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What Can DNA Exonerations Tell Us about Racial Differences in Wrongful Conviction Rates?
Bjerk, David J.; Helland, Eric - 2018
We examine the extent to which DNA exonerations can reveal whether wrongful conviction rates differ across races. We show that under a wide-range of assumptions regarding possible explicit or implicit racial biases in the DNA exoneration process (including no bias), our results suggest the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931802
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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the ?Natural Trading Partners? Hypothesis
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2004
Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be … regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version … of the ?natural trading partners? hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262129
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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the "Natural Trading Partners" Hypothesis
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be … regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version … of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703120
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Discrimination and the effects of drug testing on black employment
Wozniak, Abigail - 2012
Nearly half of U.S. employers test job applicants and workers for drugs. I use variation in the timing and nature of drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283982
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Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment
Wozniak, Abigail - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Nearly half of U.S. employers test job applicants and workers for drugs. I use variation in the timing and nature of drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552944
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Labour Market Discrimination against Former Juvenile Delinquents: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn; Verhofstadt, Elsy - 2013
We identify hiring discrimination against former juvenile delinquents in a direct way. To this end we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We find that labour market discrimination is indeed a major barrier in the transition to work for former juvenile delinquents. Labour...
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Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime
Díaz, Carlos; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2020
We study the interplay between parental and peer socialization in shaping criminal behavior among adolescents. We develop a simple cultural transmission model where parents affect how society influences their children's decisions. The model predicts that parental and peer socialization are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497807
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Labour Market Discrimination against Former Juvenile Delinquents: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn; Verhofstadt, Elsy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We identify hiring discrimination against former juvenile delinquents in a direct way. To this end we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We find that labour market discrimination is indeed a major barrier in the transition to work for former juvenile delinquents. Labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262733
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Structural reforms and the exchange rate regime: a panel analysis for the world versus OECD countries
Belke, Ansgar; Herz, Bernhard; Vogel, Lukas - 2005
We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The empirical results suggest a positive correlation between on the one side the adoption of an exchange rate...
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An Optimal Allocation of Asylum Seekers
Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2024
We formulate a rule for allocating asylum seekers that is based on the social preferences of the native workers of the receiving countries. To derive the rule, we construct for each country a social welfare function, SWF, where the social welfare of a population is determined both by the...
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