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Revitalising the Silk Road : Evidence from Railway Infrastructure Investments in Northwest China
Yu, Lamont; Tran, Trang; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2022
China’s Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013 to revitalise the Silk Road and promote economic development and integration. This paper investigates the economic effects of the opening of the only high-speed rail (HSR) line in northwest China which connects China’s northwestern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079414
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Working Time Accounts and Turnover
Launov, Andrey - 2017
Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms smoothing their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during recessions. In a model of optimal choice of hours by a firm I show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959057
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Does Increased Teacher Accountability Decrease Leniency in Grading?
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2019
Because accountability may improve the comparability that is compromised by lenient grading, we compare exit exam outcomes in the same schools before and after a policy change that increased teacher accountability by anchoring grading scales. In particular, using a large administrative dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860524
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Occupational Mobility of Immigrants in a Low Skilled Economy : The Spanish Case
Simon, Hipolito - 2011
We analyze the occupational mobility of immigrants between their origin countries and Spain and its determinants. We …, immigrants experience a strong occupational downgrading in Spain when compared to their origin countries. This fact is due to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127919
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Is There Discriminatory Mortgage Pricing Against Immigrants in the Spanish Lending Market?
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2011
In this paper, we investigate whether evidence of discriminatory treatment against immigrants in the Spanish mortgage market exists. More specifically, we test whether, ceteris paribus, immigrant borrowers tend to be charged with higher interest rates on their mortgages than their Spanish born...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128211
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Wage Differentials between Native and Immigrant Women in Spain : Accounting for Differences in the Supports
Nicodemo, Catia - 2011
The objective of the study is to quantify the wage gap between native and immigrant women in Spain taking into account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128217
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Commuting Time and Labour Supply : A Causal Effect?
Giménez, José Ignacio - 2011
We analyze the causal effect of the length of the worker's commute on worker's productivity, by examining whether commuting time has any effect on worker's labour market supply. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-03, our GMM/IV estimation yields a positive causal impact of commuting time on...
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Work, Risk and Health : Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain
Solé, Meritxell - 2010
We analyze the impact of working and contractual conditions, particularly exposure to job risks, on the probability of acquiring a disability. We postulate a model in which this impact is mediated by the choice of occupation, with a level of risk associated to it. We assume this choice is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135627
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Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession : France vs. Spain
Bentolila, Samuel - 2010
This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We … contracts and the less restrictive rules regarding the use of the latter contracts in Spain. Using a calibrated search and …
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Trust and the Choice between Housing and Financial Assets : Evidence from Spanish Households
El-Attar, Mayssun - 2010
) conducted by the Bank of Spain, we show that households with less trust invest more in housing and less in financial assets, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136779