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Explaining rising returns to education in urban China in the 1990s
Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - 2010
Although theory predicts that international trade will decrease the relative demand for skilled workers in relatively skill-deficit countries, in recent decades many developing countries have experienced rising wage premiums for skilled workers. We examines this puzzle by quantifying the...
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Rank effects in education: what do we know so far?
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022
In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...
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Returns to teamwork and professional networks : evidence from economic research
Devereux, Kevin - 2021
Teamwork is growing in developed economies, and workers in teams are increasingly compensated according to team output. Because parsing individual contributions to teamwork is difficult, I focus on scholarly economics research, which lists contributing authors. I use turnover to identify team...
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The evolution of inequality of opportunity in Europe
Filauro, Stefano; Palmisano, Flaviana; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2023
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The effects of cancer in the English labour market
Candon, David - 2014
The continued rise in overall cancer survival rates has ignited a field of research which examines the effect that cancer has on survivors' employment. Previous estimates of the effect of cancer on labour market outcomes, using U.S. data, show a significant reduction in employment and hours of...
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The impact of terrorism on well-being : evidence from the Boston Marathon Bombing
Clark, Andrew E.; Stancanelli, Elena G. F.; Doyle, Orla - 2017
A growing literature concludes that terrorism impacts the economy, yet less is known about its impact on utility. This paper estimates the impact of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing on well-being, by exploiting representative U.S. daily data. Using both a regression discontinuity and an event...
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Waiting for recovery: the Canadian labour market in June 2020
Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2020
The Canadian labour market is currently emerging from a holding pattern with unusually high numbers in temporary (or "recall") unemployment, those "employed but absent from work" for unspecified reasons, or not in the labour force while waiting to be recalled. Two encouraging signs are evident....
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A welfare analysis of universal childcare : lessons from a Canadian reform
Montpetit, Sébastien; Beaureard, Pierre-Loup; Carrer, Luisa - 2024
Leveraging the introduction of universal low-fee daycare in Québec in 1997, we assess the welfare effect of universal childcare provision. First, using novel data on local daycare coverage and a difference-in-differences design, we show that positive impacts on maternal labor supply and...
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Family structure and child cognitive outcomes : evidence from Canadian longitudinal data
Ferrer, Ana M.; Pan, Yazhuo - 2018
This study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), collected on children and their families biennially since 1994, we investigate the association...
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Can paternity leave reduce the gender earnings gap?
Diallo, Yaya; Lange, Fabian; Renée, Laetitia - 2024
' uptake of parental leave and reduced their earnings immediately after the reform. However, in the medium to long-run, we find … that the reform did not impact earnings, employment, or the probability of being employed in a high-wage industry for … either parent. We for instance find a 95%-CI for the effect on average female earnings 3-10 years following the reform …
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