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Was Dick Whittington Taller Than Those He Left Behind? Anthropometric Measures, Migration and the Quality of Life in Early Nineteenth Century London

Humphries, Jane; Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

explanatory variable in the analysis of migration. Although correlated with other variables that are routinely used in …

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Firm Migration and Stock Returns

Puopolo, Giovanni W. - Finrisk - 2009

This paper studies the asset pricing implications of a general equi-librium model in which real investment is reversible at a cost. Firmsface higher costs in contracting than in expanding their capital stockand decide to invest when their productive capital is scarce relativeto the overall...

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Migration Correlation: Definition and Efficient Estimation

Gagliardini, Patrick; Gourieroux, Christian - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2004

The aim of this paper is to explain why cross-sectional estimated migration correlations displayed in the academic and … a model with stochastic migration in which the parameters of interest, that are migration correlations, are precisely … defined. The impossibility of estimating consistently the migration correlations from cross-sectional data only is emphasized …

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Infrastructure, Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: Cross Country Evidence

Micco, Alejandro; Serebrisky, Tomas - 2004

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Countries need to adopt policies to `get closer` to global markets. Can improvements in infrastructure and regulation reduce transport costs? Is it worthwhile to implement policies...

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Frequent job changes can signal poor work attitude and reduce employability

Cohn, Alain; Maréchal, Michel André; Schneider, Frédéric - 2019

We study whether employment history provides information about a worker's "work attitude," i.e., the tendency to act cooperatively and reliably in the workplace. We conjecture that, holding all else equal, frequent job changes can indicate poor work attitude and that this information is...

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Predictability in Financial Markets: What Do Survey Expectations Tell Us?

Bacchetta, Philippe; Mertens, Elmar; van Wincoop, Eric - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2006

There is widespread evidence of excess return predictability in financial markets. In this paper we examine whether this predictability is related to expectational errors. To consider this issue, we use data on survey expectations of market participants in the stock market, the foreign exchange...

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Attitudes and Behaviour in Everyday Finance:Evidence from Switzerland

Fünfgeld, Brigitte; Wang, Mei - National Centre of Competence in ResearchFinancial … - 2008

The aim of this study is to examine the underlying dimensions of self-stated attitudesand behaviour concerning everyday financial affairs, and classify individuals basedon those dimensions. A questionnaire was answered by 1282 respondents in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The sample of...

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The role of housing in labor reallocation

Davis, Morris A.; Fisher, Jonas D. M.; Veracierto, Marcelo - 2010

This paper builds a dynamic general equilibrium model of cities and uses it to analyze the role of local housing markets and moving costs in determining the character and extent of labor reallocation in the US economy. Labor reallocation in the model is driven by idiosyncratic city-specific...

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Discrimination against migrants in Austria: An experimental study

Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2015

In this paper, I experimentally examine the employment opportunities of Austrians with and without migration background …. Applications of candidates with a Serbian, Turkish, Chinese, Nigerian and no migration background are sent in response to job … results document employment discrimination for all groups with migration background, it is most pronounced for applicants with …

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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014

gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation. Both women acquiring greater access to education and men increasing their migration abroad contribute to reducing the …

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