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We investigate the role of mechanical ability as another dimension that, jointly with cognitive and socio-emotional, affects schooling decisions and labor market outcomes. Using a Roy model with a factor structure and data from the NLSY79, we show that the labor market positively rewards...
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In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of other world regions in terms of technological creativity, population growth, and income per capita. We argue that superior institutions for the creation and dissemination of productive knowledge...
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proposed by Papke and Wooldridge, 1996, 2008, in univariate cross-sectional and panel contexts. The paper discusses the …
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suggest the results are not stable. We argue that repeated cross sections do not properly specify the model. Panel methods … including hedonic studies and travel cost studies could be enhanced using panel data …
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In an 80-country panel since the 1960s, the convergence rate for per capita GDP is around 1.7% per year. This "beta … "iron-law" rate of 2%. In the post-1960s panel, estimation without country fixed effects supports the modernization … long-term panel with country fixed effects also supports modernization, in the sense of positive effects of per capita GDP …
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studies claiming that the standard panel data approach used in much of the "new minimum wage research" is flawed because it …
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panel regressions, housing credit growth is significantly affected by changes in the maximum debt-service-to-income (DSTI … DSTI ratio limit has a significant effect on housing credit growth when we use mean group and panel event study methods …
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We construct representative firm-level longitudinal data for twenty-seven European countries using financial statements from the Orbis global database, providing a “how-to” guide on the construction. We validate our dataset by comparing its aggregate coverage to official statistics and...
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data, we present fresh evidence on the dynamic effects of temporary trade barriers. Estimates from country-level and panel …
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previously unexplored (for this purpose) panel data on FDI by subsidiaries of U.S. multinational firms collected by Compustat …
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