In this study we estimate the effect of changes in the employee's offered wage - which is influenced by macroeconomic developments and changes in tax rates - on working hours, accounting for changes in the employee's personal circumstances (family status and composition, entering or exiting...

In this study we estimate the effect of changes in the employee's offered wage – which is influenced by macroeconomic developments and changes in tax rates – on working hours, accounting for changes in the employee's personal circumstances (family status and composition, entering or exiting...

This paper studies the behavior of China’s foreign trade in the 1980s. Chinese customs data are used to construct, for the first time, quarterly unit value and volume series that are then used to estimate foreign trade income and price elasticities. The estimated export supply price...

This paper analyzes the dynamics of electricity intensity -- i.e., the ratio of electricity consumption to gross domestic product -- in the OECD countries for the period 1990–2017. In particular, it analyzes electricity intensity dynamics against the background of different subgroups (or...

We estimate the relationship between exporting and productivity using data on Israeli manufacturing firms from the years 1996-2003. We find that the total factor productivity of exporting firms in Israel is higher than that of non-exporters. The export premium is higher before firms enter the...

This paper explores the emergence of a world economy since 1950 and its implications for the world's labor force. There are four main sets of conclusions. First, although the integration of national economies since 1950 has been considerable, the world economy is still in its adolescence. Rapid...

Conventional wisdom is that good economic conditions or expansionary fiscal policy help incumbents get re-elected, but this has not been tested in a large cross-section of countries. We test these arguments in a sample of 74 countries over the period 1960-2003. We find no evidence that deficits...