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Migrant networks and trade : the Vietnamese boat people as a natural experiment

Parsons, Christopher A.; Vézina, Pierre-Louis - 2016

during which time the US imposed a complete trade embargo on Vietnam. Following the lifting of trade restrictions in 1994, US … exports to Vietnam grew most in US States with larger Vietnamese populations, themselves the result of larger refugee inflows …

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The impact of education on unemployment incidence and re-employment success : evidence from the US labour market

Riddell, William Craig; Song, Xueda - 2011

education, we make use of data on compulsory schooling laws and child labour laws as well as conscription risk in the Vietnam … ; labour market transitions ; unemployment ; causal effects ; compulsory schooling laws ; child labour laws ; Vietnam War draft …

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Drawn into violence : evidence on "what makes a criminal" from the Vietnam draft lotteries

Lindo, Jason M.; Stoecker, Charles - 2010

Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military … used to draft servicemen. -- crime ; violence ; military ; two-sample IV ; Vietnam War …

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Long-term economic consequences of Vietnam-era conscription : schooling, experience and earnings

Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor); … - 2008

these channels are likely to affect civilian earnings. New estimates of the effects of military service using Vietnam … substantial earnings losses for white Vietnam veterans in the 1970s and 1980s. The recent estimates also point to a marked … increase in post-secondary schooling that appears to be attributable to the Vietnam-era GI Bill. Seen through the lens of a …

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US Presidential Party switches are mirrored in global maternal mortality

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2021

We provide estimates of impacts on maternal mortality of swings in US aid for family planning and maternal health driven by switches in implementation of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) with US Presidential Party. The GGR is a pro-life policy that prohibits aid to overseas non-governmental...

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Recent trends in occupational segregation by gender : a look across the Atlantic

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2002

In this paper, we analyse the recent patterns of occupational segregation by gender in the EU countries vis-à-vis the US. Given the lack of long time-series data on homogeneous LFS data about occupations and educational attainments for male and female workers in EU countries, we use a single...

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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.

Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016

In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line...

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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US

Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016

Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...

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Is the gender pay gap in the US just the result of gender segregation at work?

Meara, Katie; Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan D. - 2017

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is significantly greater than previously supposed. For the wage gap this...

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How deep is your love? : a quantitative spatial analysis of the transatlantic trade partnership

Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2015

This paper explores the quantitative consequences of transatlantic trade liberalization envisioned in a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union. Our key innovation is to develop a new quantitative spatial trade model and to use an...

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