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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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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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9207
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Tanguy
Bernard
Markus
Frölich
Andreas
Landmann
Pia
Naima
Unte
Angelino
Viceisza
Fleur
Wouterse
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Building Trust in Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Trust is crucial for successful collective action. A prime example is collective commercialization of agricultural produce through producer organizations. We conduct a cluster-randomized controlled ...
(published in: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2021, 50 (3), 465 - 484)
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D71, O12, Q13
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9206
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Yao
Pan
Stephen
C.
Smith
Munshi
Sulaiman
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Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
This paper evaluates causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an ...
(published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100 (4), 1012–1031)
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O13, Q12, I30
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9205
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Zuzana
Brixiova Schwidrowski
Qingwei
Meng
Mthuli
Ncube
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Can Intra-Regional Trade Act as a Global Shock Absorber in Africa?
The global financial crisis and the subsequent uneven recovery have underscored the need for Africa's resilience to output and other shocks originated in the rest of the world. A comparison of two ...
(published in: World Economics, 2015, 16 (3), 141 - 162)
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E32, F4, F15
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9204
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Haroon
Bhorat
Ravi
Kanbur
Benjamin
Stanwix
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Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer
Although the sectors and fraction of workers covered are small given the low rates of formality and urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as the number of covered workers grows wage regulation ...
(published in: World Bank Observer, 2017, 32 (1), 21 - 74)
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J08, J20, J21, J30, J38
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