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Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata
Eibich, Peter - 2013
This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike …
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show that More Educated Migrants Remit More
Bollard, Albert - 2009
will hamper remittance growth. We revisit the relationship between education and remitting behavior using microdata from … microdata then allow investigation as to why the more educated remit more. We find the higher income earned by migrants, rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154983
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The Research Potential of New Types of Enterprise Data Based on Surveys from Official Statistics in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2009
A new generation of data sets became available recently in the research data centres of the German statistical offices. These new data combine information for firms gathered in different surveys (or from other sources) that could not be analyzed jointly before. This paper offers a short...
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Does Foreign Entry Spur Innovation?
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2015
Our estimates, based on large firm-level and industry-level data sets from eighteen countries, suggest that FDI and trade have strong positive spillover effects on product and technology innovation by domestic firms in emerging markets. The FDI effect is more pronounced for firms from advanced...
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Child Labor and Learning
Emerson, Patrick M. - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro panel dataset of students in the São Paulo municipal school system. The potential endogeneity of working decisions and learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013063112
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The Medical Care Costs of Mood Disorders : A Coarsened Exact Matching Approach
Schurer, Stefanie - 2015
This paper is the first to use the method of coarsened exact matching (CEM) to estimate the impact of mood disorders on medical care costs in order to address the endogeneity of mood disorders. Models are estimated using restricted-use, general practice patient records data from New Zealand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028183
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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports : A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies
Ko, Chia Chiun - 2014
This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions … events, we identify the elasticity of demand for bananas in Australia to be around -0.5. We indeed find limited evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057905
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Tax Structure and Female Labour MarketParticipation: Evidence from Ireland
Callan, Tim; Soest, Arthur van; Walsh, John R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
How great an effect does the structure of income taxes have on women´s labour marketparticipation? This issue is investigated using a discrete choice static labour supply model formarried couples in Ireland. The model incorporates fixed costs of working and simultaneouslyexplains participation...
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Equilibrium Policy Simulations with Random Utility Models of Labour Supply
Colombino, Ugo - 2010
-time jobs). The most common use of these models is the simulation of tax-transfer reforms. The simulation is usually interpreted … simulation procedure, however, typically keeps fixed the estimated alternative-specific constants. In this note we argue that … development of a simulation procedure consistent with the comparative static interpretation. The procedure is illustrated with an …
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Testing for Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects in the Presence of a Quasi-Instrument
de Luna, Xavier - 2012
power. We perform a simulation study and apply the results to a case study where the interest lies in evaluating the effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104053