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Amarasinghe, Ashani; Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; … - 2020

This paper analyzes the role of networks in the spatial diffusion of local economic shocks in Africa. We show that road and ethnic connectivity are particularly important factors for diffusing economic spillovers over longer distances. We then determine the key players, i.e., which districts are...

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Nowcasting business cycles using toll data

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for … business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation … coincident with production activity due to the prevalence of just-in-time delivery. The Toll Index is a good early indicator of …

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Legislative term limits and state aid to local governments

Yakovlev, Pavel; Tosun, Mehmet S.; Lewis, William P. - 2012

state government spending, but no significant positive effect on state education, health, transportation or welfare …

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Stuck in the Slow Lane: Traffic Composition and the Measurement of Labor Productivity in the U.S. Trucking Industry

Boyer, Kenneth D.; Burks, Stephen V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

impressive productivity gains. But it is easy to confuse true productivity advances in transportation industries with changes in … mid-20th century U.S. railroads. This is due to the fact that transportation has vastly different productivities in …

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Legislative Term Limits and State Aid to Local Governments

Yakovlev, Pavel; Tosun, Mehmet S.; Lewis, William P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

state government spending, but no significant positive effect on state education, health, transportation or welfare …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541275

Nowcasting Business Cycles Using Toll Data

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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Dual Circulation and Population Mobility during the Pandemic in China

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Tran, Trang My; Yu, Lamont Bo - 2022

results show that except for some periods of intense mobility restrictions, relative to travel patterns in 2019, mobility in …

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Filling the Gap: The Consequences of Collaborator Loss in Corporate R&D

Pöge, Felix; Gaessler, Fabian; Hoisl, Karin; Harhoff, … - 2022

We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the remaining collaborators not only by reducing their team-specific capital (as argued in the prior literature) but also by increasing their bargaining power over the employer, who is...

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The Effect of Labor Market Shocks across the Life Cycle

Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2022

shocks across the life cycle on labor market outcomes and major life decisions: human capital investment, mobility, family …

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The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers: Evidence from a Randomized Lottery

Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan Gatewood - 2022

The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...

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