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The Exact Law of Large Numbers for Independent Random Matching

Duffie, Darrell - 2011

This paper provides a mathematical foundation for independent random matching of a large population, as widely used in … is an almost-sure constant cross-sectional distribution of types in a large population, and moreover that the multi …

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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development

Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011

distance from the cradle of humankind to various settlements across the globe affected genetic diversity and has had a long … factors. In particular, the level of genetic diversity within a society is found to have a hump-shaped effect on development … effects of diversity on productivity. While the intermediate level of genetic diversity prevalent among Asian and European …

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Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space

Henderson, J. Vernon - 2010

GDP growth is often measured poorly for countries and rarely measured at all for cities or subnational regions. We propose a readily available proxy: satellite data on lights at night. We develop a statistical framework that uses lights growth to augment existing income growth measures, under...

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Populism and the Economics of Globalization

Rodrik, Dani - 2017

Populism may seem like it has come out of nowhere, but it has been on the rise for a while. I argue that economic history and economic theory both provide ample grounds for anticipating that advanced stages of economic globalization would produce a political backlash. While the backlash may have...

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The Economic and Social Outcomes of Refugees in the United States : Evidence from the Acs

Evans, William N. - 2017

Using data from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey, we use a procedure suggested by Capps et al. (2015) to identify refugees from the larger group of immigrants to examine the outcomes of refugees relocated to the U.S. Among young adults, we show that refugees that enter the U.S. before age...

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The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves : Reconciling Conflicting Results

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

composition in subsamples of the Current Population Survey extracts. This compositional change is specific to Miami, unrelated to …

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Modeling Uncertainty in Climate Change : A Multi-Model Comparison

Gillingham, Kenneth - 2015

using multiple integrated assessment models. The study looks at model and parametric uncertainties for population, total …

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Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions

Lewis, Ethan G. - 2014

In this chapter we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more easily identified on local economies. The reason is that their...

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Immigration, Search, and Redistribution : A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare

Battisti, Michele - 2014

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

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The Lifecycle of the 47%

Fullerton, Don - 2016

We assess the concentration and duration of zero tax liabilities and of transfer receipts, using data for households with ten to forty years of observations from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics. We find that neither is strongly concentrated. Nearly 68% owe no federal tax in at least one...

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