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Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship
Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco; Amodio, Francesco; … - 2019
Output per worker is lower in poor countries than in rich countries, and relatively more so in the agricultural sector. Sorting of heterogeneous workers can contribute to explain this fact if comparative and absolute advantage are aligned in agriculture, implying that average productivity in...
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Allocation of Female Talent and Cross-Country Productivity Differences
Lee, Munseob - 2023
The disparities in cross-country labor productivity are greater in agriculture than in other industries. I propose that the misallocation of female talent across sectors distorts productivity. I formalize the theory by using a general equilibrium Roy model with gender-specific frictions. If...
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646291
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Production Risk, Energy Use Efficiency and Productivity of Korean Industries
Khayyat, Nabaz T.; Heshmati, Almas - 2014
Korea imports all of its primary energy, which leads to high dependency and vulnerability related to its energy supply. Efficiency in the use of energy is a way to reduce dependency and emissions. This study provides empirical results of the stochastic production process in energy use. Special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352269
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Production Risk, Energy Use Efficiency and Productivity of Korean Industries
Khayyat, Nabaz T.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Korea imports all of its primary energy, which leads to high dependency and vulnerability related to its energy supply. Efficiency in the use of energy is a way to reduce dependency and emissions. This study provides empirical results of the stochastic production process in energy use. Special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760007
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Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We model the aid allocation decision where the donor government has announced that good governance is the criterion for receiving aid. Potential recipients must compete for the aid funds. The structure of the competition is important to the donor in terms of achieving good governance, and to the...
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Fixed Effects Bias in Panel Data Estimators
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Jensen, Paul H.; Oguzoglu, Umut; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Since little is known about the degree of bias in estimated fixed effects in panel data models, we run Monte Carlo simulations on a range of different estimators. We find that Anderson-Hsiao IV, Kiviet’s bias-corrected LSDV and GMM estimators all perform well in both short and long panels....
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Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
Geruso, Michael; Spears, Dean - 2018
We study how extreme weather exposure impacts infant survival in the developing world. Our analysis overcomes the absence of vital registration systems in many poor countries by extracting birth histories from household surveys. Studying 53 developing countries that span five continents, we find...
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Determinants of Heat Risk in an Aging Population: A Machine Learning Approach
Klauber, Hannah; Koch, Nicolas - 2023
This paper identifies individual and regional risk factors for hospitalizations caused by heat within the German … causally estimate heterogeneous heat effects and explore the geographic, morbidity, and socioeconomic correlates of heat …-age poverty and less nursing care. We project that unabated climate change might bring heat to areas with particularly vulnerable …
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