A huge literature shows that childhood health and educational attainment are highly correlated. However, estimates for the effect of childhood health on educational attainment under risk generally confound the effect of liquidity constraints and of lack of insurance against risk. It is unclear...

This paper analyses how age at immigration to Sweden and getting a first foothold in the labor market is related. We estimate hazard rate models using registry data on all persons who arrived in each of the years 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002. The results show that the number of years taken to get...

Much of the information relevant to policy formulation for industrial development is held by the private sector, not by public officials. There is, therefore, fairly broad agreement in the development literature that some form of structured engagement - often referred to as close or strategic...

Around the world, no bigger policy challenge preoccupies leaders than expanding social participation in the process and benefits of economic growth. The report, which covers 109 economies, seeks to improve our understanding of how countries can use a diverse spectrum of policy incentives and...

We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...

Die vorliegende Arbeit füllt mehrere Lücken der Literatur im Bereich Bevölkerungsentwicklung und ökonomischer/struktureller Wandel. Der Schwerpunkt liegt hierbei auf Entwicklungsländern. Ausgehend von der Notwendigkeit Geburtenraten korrekter zu bestimmen um Bevölkerungsprognosen...

The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...

Die Sicherstellung von adäquaten Arbeitsbedingungen in Lieferketten ist Gegenstand einer intensiv geführten Debatte in der Wirtschaft, der Politik und der Zivilgesellschaft. Als Antwort auf die mit zunehmendem Nachdruck formulierten Forderungen, die sozialen Missstände bei Zulieferern zu...