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Migration, risk and the intra-household allocation of labor in El Salvador
Halliday, Timothy J. (contributor) - 2008
We use panel data from El Salvador and investigate the intra-household allocation of labor as a risk-coping strategy. Adverse agricultural productivity shocks both increased male migration to the US and male agricultural labor supply. This is not a contradiction if there were non-monotonic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656903
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The value relevance of top executive departures : evidence from the Netherlands
Cools, Cornelis (contributor); Praag, Mirjam van (contributor) - 2007
On theoretical grounds, monitoring of top executives by the (supervisory) board is expected to be value relevant. The empirical evidence is ambiguous and we analyze three non-competing explanations for this ambiguity: (i) The positive effect on firm value of board monitoring is hidden in stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561623
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Implementing the panel event study
Clarke, Damian; Tapia Schythe, Kathya - 2020
Many studies estimate the impact of exposure to some quasi-experimental policy or event using a panel event study design. These models, as a generalized extension of 'difference-in-differences' or two-way fixed effect models, allow for dynamic lags and leads to the event of interest to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256137
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The impacts of paid family leave benefits : regression kink evidence from California administrative data
Bana, Sarah; Bedard, Kelly; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2018
administrative data from California together with a regression kink (RK) design to estimate the causal impacts of benefits in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810214
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Labor market conditions and post-reform declines in welfare receipt among immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001
lowered immigrant participation, and others have argued that this is true only in California. This paper analyzes the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403338
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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? : evidence from heart attack patients in California
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My results indicate that uninsured patients have an economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533985
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The changing profile of Mexican migrants to the United States : new evidence from California and Mexico
Cornelius, Wayne A. (contributor);  … - 2000
Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009520497
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Effects of recent minimum wage policies in California and nationwide : initial results from a pre-specified analysis plan
Neumark, David; Yen, Maysen - 2020
Many U.S. cities have recently increased their minimum wages, especially in California. We report results from carrying … employment effects, in our analysis of California cities we find a hint of negative employment effects, but the estimates are …. In our panel data analyses of all California or national local minimum wages, there is evidence pointing to declines in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012193831
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Exponent of cross-sectional dependence : estimation and inference
Bailey, Natalia; Kapetanios, George; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2012
An important issue in the analysis of cross-sectional dependence which has received renewed interest in the past few years is the need for a better understanding of the extent and nature of such cross dependencies. In this paper we focus on measures of cross-sectional dependence and how such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530816
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Give me your wired and your highly skilled : measuring the impact of immigration policy on employers and shareholders
Lin, Carl - 2011
The paper links finance theory to labor economics and political economy in the context of migration and immigration policy. Most research treating the impact of immigration has focused on the consequences for employees as measured by wages, earnings, and employment. Less is known about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308050