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The role of skill enhancing trade in Brazil: some evidence from microdata
Araújo, Bruno Cesar; Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, … - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting in a dramatic increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269201
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The Role of "Skill Enhancing Trade" in Brazil: Some Evidence from Microdata
Araújo, Bruno Cesar; Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting in a dramatic increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004569
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Evaluating the impact of community-based health interventions: evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2009
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276694
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Organization and information in the fight against crime: An evaluation of the integration of police forces in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Viveiros, Igor - 2010
Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276725
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Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Viveiros, Igor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684794
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Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703743
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Labor Supply and Matching Rates for Welfare Recipients: An Analysis Using Neighborhood Characteristics
van der Klaauw, Bas; van Ours, Jan C. - 2000
This paper investigates how in addition to personal characteristics the neighborhood affects the individual transition rate from welfare to work. We use a unique administrative database on welfare recipients in Rotterdam, the second largest city of The Netherlands. We find that the exit rate to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262323
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Skills, Workforce Characteristics and Firm-Level Productivity: Evidence from the Matched ABI/Employer Skills Survey
Galindo-Rueda, Fernando; Haskel, Jonathan - 2005
We construct firm-level data set with matched productivity and qualification data by linking the Annual Business Inquiry and Employer Skills Survey for England. We first examine the effect of workplace skills and other characteristics such as part-time status and gender on both productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262648
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Spillovers from foreign firms through worker mobility: an empirical investigation
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2002
While there has been a large empirical literature on productivity spillovers from foreign to domestic firms this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265549
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When does FDI have positive spillovers? Evidence from 17 emerging market economies
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2007
(i.e., spillovers). Providing evidence from a larger sample of countries and greater variety of firms than existing … studies, with separate estimates by firm size, age, and sector, we show: a) backward spillovers (stemming from supplying a … foreign firm in the host country or exporting to a foreign firm) are consistently positive; b) horizontal spillovers are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268334