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Energy Production and Health Externalities : Evidence from Oil Refinery Strikes in France
Lavaine, Emmanuelle - 2013
This paper examines the effect of energy production on newborn health using a recent strike that affected oil refineries in France as a natural experiment. First, we show that the temporary reduction in refining lead to a significant reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentrations. Second, this...
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Environmental Regulation and Productivity : Evidence from Oil Refineries
Berman, Eli; Bui, Linda TM - 2021
We examine the effect of air quality regulation on the productivity of some of the most heavily regulated manufacturing plants in the United States, the oil refineries of the Los Angeles (South Coast) Air Basin. We use direct measures of local air pollution regulation in this region to estimate...
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Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Industry Characteristics : The Case of Taiwan'S Exports of Midstream Petrochemical Products
Wang, Kuo-Liang; Wu, Chung-Shu - 2021
Based on 1986-1992 survey data of 22 midstream petrochemical industries in Taiwan, the empirical results of the export price, the markup ratio and the price-cost margin equations in this study show that Taiwan's petrochemical firms absorb only a small portion of a given weighted exchange rate...
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Industrial Actions in Schools : Strikes and Student Achievement
Baker, Michael - 2011
While many jurisdictions ban teacher strikes on the assumption that they harm students, there is surprisingly little research on this question. The majority of existing studies make cross section comparisons of students who do or do not experience a strike, and report that strikes do not affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128903
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Why Do Skilled Immigrants Struggle in the Labor Market? a Field Experiment with Six Thousand Resumes
Oreopoulos, Philip - 2011
), but were no different compared to foreign applicants from Britain. 2) Employers valued experience acquired in Canada much … more than if acquired in a foreign country. Changing foreign resumes to include only experience from Canada raised callback … Canada or not, or whether the applicant obtained additional Canadian education or not had no impact on the chances for an …
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When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2010
We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first and second-year college students on a Canadian commuter campus. The award scheme offered linear cash incentives for course grades above 70. Awards were paid every term. Program participants also had access to peer advising by...
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Shareholder Democracy in Canada
Morck, Randall - 2010
. One option, for which Canada is relatively well prepared, is the British model of activist independent institutional …
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Attenuation Bias in Measuring the Wage Impact of Immigration
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2010
Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it has been difficult to document such effects. The weak evidence may be partly due to sampling error in a commonly used measure of the supply shift, the immigrant share of the...
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Trade Liberalization in a Multinational-Dominated Industry : A Theoretical and Applied General-Equilibrium Analysis
Hunter, Linda - 2010
. Using an applied GE model, we find that (A) the gains to Mexico are significant and the effects on the US and Canada are … markets) results in large gains for Mexico as the Mexican industry is forced to rationalize, while losses to the US and Canada …
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Crowding-Out Charitable Contributions in Canada : New Knowledge from the North
Andreoni, James - 2011
charity itself. We use much more detailed data from over 6000 charities in Canada, measured for up to 15 years, to provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117887