Showing 121 - 130 of 12,406
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011701761
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817307
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560563
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560576
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799073
We investigate effects of plausibly exogenous variation in the value of oil and natural gas production in local economies on self-employment in the United States. We find that self-employment is procyclical, i.e. self-employment increases during a business cycle expansion and is reduced during a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213199
This paper develops a trade model with firm-specific quality heterogeneity in markets where firms face the threat of imitation and engage in limit-pricing strategies. The model generates an endogenous distribution of prices and markups. Firms producing high-quality (high-price) products export,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246334
The Great Recession, which was preceded by the financial crisis, resulted in higher unemployment and inequality. We propose a simple model where firms producing varieties face labor-market frictions and credit constraints. In the model, tighter credit leads to lower output, lower number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987688
This paper investigates the impact of mothers' earnings on birth weight and gestational age of infants. It also analyzes the impact of earnings on mothers' consumption of prenatal medical care, and their propensity to smoke and drink during pregnancy. The paper uses census-division- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459226
This paper investigates the impact of unskilled workers' earnings on crime. Following the literature on wage inequality and skill-biased technological change, we employ CPS data to create state-year as well as state-year-and (broad) industry specific measures of skill-biased technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461052