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Identification via completeness for discrete covariates and orthogonal polynomials

Kovchegov, Yevgeniy; Yıldız, Neşe - 2012

We solve a class of identification problems for nonparametric and semiparametric models when the endogenous covariate is discrete with unbounded support. Then we proceed with an approach that resolves a polynomial basis problem for the above class of discrete distributions, and for the...

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Euler Equation Estimation on Micro Data

Alan, Sule; Atalay, Kadir; Crossley, Thomas F. - 2012

schemes, and the effectiveness of alternative estimation strategies. The first-order Euler equation leads to biased estimates …

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Italy: Immigration and the evolution of populism

Pieroni, Luca; Roig, Melcior Rosselló; Salmasi, Luca - 2021

We estimate the impact of immigration on the upsurge of populism in Italy. Our data considers electoral results at … research point toward a positive impact of the share of migrants on the rise of right-wing populist parties. According to our … capitalizes the most out of the anti-immigration. The size of the effect for Lega raises to 6.41 percentage points. We explore the …

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New flight regimes and exposure to aircraft noise: Identifying housing price effects using a ratio-of-ratios approach

Boes, Stefan; Nüesch, Stephan - 2009

In October 2003, a new flight regime was introduced at Zurich airport that significantly changed the levels of noise pollution in surrounding communities. We investigate the impact of the new flight policy on apartment prices using a hedonic price model and a non-linear difference-in-differences...

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Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?

Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012

We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling reforms, implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals aged 50+ from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE),...

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Early tracking and the misfortune of being young

Schneeweis, Nicole; Zweimüller, Martina - 2009

In the Austrian (as well as the German) education system students have to choose between different school tracks at the age of 10. We argue that early tracking creates inefficiencies because the earlier the track choice has to be made, the more it is influenced by factors other than innate...

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The impact of immigration on the wage distribution in Switzerland

Favre, Sandro - 2011

low skill occupations. Basic economic theory thus suggests that immigration has led to a compression of the wage …

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Immigration and crime in early 20th century America

Moehling, Carolyn; Piehl, Anne Morrison - 2007

lower rates of involvement in criminal activity than natives. The earliest studies of immigration and crime conducted at the …

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Immigration, fertility and human capital: A model of economic decline of the West

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2010

I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous … low-skilled workers lose from unskilled immigration even if the indigenous lowskilled workers do not finance …

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Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000

Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...

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