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Oil price shocks and labor market fluctuations
Ordóñez, Javier; Sala, Héctor; Silva, José Ignacio - 2010
We examine the impact of real oil price shocks on labor market flows in the US We first use smooth transition regression (STR) models to investigate to what extent oil prices can be considered as a driving force of labor market fluctuations. Then we develop and calibrate a modified version of...
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Oil Price Shocks and Labor Market Fluctuations
Ordóñez, Javier; Sala, Hector; Silva, José I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We examine the impact of real oil price shocks on labor market flows in the U.S. We first use smooth transition regression (STR) models to investigate to what extent oil prices can be considered as a driving force of labor market fluctuations. Then we develop and calibrate a modified version of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548709
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Unemployment Risk and Over-Indebtedness: A Micro-Econometric Perspective
Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan - 2015
We study how unemployment effects the over-indebtedness of households using the new European Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). First, we assess the role of different labor market statuses (i.e. employed, unemployed, disabled, retired, etc.) and other household characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420752
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Occupational Exposure to Contagion and the Spread of COVID-19 in Europe
Lewandowski, Piotr - 2020
occupational exposure to contagion driven by social contacts. I combined six indicators based on Occupation Information Network (O … cross-country differences in levels of exposure to contagion in comparable occupations. The resulting country-level measures … of levels of exposure to contagion (excluding health professions) predict the growth in COVID-19 cases, and the number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269905
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The Gender Dimension of Occupational Exposure to Contagion in Europe
Lewandowski, Piotr; Lipowska, Katarzyna; Magda, Iga - 2020
-contact route. We show that in Europe, women are more exposed to contagion, as they are more likely than men to work in occupations … important factor in workers' exposure to contagion than their education or age. This gender difference in exposure can be … require more interpersonal interactions. While workers in Southern European countries are the most exposed to contagion, the …
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Peers, Gender, and Long-Term Depression
Giulietti, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2020
This study investigates whether exposure to peer depression in adolescence affects own depression in adulthood. We find a significant long-term depression peer effect for females but not for males in a sample of U.S. adolescents who are followed into adulthood. An increase of one standard...
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Economic Geography of Contagion: A Study on COVID-19 Outbreak in India
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban - 2021
contagion needs to be heterogeneous across India, depending on the ex-ante economic structure of a region. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597546
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Migrant Networks and Job Search Outcomes: Evidence from Displaced Workers
Colussi, Tommaso - 2015
This paper investigates how immigrants' job search outcomes are affected by the labor market outcomes of workers from the same country of origin they are connected to. Connections are identified based on having worked for the same firm in the past. Using matched employer-employee micro data from...
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Social Ties in Academia: A Friend is a Treasure
Colussi, Tommaso - 2015
This paper employs a unique dataset on articles, authors and editors of the top general interest journals in economics to investigate the role of social connections in the publication process. Ties between editors and authors are identified based on their academic histories. Results show that an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401672
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The Value of Connections: Evidence from the Italian-American Mafia
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2014
Using declassified Federal Bureau of Narcotics records on 800 US Mafia members active in the 1950s and 1960s, and on their connections within the organized crime network, I estimate network effects on gangsters' economic status. Lacking information on criminal proceeds, I measure economic status...
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