Similar Search Results

Fluctuations in Overseas Travel by Americans, 1820 to 2000

Dupont, Brandon - 2010

There were substantial fluctuations in the numbers of American overseas travelers, especially before World War II. These fluctuations in travel around the robust, long term upward trend are the focus of this paper. We first identify those fluctuations in the raw data and then try to explain the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757617

Malaria and Early African Development : Evidence from the Sickle Cell Trait

Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio - 2013

We examine the effect of malaria on economic development in Africa over the very long run. Using data on the prevalence … of the mutation that causes sickle cell disease we measure the impact of malaria on mortality in Africa prior to the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073554

The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900

Iyigun, Murat - 2017

. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941983

Happiness on Tap : Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco

Devoto, Florencia - 2014

We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068296

Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take it Up : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

Crepon, Bruno - 2014

Morocco starting in 2006 by Al Amana, the country's largest microfinance institution. Al Amana was the only MFI operating in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052669

Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

Eskeland, Gunnar S.; Harrison, Ann E. - 2021

This paper presents evidence on whether multinationals are flocking to developing country 'pollution havens'. Although we find some evidence that foreign investors locate in sectors with high levels of air pollution, the evidence is weak at best. We then examine whether foreign firms pollute...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233217

German-Jewish Emigres and U.S. Invention

Moser, Petra - 2014

Historical accounts suggest that Jewish émigrés from Nazi Germany revolutionized U.S. science. To analyze the émigrés' effects on chemical innovation in the U.S. we compare changes in patenting by U.S. inventors in research fields of émigrés with fields of other German chemists. Patenting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057399

Unintended Consequences from Nested State & Federal Regulations : the Case of the Pavley Greenhouse-Gas-Per-Mile Limits

Goulder, Lawrence H. - 2009

Fourteen U.S. states recently pledged to adopt limits on greenhouse gases (GHGs) per mile of light-duty automobiles. Previous analyses predicted this action would significantly reduce emissions from new cars in these states, but ignored possible offsetting emissions increases from policy-induced...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156421

The American Invasion of Europe : The Long Term Rise in Overseas Travel, 1820-2000

Dupont, Brandon - 2010

Tourism today is an activity of substantial economic importance worldwide, and has been for some time. Tourism is also …'s establishing special accounts on travel and tourism. In this paper we investigate the long term rise in overseas travel by … as mass tourism. We document this rise by compiling a long term series on overseas travel, and describe the changes in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759330

Long Workweeks and Strange Hours

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2014

American workweeks are long compared to other rich countries'. Much less well-known is that Americans are more likely to work at night and on weekends. We examine the relationship between these two phenomena using the American Time Use Survey and time-diary data from 5 other countries. Adjusting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047783

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last