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The Impact of Public Transportation and Commuting on Urban Labour Markets: Evidence from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929-32
Seltzer, Andrew; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2021
London. The ability to commute alleviated urban crowding and increased workers’ choice of potential employers. Using GIS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658207
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Life satisfaction and air quality in Europe
Ferreira, Susana; Akay, Alpaslan; Brereton, Finbarr; … - 2012
Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we analyse the relationship between air quality and subjective well-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287692
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Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe
Ferreira, Susana; Akay, Alpaslan; Brereton, Finbarr; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we analyse the relationship between air quality and subjective well-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695865
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Impact of the 1999 earthquakes on the outcome of the 2002 parliamentary election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2008
the last decade or so, and not just the incumbents in 2002. The party in charge of the ministry responsible for earthquake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268575
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The Long-term Impact of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on Wage Distribution
Ohtake, Fumio; Okuyama, Naoko; Sasaki, Masaru; Yasui, Kengo - 2014
This paper explores the effects of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on the wages of people in the area of the … earthquake over the 17 years after its occurrence and identified which part of the wage distribution has been most affected by … that the negative impact of the earthquake still affects the mean wages of male workers. Second, the DFL decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352260
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Persistent impact of natural disasters on child nutrition and schooling: Evidence from the 1999 Colombian earthquake
Bustelo, Monserrat; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.; … - 2012
This paper studies the impact of the 1999 Colombian Earthquake on child nutrition and schooling. The identification … strategy combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of the earthquake, exploiting the exogenous … exposure of children to the shock. The paper uniquely identifies both the short- and medium-term impacts of the earthquake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282238
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How policy changes affect shareholder wealth: The case of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - 2011
This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. We exploit the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown of almost half of Germany's nuclear reactors while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285992
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The Long-term Impact of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on Wage Distribution
Ohtake, Fumio; Okuyama, Naoko; Sasaki, Masaru; Yasui, Kengo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper explores the effects of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on the wages of people in the area of the … earthquake over the 17 years after its occurrence and identified which part of the wage distribution has been most affected by … shows that the negative impact of the earthquake still affects the mean wages of male workers. Second, the DFL decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764591
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Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Sánchez, Rafael - 2018
There is a consensus in the literature on the relevance of the first 1,000 days since conception in the development of a child's cognitive and non-cognitive skills. However, little is known of the determinants of these skills at that age, as previous literature has focused on the effect of in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873456
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Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
the last decade or so, and not just the incumbents in 2002. The party in charge of the ministry responsible for earthquake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822154