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We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job. Language acquisition is found to interact positively...
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We use a unique sample of Russian immigrants and natives in Israel to examine the return to English knowledge. In cross …
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jurisdictions utilizing Russian firm-level data. In particular we empirically explore location strategies of round-trip investors … Russian regions. We find that round-trip investors tend to locate in more corrupt Russian regions than their genuine foreign …
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more exposed to the Russian market. This event implied a sharp decline in sales for firms with a significant share of sales …
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We survey a representative sample of the U.S. population to understand stakeholders' desire to see their firms exit Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. 61% of respondents think that firms should exit Russia, regardless of the consequences. Only 37% think that leaving Russia is a purely...
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associated with ethnic Ukrainian population share across provinces, as well as across districts within provinces. Ukrainian … ethnicity, rather than the administrative boundaries of the Ukrainian republic, mattered for famine mortality. These and many … additional results provide strong evidence that higher Ukrainian famine mortality was an outcome of policy, and suggestive …
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European countries experienced a large increase in labor supply due to the influx of Ukrainian refugees after the 2022 …
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marketplace, as contracts in this market are dollar-denominated. Russians clearly noticed the opportunity, with Russian hours … was also no evidence of a demand-side response, with buyers not posting more "Russian friendly" jobs, suggesting limited …
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Knowledge producers conducting research on a particular set of questions may respond to supply and demand shocks by shifting resources to a different set of questions. Cognitive mobility measures the transition from one location to another in idea space. We examine the cognitive mobility flows...
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discipline after the crisis made Argentina's banking system quite resilient during the Asian, Russian, and Brazilian crises …
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