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The Power of Hydroelectric Dams : Agglomeration Spillovers

Severnini, Edson R. - 2014

How much of the geographic clustering of economic activity is attributable to agglomeration spillovers as opposed to … attenuated, suggesting the presence of important agglomeration spillovers. Over a 50 year horizon, I estimate that at least one … half of the long run effect of pre-1950 dams is due to spillovers. The estimated short and long run effects are highly …

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Inter-City Spillover and Intra-City Agglomeration Effects Among Local Labour Markets in China

Gong, Xiaodong - 2019

We examine how city size affect wage levels of cities (agglomeration externality) and how it influence surrounding cities (spill-over effect) in China for the period between 1995 and 2009. Using spatial fixed-effect panel data models and allowing for endogenous and exogenous spatial dependence,...

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Spatial Spillovers of Conflict in Somalia

Alfano, Marco; Cornelißen, Thomas - 2022

others – human capital to far-away conflict. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that spatial spillovers add an …

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Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?

Faber, Riemer P. - 2012

This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to use the grant. If these costs are substantial,...

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Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods

Feler, Leo - 2016

We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing import competition from China experience relative declines in housing prices and business...

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Political Spillovers of Workplace Democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Le, Thi - 2022

While works councils provide a highly developed mechanism to promote workplace democracy, research on their consequences has been dominated by economic aspects. This study brings a new perspective to the understanding of works councils by examining their influence on workers political behavior....

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Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension Across Generations : Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes

Kaufmann, Katja; Özdemir, Yasemin; Ye, Han - 2022

We study the impact of grandparental retirement decisions on family members' labor supply and child outcomes by exploiting a Dutch pension reform in a fuzzy Regression Discontinuity design. A one-hour increase in grandmothers' hours worked causes adult daughters with young children to work half...

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Intergenerational Spillovers of Integration Policies : Evidence from Finland S Integration Plans

Pesola, Hanna; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2022

This paper shows that an integration policy aimed at unemployed adult immigrants generated positive spillovers for …

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Sibling Spillovers and the Choice to Get Vaccinated : Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Humlum, Maria Knoth; Morthorst, Marius; Thingholm, … - 2022

We investigate the effects of the introduction of a population-wide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program on the vaccine take-up of the targeted group of 15-year-old girls and their older sisters. For identification, we rely on a regression discontinuity design and high-quality Danish...

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Brothers in Arms : Spillovers from a Draft Lottery

Bingley, Paul - 2017

Family members tend to have similar labor market outcomes, but measuring the contribution of behavioral spillovers is … difficult. To identify spillovers between brothers, we exploit Denmark's largest random assignment – of young men to 8 months of … military service – where service status of brothers is correlated but draft lottery numbers are not. We find average spillovers …

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