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The employment consequences of anti-dumping tariffs: Lessons from Brazil
De Souza, Gustavo; Li, Haishi - 2022
Can anti-dumping tariffs increase employment? We compile data on all antidumping (AD) investigations in Brazil matching … it to firm-level administrative employment information. Using difference-in-differences, we find that, an AD tariff … decreases imports and increases employment in the protected sector. Moreover, downstream firms decrease employment, while …
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Creating manufacturing jobs in India: Has openness to trade really helped?
Vashisht, Pankaj - 2015
gains to a great extent. Therefore, unlike other Asian economies, the overall employment gain from trade has been minimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807709
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After apartheid: The effects of ANC power
Poulsen, Jonas - 2013
The African National Congress (ANC) can look back on eighty years of struggle which resulted in the liberation of black Africans, the creation of a democratic constitution and free elections. However, the last twenty years of ANC rule has been criticized for the failure to bring higher living...
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Retirement and healthcare utilization
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2018
Pension systems and reforms thereof are often discussed in the context of financial viability. In industrialized countries, these debates grow in intensity with the aging of the population; however, an increase in retirement age may create unintended side effects with regards to retiree health...
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Retirement and healthcare utilization
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2018
Pension systems and reforms thereof are often discussed in the context of financial viability. In industrialized countries, these debates grow in intensity with the aging of the population; however, an increase in retirement age may create unintended side effects with regards to retiree health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927109
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Nonparametric identification using instrumental variables: Sufficient conditions for completeness
Hu, Yingyao; Shiu, Ji-liang - 2011
This paper provides sufficient conditions for the nonparametric identification of the regression function m(.) in a regression model with an endogenous regressor x and an instrumental variable z. It has been shown that the identification of the regression function from the conditional...
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Intergenerational transmission of unemployment: Causal evidence from Austria
Grübl, Dominik; Lackner, Mario; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2020
We estimate the causal effect of parents' unemployment on unemployment among their children in their own adulthood. We use administrative data for Austrian children born between 1974 and 1984 and apply an instrumental variables (IV) identification strategy using parents' job loss during a mass...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234260
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Valuation of Health Inputs and Convenience in New Products
Nordström, Jonas - 2013
The prevalence of illnesses related to the modern diet and a more sedentary lifestyle has increased markedly over the last few decades. There is therefore a need for effective strategies to promote health and to reduce the prevalence of diet-related diseases. In this paper, we study the...
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The Effects of Schooling on Wealth Accumulation Approaching Retirement
Bingley, Paul; Martinello, Alessandro - 2017
Education and wealth are positively correlated for individuals approaching retirement, but the direction of the causal relationship is ambiguous in theory and has not been identified in practice. We combine administrative data on individual total wealth with a reform expanding access to lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208789
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Intergenerationl transmission of unemployment: Causal evidence from Austria
Grübl, Dominik; Lackner, Mario; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2020
We estimate the causal effect of parents' unemployment on unemployment among their children in their own adulthood. We use administrative data for Austrian children born between 1974 and 1984 and apply an instrumental variables (IV) identification strategy using parents' job loss during a mass...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662687