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This paper examines the impact of changes in public long-term care spending on the use of public hospitals among the older population in England, and the cost and quality of this care. Mean per-person long-term care spending fell by 31% between 2009/10 and 2017/18 as part of a large austerity...
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The paper studies the demand for foreign university graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile highly skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin,...
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Based on a dataset of manufacturing sectors from five major European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the …
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What explains Germany's superb export performance? Is Germany's export behaviour very distinct compared to other …-wage countries reduces costs allowing exporters to compete on price. Second, we find that Germany is the leading quality exporter in … Europe followed by Austria and Spain. Among the top 10 percent of exporters there is no single firm with low quality in …
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Unlike most countries, Korea did not implement a lockdown in its battle against COVID-19, instead successfully relying on testing and contact tracing. Only one region, Daegu-Gyeongbuk, had a significant number of infections, traced to a religious sect. This allows us to estimate the causal...
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