agriculture). Our focus is mainly on the costs associated with congestion and pollution as well the impact of under-priced energy … indicative estimates of the external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. Our estimates using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026867
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The Regional Distribution of Public Employment : Theory and Evidence
Kessing, Sebastian G. - 2012
We analyze the optimal regional pattern of public employment in an information-constrained second-best redistribution policy showing that regionally differentiated public employment can serve as an expenditure side tagging device, bypassing or relaxing the equity-efficiency trade-off. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107718
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A Gravity Model of Migration between Enc and EU
Ramos, Raul - 2013
Due to ageing population and low birth rates, the European Union (EU) will need to import foreign labour in the next decades. In this context, the EU neighbouring countries (ENC) are the main countries of origin and transit of legal and illegal migration towards Europe. Their economic, cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073508
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Commuting, Wages and Bargaining Power
Rupert, Peter - 2009
A search model of the labor market is augmented to include commuting time to work. The theory posits that wages are … impact of commute time on job acceptance decisions. We also use the theory to calculate the bargaining power of workers which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155006