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Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy : Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
Almond, Douglas - 2007
Sweden. In a comprehensive data set of 562,637 Swedes born 1983-1988, we find that the cohort in utero during the Chernobyl …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465305
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Elephants
Kremer, Michael - 1996
Existing models of open-access resources are applicable to non-storable resources, such as fish. Many open-access resources, however, are used to produce storable goods. Elephants, rhinos, and tigers are three prominent examples. Anticipated future scarcity of these resources will increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473168
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Does Legalization Reduce Black Market Activity? Evidence from a Global Ivory Experiment and Elephant Poaching Data
Hsiang, Solomon - 2016
Black markets are estimated to represent a fifth of global economic activity, but their response to policy is poorly understood because participants systematically hide their actions. It is widely hypothesized that relaxing trade bans in illegal goods allows legal supplies to competitively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456361
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The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains
Feir, Donna; Gillezeau, Rob; Jones, Maggie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In the late nineteenth century, the North American bison was brought to the brink of extinction in just over a decade. We demonstrate that the loss of the bison had immediate, negative consequences for the Native Americans who relied on them and ultimately resulted in a permanent reversal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362022
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This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout
Black, Sandra E. - 2013
Research increasingly shows that differences in endowments at birth need not be genetic but instead are influenced by environmental factors while the fetus is in the womb. In addition, these differences may persist well beyond childhood. In this paper, we study one such environmental factor -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459675
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Outward FDI and Parent Exports and Employment : Japan, the United States, and Sweden
Lipsey, Robert E. - 2000
Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income level. This relationship is similar to that found for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471148
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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy
Davis, Steven J. - 2000
centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 … identify the rise and fall of centralized wage-setting arrangements as a major factor in the evolution of Sweden's industry … accounted for about 40 percent of U.S.-Swedish differences in the industry distribution. The dissolution of Sweden's centralized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471274
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Education for Growth in Sweden and the World
Krueger, Alan B. - 1999
determinant of income for individuals within countries as diverse as Sweden and the United States. At a national level, however … growth among OECD countries. The conclusion comments on policy implications for Sweden based on the human capital literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471598
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How Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect Productivity Growth
Keller, Wolfgang - 1999
This paper examines the evidence on technology diffusion through trade in differentiated intermediate goods. Because intermediates are invented through costly research and development (R&D) investments, employing imported intermediates implies an implicit sharing of the technology that was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471810
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The Unequal Cost of Job Loss across Countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938696