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I investigate causal machine learning (CML) methods to estimate effect heterogeneity by means of conditional average treatment effects (CATEs). In particular, I study whether the estimated effect heterogeneity can provide evidence for the theoretical labour supply predictions of Connecticut's...
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This paper analyses the effects of EU regional policy transfer payments on net migration flows among the EU-28 countries. The hypothesis is tested that EU transfer payments do hamper internal migration across the EU. On the one hand, this is done by reestimating the results found by Egger,...
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The quality of the educational system is crucial to the most diverse socioeconomic and cultural aspects of a country …. The objective of this paper is highlighting the importance of quality of education to explain the wide income disparities … education quality and efficiency, this study aims to investigate which factors are the most significant to determine elementary …
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quality. In other words, tends to be a welfare migration. This welfare migration could be 'desired' if immigrants are net … literature that verify existence of those two phenomena to Brazil and no paper was found that makes these analyzes, using both … negative effects of this competition, residents choose a government that elevate those expenditures. Then, there is in Brazil …
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competitiveness, quality and management, replacing the simple profit idea, is a challenge. The concern for quality management has … Management Degree, MIGG, for coffee segments, cut flowers and horticulture, including hydroponic production in Brazil. The MIGG … can contribute, in an organized manner, for making decisions as to structural changes, and to obtain superior quality …
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China?s pension system is in need of comprehensive reform in that it is fragmented in its coverage and significantly under-funded. Attempts to improve the coverage will likely exacerbate the financial strains. Thus it is urgent to improve the financial sustainability of the system and one policy...
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The upward trend in the incidence of caesarean deliveries is a widespread stylised fact in many countries. Several studies have argued that it does not reflect, at least in part, patients' needs but that it is also influenced by other factors, such as providers/physicians incentives. Not...
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There have been numerous studies of the "impact" of HEIs on their host regions. These have typically focused on the demand for goods and services in the host region. The best of these studies employ regional input-output analyses. However, there has developed a "policy scepticism" about the...
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