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Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990-2010
skill premia supply and demand of labor income inequality Latin America
2012/10/18
It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the educational upgrading of its labor force. Between 1990 and 2010, the proportion of the la...
Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS
living arrangement coresidence proximity of children CHARLS
2012/10/18
Recent increases in Chinese elderly living alone or only with a spouse has raised concerns about elderly support, especially when public support is inadequate. However, using rich information from the...
CEO and Board Characteristics as Determinants of Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange
CEO corporate board private benefits of control dual-class stock firms Russia
2012/10/17
This paper investigates whether and how various characteristics of CEOs and corporate boards are related to the severity of corporate governance problems within firms. The latter is proxied by private...
How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets
private sector size private sector development private consumption private investment national accoun ts private sector employment private sector earnings labor markets Africa
2012/10/17
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African pri...
Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
migration China discrimination informal employment
2012/10/17
The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant workers, particularly to their working conditions and pay. This paper uses data from a...
Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US
welfare measures, preference heterogeneity, labor supply, Beyond GDP
2012/10/22
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensi...
Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
remittances migration brain drain immigration policy
2012/10/22
We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of r...
Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Effect of Health Shocks on Earnings: Evidence from Population-Wide Data on Swedish Workers
health health shocks socioeconomic status life-cycle
2012/10/19
In this paper, we estimate socioeconomic heterogeneity in the effect of unexpected health shocks on labor market outcomes, using register-based data on the entire population of Swedish workers. We eff...
The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession
health insurance Medicaid SCHIP recession unemployment
2012/10/19
This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans using panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period...
Reforms, Growth and Persistence of Gender Gap: Recent Evidence from Private School Enrolment in India
policy reforms economic growth private school choice gender gap India
2012/10/19
This paper examines the extent of gender gap in private school enrolment in India, an issue that has not been adequately addressed previously. Results based on individual level unit record data shows ...
Financial Incentives, the Timing of Births, Birth Complications, and Newborns' Health: Evidence from the Abolition of Austria's Baby Bonus
baby bonus scheduling of conceptions timing of births policy announcement abolition effect birth complications medical intervention
2012/10/19
We analyze the fertility and health effects resulting from the abolition of the Austrian baby bonus in January 1997. The abolition of the benefit was publicly announced about ten months in advance, cr...
The Persistence of Informality: Evidence from Panel Data
informality unobserved heterogeneity state dependence transition countries
2012/10/19
Informality is a growing phenomenon in the developing and transition country labor market context. In particular, it is noticeable that working in an informal employment relationship is often not temp...
The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Innovation: Evidence from Dutch Firm-Level Data
immigration, innovation, cultural diversity, knowledge spillovers,
2012/10/23
Due to the growth in international migration in recent decades, the workforce of firms in host countries has become considerably more diverse, both demographically and culturally. It is an important q...
Firing Regulations and Firm Size in the Developing World: Evidence from Differential Enforcement
labor markets developing countries firing regulations enforcement micro data
2012/10/23
This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We exploit a large firm level dataset across 63 countries and within country variation i...
Media Exposure and Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia
information migration decisions television
2012/10/23
This paper investigates the impact of television on internal migration in Indonesia. We exploit the differential introduction of private television throughout the country and the variation in signal r...