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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet

Akerman, Anders - 2015

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...

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Discretion in Hiring

Hoffman, Mitchell - 2015

to forgo the potentially valuable private information of their managers. We study the introduction of job testing across … 15 firms employing low-skilled service sector workers. When faced with similar applicant pools, we find that managers who … appear to hire against test recommendations end up with worse average hires. This suggests that managers often overrule test …

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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic Versus Foreign Sourcing

Fort, Teresa - 2016

This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...

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Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health

Black, Sandra E. - 2012

significant costs that are borne by displaced workers. We study how job displacement in Norway affects cardiovascular health using …

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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores

Black, Sandra E. - 2010

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...

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Accounting for Business Income in Measuring Top Income Shares : Integrated Accrual Approach Using Individual and Firm Data from Norway

Alstadsæter, Annette - 2016

Norway, we are able to attribute business income to personal owners as it accrues rather than when it is realized. This …

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Does Grief Transfer Across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes

Black, Sandra E. - 2014

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...

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Central Bank Credibility, Reputation and Inflation Targeting in Historical Perspective

Bordo, Michael D. - 2014

This paper examines the historical evolution of central bank credibility using both historical narrative and empirics for a group of 16 countries, both advanced and emerging. It shows how the evolution of credibility has gone through a pendulum where credibility was high under the classical gold...

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Were Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?

Collins, William J.; O'Rourke, Kevin H.; Williamson, … - 2021

Trade theorists have come to understand that their theory is ambiguous on the question: Are trade and factor flows substitutes? While this sounds like an open invitation for empirical research, hardly any serious econometric work has appeared in the literature. This paper uses history to fill...

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls

Ammermueller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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