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The Disappointing Recovery of Output after 2009
Fernald, John G. - 2017
U.S. output has expanded only slowly since the recession trough in 2009, even though the unemployment rate has essentially returned to a pre-crisis, normal level. We use a growth-accounting decomposition to explore explanations for the output shortfall, giving full treatment to cyclical effects...
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HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa
Levinsohn, James Alan - 2011
econometric methods based on the propensity score to estimate the causal effect of HIV status on employment outcomes in South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127983
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U.S. Employment and Opioids : Is There a Connection?
Currie, Janet M. - 2018
between per capita opioid prescription rates and employment-to-population ratios. We first estimate models of the effect of … per capita opioid prescription rates on employment-to-population ratios, instrumenting opioid prescriptions for younger … ages using opioid prescriptions to the elderly. We find that the estimated effect of opioids on employment …
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Banks’ Internal Capital Markets and Deposit Rates
Ben-David, Itzhak - 2015
A common view is that deposit rates are determined primarily by supply: depositors require higher deposit rates from risky banks, thereby creating market discipline. An alternative perspective is that market discipline is limited (e.g., due to deposit insurance and/or enhanced capital...
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Improving College Access in the United States : Barriers and Policy Responses
Page, Lindsay C. - 2015
Socioeconomic gaps in college enrollment and attainment have widened over time, despite increasing returns to postsecondary education and significant policy efforts to improve access. We describe the barriers that students face during the transition to college and review the evidence on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010712