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The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Uganda
weather shocks internal migration labor market Sub-Saharan Africa
2012/10/19
Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we
estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants
living in the destin...
This paper discusses research questions related to immigrants’ time use, reviews conceptual
and methodological approaches to examining time allocations, and reviews evidence from
previous studies. I...
Do Ethnic Enclaves Impede Immigrants' Integration? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Social-Interaction Approach
immigrants integration enclaves political participation culture social interaction guest workers natural experiment
2012/10/19
It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to
integrate into the host society. Exploiting the quasi-experimental guest worker placement
across German regions ...
Moving to Segregation: Evidence from 8 Italian Cities
migration residential segregation hiring networks
2012/10/22
We use a new dataset and a novel identification strategy to analyze the effects of residential segregation on the employment of migrants in 8 Italian cities. Our data, which are representative of the ...
Does Emigration Benefit the Stayers? Evidence from EU Enlargement
emigration labor mobility EU enlargement
2012/10/22
Around 9% of the Lithuanian workforce emigrated to Western Europe after the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. I exploit this emigration wave to study the effect of emigration on wages in the ...
Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy
microsimulation labor supply fertility evidence-based policy
2012/10/22
Microsimulation methods and models of labor market decisions have attracted a lot of attention as an approach to the assessment of consequences of family related policies in the area of labor market a...
The Declines in Infant Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from British Cities in Demographic Transition
fertility infant mortality education and sanitary reform women’s participation education 19th century and early 20th century Britain
2012/10/22
At the beginning of the twentieth century Britain was roughly halfway through a 60-year demographic transition with declining infant mortality and birth rates. Cities exhibited great and strongly corr...
Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
arranged marriage education schooling freedom of choice development Vietnam Red River delta labour markets social interactions
2012/10/22
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply as instruments. The po...
Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being
immigration lottery natural experiment subjective well-being Tonga Pacific Islands
2012/10/22
Over 200 million people worldwide live outside their country of birth and typically experience large gains in material well-being by moving to where incomes are higher. But effects of migration on sub...
What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
school choice madrasah education Bangladesh
2012/10/22
This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered Islamic and non-religious schools. We consider a two period framework where chil...
Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Policy Change in Kenya
fertility education Kenya
2012/10/23
This paper investigates the relationship between women's education and fertility by exploiting a 1985 policy change in Kenya that lengthened primary school by one year. An instrumental variables appro...
Recent Longitudinal Evidence of Size and Union Threat Effects across Genders
size effect threat effect random effects fringe benefits compensation gender union-nonunion
2012/10/23
Based on data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth covering years 2000 through 2008, it is evident that both male and female workers in medium/larger establishments receive not only higher ...
Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
difference-in-differences sickness-related absence Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) statutory sick pay trade union membership
2012/10/23
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that trade union members are dismissed less often than non-members, we construct a model ...
Extending Becker's Time Allocation Theory to Model Continuous Time Blocks: Evidence from Daylight Saving Time
time allocation continuous time blocks daylight saving time
2012/10/23
Most activities in life require a certain amount of continuous time. Yet, in the traditional economic model of time allocation, the time block is not taken into account. Hence, the same amount of util...
Spouses' Retirement and Hours Outcomes: Evidence from Twofold Regression Discontinuity with Differences-in-Differences
CNRS Sorbonne Economics Research Center Paris 1 University IZA and OFCE Sciences-Po
2012/10/22
Earlier studies conclude that spouses' retirement strategies are not independent from each other and that policies affecting individuals in a couple are also likely to affect the economic behaviour of...