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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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9221
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John
T.
Addison
Pedro
Portugal
Hugo
Vilares
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Sources of the Union Wage Gap: Results from High-Dimensional Fixed Effects Regression Models
This paper provides estimates of the union wage gap in Portugal, a nation until recently lacking independent data on union density at firm level. Having estimated nonlinear and linear estimates of ...
(revised version published as 'Union Membership Density and Wages: The Role of Worker, Firm, and Job-Title Heterogeneity' in: Journal of Econometrics. 2023, 233 (2), 612-632.)
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J31, J33, J41, J51, J52
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9220
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Pedro
Raposo
Pedro
Portugal
Anabela
Carneiro
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Decomposing the Wage Losses of Displaced Workers: The Role of the Reallocation of Workers into Firms and Job Titles
Using an unusually rich matched employer-employee-job title data set for Portugal, this paper evaluates the sources of wage losses of workers displaced due to firm closure based on the comparison of ...
(published as 'The Sources of the Wage Losses of Displaced workers: The Role of the Reallocation of Workers into Firms, Matches, and Job Titles' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (3), 786 - 820)
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J31, J63, J65, E24
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9219
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Rahul
Anand
Eswar
Prasad
Boyang
Zhang
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What Measure of Inflation Should a Developing Country Central Bank Target?
In closed or open economy models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating the flexible price equilibrium. We analyze this result in ...
(published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2015, 74, 102-116)
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E31, E52, E61
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9218
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Michael
A.
Clemens
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Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development
This paper critiques the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and proposes six new directions for fruitful research. The study singles out a core ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1227-1248.)
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F22, J24, O15
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9217
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Jeanne
Lafortune
José
Tessada
Ethan
Gatewood
Lewis
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People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill in Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks
This paper estimates the elasticity of substitution between capital and skill using variation across U.S. counties in immigration-induced skill-mix changes between 1860 and 1930. We find that capital ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (1), 30–43.)
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J24, N61, O33
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9216
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Michele
Tuccio
Jackline
Wahba
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Can I Have Permission to Leave the House? Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms
Does international return migration transfer gender norms? Focusing on Jordan, an Arab country where discrimination against women and emigration rates are high, this paper exploits unique data in ...
(published as 'Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms: Evidence from the Middle East' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (4), 1006 - 1029)
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F22, J16, O15, O53
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9213
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Rachel
Connelly
Margaret
Maurer-Fazio
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Left Behind, At Risk, and Vulnerable Elders in Rural China: What the RUMIC Data Reveal about the Extent, Causes, and Consequences of Being Left Behind
Migration of any distance separates family members for long periods of time. In China, an institutional legacy continues to privilege the migration of working-age individuals who often leave children ...
(published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 140 - 153)
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J12, J14, J21, J26, O53
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9211
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Martin
Foureaux
Koppensteiner
Marco
Manacorda
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Violence and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Brazil
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence – measured by homicide rates - ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, 16-33.)
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I12, I15, I39, J13, K42
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9209
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Umut
Oguzoglu
Ashantha
Ranasinghe
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Crime and Establishment Size: Evidence from South America
Establishment exposure to crime is a frequent occurrence and a major obstacle to business operation in developing economies. We present a simple theory for the frequency and severity of crime across ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2017, 17 (4))
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O1, O4, D2
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9208
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Christine
Valente
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Primary Education Expansion and Quality of Schooling: Evidence from Tanzania
The rapid increase in primary enrollment seen in many developing countries might worsen schooling quality. I estimate the effect of enrollment growth following the removal of primary school fees in ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019.)
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I21, I28, O15
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