Search Results - subject:"Self‐Selection"

Partner ethnicity and ethnic minority socio-economic occupation evidence from the UK

Morando, Greta - 2014

What role does integration play in reducing disparities in the labour market between ethnic minority and white majority populations? We shed light on this question by comparing the socio-economic positions of ethnic minorities in co- and inter-ethnic partnerships. We implement propensity score...

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From productivity to exporting or vice versa? : evidence from the Tunisian manufacturing sector

Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - 2014

In this paper, we explore the link between firm productivity and exporting using three firm level datasets of 1323 Tunisian manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2006. In particular, we examine whether more productive firms self-select into export markets, and whether exporters achieve productivity...

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Return migration, self-selection and entrepreneurship in Mozambique

Batista, Catia; McIndoe-Calder, Tara; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2014

the impact of return migration on entrepreneurship is affected by double unobservable migrant self-selection, both at the … support to negative unobservable self-selection at both and each of the initial and return stages of migration, which results … controlling for self-selection. Indeed, "naïve" estimates point to a 13 pp increase in the probability of owning a business when …

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Neighbourhood attachment in ethnically diverse areas : diversity vs. inequality, selection bias and preferences for diversity

Górny, Agata; Toruńczyk-Ruiz, Sabina - 2014

explain the different results for migrants and natives by different preferences for diversity and resulting self-selection … self-selection process should acknowledge the role that interethnic ties play in the way natives and migrants define their …

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Growth and structural change in a dynamic Lagakos-Waugh model

Ying, Huikang - 2014

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Sorting across markets

Gall, Thomas - 2014

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Financial constraints and firm exports : accounting for heterogeneity, self-selection and endogeneity

Secchi, Angelo; Tamagni, Federico; Tomasi, Chiara - 2014

strategy allows to cure for self-selection into exports and endogeneity of financial constraints. At the same time, we can …

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Broken gears : the value added of higher education on teachers' academic achievement

Balcázar, Carlos Felipe; Nopo, Hugo - 2014

A growing literature establishes that good teachers are essential for high quality educational systems. However, little is known about teachers' skills formation during their college years. In this paper we use a novel panel data set combining two standardized tests for Colombian students: one...

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Field of study, earnings, and self-selection

Kirkebøen, Lars J.; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne - 2014 - This version: December 2014

Why do individuals choose different types of post-secondary education, and what are the labor market consequences of those choices? We show that answering these questions is difficult because individuals choose between several unordered alternatives. Even with a valid instrument for every type...

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Deception choice and audit design : the importance of being earnest ; conference paper

Konrad, Kai A.; Lohse, Tim; Qari, Salmai - 2014

We study deception choices and deception detection in a tax compliance experiment. We find large systematic differences in individual deception abilities. Tax payers are conscious about their own deception abilities. The empirical outcomes are in line with a theory suggesting that tax payers...

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