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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases … and thus limit their breastfeeding. We indeed find that daughters are weaned sooner than sons, and, moreover, for both …

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A new measure of skills mismatch: theory and evidence from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Fichen, Anne; Pellizzari, Michele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper proposes a new measure of skills mismatch that combines information about skill proficiency, self-reported mismatch and skill use. The theoretical foundations underling this measure allow identifying minimum and maximum skill requirements for each occupation and to classify workers...

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Labor Market Policies and European Crises

Bertola, Giuseppe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...

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Short-Sale Constraints and the Pricing of Managerial Skills

Cheng, Si; Massa, Massimo; Zhang, Hong - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We investigate the impact of the absence of short selling on the pricing of managerial skills in the mutual fund industry. In the presence of divergent opinions regarding managerial skills, fund managers can strategically use fees to attract only the most optimistic capital. The recognition of...

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Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006

Philippon, Thomas; Reshef, Ariell - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We use detailed information about wages, education and occupations to shed light on the evolution of the U.S. financial sector over the past century. We uncover a set of new, interrelated stylized facts: financial jobs were relatively skill intensive, complex, and highly paid until the 1930s and...

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People I Know: Job Search and Social Networks

Cingano, Federico; Rosolia, Alfonso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We assess the information spillovers generated by the exchange of job-related information within networks of fellow workers exploiting administrative records covering all employment relationships established in a specific local labor market over 20 years. We recover individual-specific networks...

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Changes in the Relative Demand for Skills in the UK Labour Market

Machin, Steve - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

In this paper I document changes in the distribution of employment in the UK labour market in the 1980s. I use two longitudinal data sources, an industry-level panel data set between 1979 and 1990, and the panel component of the 1984 and 1990 establishment-level Workplace Industrial Relations...

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Media and Political Persuasion: Evidence from Russia

Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

How do media affect voting behavior? What difference can an independent media outlet make in a country with state-controlled media? Our paper addresses these questions by comparing electoral outcomes and votes reported by survey respondents during the 1999 parliamentary elections in Russia for...

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Unemployment, Growth and Taxation in Industrial Countries

Daveri, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

To the layperson, the upward trend in European unemployment is related to the slowdown in economic growth. We argue that the layperson’s view is correct. The increase in European unemployment and the slowdown in economic growth are related because they stem from a common cause: an excessively...

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Why Does the Self-Employment Rate Vary Across Countries and Over Time?

Acs, Zoltán J; Audretsch, David B; Evans, David S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

There is a tremendous diversity in the level and time-series pattern of the self-employment rate across countries. After documenting this fact with cross-section and time-series data on industrialized and lesser-developed countries, this paper presents and tests a series of hypotheses concerning...

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