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In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator can be improved either by collecting data on additional individuals, or by collecting additional covariates that predict the outcome variable. We propose the use of pre-experimental data such as a census, or a...
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The share of low-income countries in global exports nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015, driven largely by the rapid emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe...
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We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with sanctioned states. According to trade models, sanctions are expected to reduce trade flows as they disrupt established trading routes and economic relationships with suppliers and customers....
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precisely measure the MW compliance cost for each restaurant. We examine a broad range of adjustment channels in addition to … three years. Cost increases were instead absorbed through other channels of adjustment, including higher prices, lower …
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This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...
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distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units … supply shocks do not induce factor price changes in the tradable sector. In this sector, most of the adjustment to changes in … exit the market are an important additional channel of adjustment. Finally, we demonstrate that an industry level analysis …
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the Mincer equation where no equality is imposed but an adjustment between observed and potential earnings is allowed to … dynamic panel-data wage equation and provide measures of the speed of adjustment in Belgium, Denmark and Finland. Further, we …-bargaining model and argue that a micro-founded model can fit the data better than a simple adjustment model but requires more …
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This paper studies aggregate dynamics in a cobweb model where learning takes place through a selection mechanism, by which more successful firms are replicated at a higher rate. The structure of the model allows to characterize analytically the aggregate dynamics, and to compute the effect on...
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necessarily associated with large adjustment costs. Indeed, extrinsic rigidity appears to be significant in many cases. We also … find that asymmetry in the price adjustment could be due to trends in marginal costs and/or desired mark-ups rather than … asymmetric cost of adjustment bands …
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The picture of U.S. labor market dynamics is opaque. Empirical studies of U.S. gross worker flows have yielded contradictory findings, and it is not easy to get a sense of the key moments of the data. Debates have emerged regarding the implications of these flows for the understanding of the...
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