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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
7180 Patrick Kline
Enrico Moretti
Place Based Policies with Unemployment
Many countries have policies aimed at creating jobs in depressed areas with high unemployment rates. In standard spatial equilibrium models with perfectly competitive labor and land markets, local ...
(shorter version published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 238-243)
J6
7179 Resul Cesur
Erdal Tekin
Aydogan Ulker
Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious ...
(pubished in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (600), 330 - 362)
I0, I12, I15, I18, O10, O13, Q42, Q48, Q53
7178 David Autor
The "Task Approach" to Labor Markets: An Overview
An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace "tasks" between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in ...
(published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2013, 46 (3), 185-199)
J23, J24, J30, J31, O31, O33
7177 Reto Odermatt
Alois Stutzer
Smoking Bans, Cigarette Prices and Life Satisfaction
The consequences of tobacco control policies for individual welfare are difficult to assess. We therefore evaluate the impact of smoking bans and cigarette prices on subjective well-being by ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, 176-194)
D03, D62, I18, K32
7176 Quamrul Ashraf
Oded Galor
Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Despite the importance attributed to the effects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 528-533)
N30, O10, O50, Z10
7175 Kristian Behrens
Giordano Mion
Yasusada Murata
Jens Suedekum
Spatial Frictions
The world is replete with spatial frictions. Shipping goods across cities entails trade frictions. Commuting within cities causes urban frictions. How important are these frictions in shaping the ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2017, 97(1), 40-70.)
F12, R12
7174 Andy Dickerson
Steven McIntosh
Christine Valente
Do the Maths: An Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics in Africa
This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst primary school children. There is a significant difference in maths test scores in ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2015, 46, 1–22)
O15, I20
7173 Olivier Godart
Holger Görg
Suppliers of Multinationals and the Forced Linkage Effect: Evidence from Firm Level Data
Using information on more than 1000 firms in a number of emerging countries, we find quantitative evidence that suppliers of multinationals that are pressured by their customers to reduce production ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 94, 393-404)
F23, O12
7172 Ali Fakih
Pascal L. Ghazalian
Why Some Firms Export? An Empirical Analysis for Manufacturing Firms in the MENA Region
This paper analyzes the exporting behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. It ...
(published as 'Which Firms Export? An Empirical Analysis for the Manufacturing Sector in the MENA Region' in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2014, 41 (5), 672-695)
F1, F4, F14
7170 Simone Bertoli
Herbert Brücker
Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga
The European Crisis and Migration to Germany: Expectations and the Diversion of Migration Flows
The analysis of how the economic crisis in Europe has reshaped migration flows faces two challenges: (i) the confounding influence of correlated changes in the attractiveness of alternative ...
(revised version published as 'The European Crisis and Migration to Germany' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2016, 60, 61–72)
F22, O15, J61
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