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Who Does Not like Migrants? Individual Demographics and Attitudes Towards Migration
Rozo, Sandra V.; Urbina, Maria J. - 2020
individuals showing a disproportionate negative response to migration flows and whether these responses differ when the arrival of … refugees occurred concurrently with economic shocks. We document that, on average, migration shocks translate to lower support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322641
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Savings, asset holdings, and temporary migration
Dustmann, Christian; Mestres, Josep - 2011
share of assets and housing value accumulated in the home country are larger for immigrants who consider their migration as … characteristics, we find no evidence that immigrants with temporary migration plans save more than immigrants with permanent migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278474
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Savings, Asset Holdings, and Temporary Migration
Dustmann, Christian; Mestres, Josep - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
share of assets and housing value accumulated in the home country are larger for immigrants who consider their migration as … characteristics, we find no evidence that immigrants with temporary migration plans save more than immigrants with permanent migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839276
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People, Places and Public Policy: Some Simple Welfare Economics of Local Economic Development Programs
Kline, Patrick; Moretti, Enrico - 2013
class of place based policies attempt to address these differences through public investments and subsidies that target …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329021
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Equal Opportunity through Higher Education: Theory and Evidence on Privilege and Ability
Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Tobol, Yossi - 2017
We model a higher education system that admits students according to their admission signal (e.g., matriculation GPA, SAT), which is, in turn, affected by their cognitive ability and socioeconomic background. We show that subsidizing education loans increases neither human capital stock nor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653292
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How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomized Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda
Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobić, Vida; … - 2017
Many development programs are based on short-term interventions, either because of external funding constraints or because it is assumed that impacts persist post program termination ("sustainability"). Using a novel randomized phase-out research method, we provide experimental tests of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653369
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Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda
Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobic, Vida; Sulaiman, … - 2019
Many development programs that attempt to disseminate improved technologies are limited in duration, either because of external funding constraints or an assumption of impact sustainability; but there is limited evidence on whether and when terminating such programs is efficient. We provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059206
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Acquisition of skills, education subsidies, and agglomeration of firms
Toulemonde, Eric - 2003
location being determined by the level of education subsidies. For low transport costs, firms agglomerate in one region. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261642
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Unemployment vouchers versus low-wage subsidies
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
: unemployment vouchers and low-wage subsidies. The unemployment vouchers are targeted exclusively at the unemployed (especially the … longterm unemployed) and are provided only for a limited period of time. The low-wage subsidies, on the other hand, are granted … relative to low-wage subsidies. Conversely, the greater the danger that workers come to be trapped in dead-end jobs with flat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265599
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Taxes and benefits: two distinct options to cheat on the state?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2008
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap. We explore differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268927