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New CEPR Discussion Paper DP17257
Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings: Evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden
Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick Department of Economics), Martin Karlsson (Universität Duisburg-Essen, CINCH) Therese Nilsson (Lund University), Nina Schwarz (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
http://ow.ly/xI0g50ITAyk
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New CEPR Discussion Paper DP17256
Health and Labor Market Impacts of Twin Birth : Evidence from a Swedish IVF Policy Mandate
Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick Department of Economics), Damian Clarke (Universidad de Chile), Hanna Muhlrad (IFAU), Mårten Palme (Stockholm University)
http://ow.ly/1gwR50ITe2E
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New CEPR Discussion Paper DP17255
Fertility and Labor Market Responses to Reductions in Mortality
Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick Department of Economics), Atheendar Venkataramani (Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania), Lab Selma Walther (University of Sussex)
http://ow.ly/r8ue50ISs5U
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New CEPR Discussion Paper DP17254
Dynamic impacts of lockdown on domestic violence: Evidence from multiple policy shifts in Chile
Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick Department of Economics), Damian Clarke (Universidad de Chile)
http://ow.ly/tuRg50ISrJa
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New CEPR Discussion Paper DP17253
The Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap: An Equilibrium Model
Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick Department of Economics), Manuel Fernández (Universidad de Los Andes - Venezuela | Sitio Oficial) Fan Wang (University of Houston)
http://ow.ly/XE7350ISpF2
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17203
Identity-Based Elections
Helios Herrera (Warwick Department of Economics), Ravideep Sethi (The University of Utah)
http://ow.ly/gEeV50IGlYn
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17189
Missing women in colonial India
Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick), James Fenske (University of Warwick), Cora Neumann (Warwick Department of Economics)
http://ow.ly/czUr50IEOAf
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17168
Political Activists as Free-Riders: Evidence From a Natural Field Experiment
Anselm Hager (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Lukas Hensel (Peking University, University of Oxford), Johannes Hermle (LinkedIn), Christopher Roth (Warwick Department of Economics)
http://ow.ly/xAcg50IzrCo
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17160
The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy: A Double-Edged Sword
Raphael Franck (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Oded Galor (Brown University), Omer Moav (Warwick Department of Economics & אוניברסיטת רייכמן – הבינתחומי הרצליה), Ömer Özak (SMU)
http://ow.ly/5xXZ50IxV5v
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From farms to offices: Measuring the role of human capital for structural transformation
Tommaso Porzio (Columbia Business School), Federico Rossi (Warwick Department of Economics)
28 March 2022
Traditional theories explain structural transformation by the decline in the relative demand for over the last two centuries. This column focuses on the ‘human side’ and argues that the relative supply of labour is another important driver. Using data for 52 countries, it shows that an increase in schooling led to a sharp reduction in the agricultural labour supply by equipping younger cohorts with skills more valued outside of agriculture and making them be less willing to stay on the farm. Governments might consider to accelerate the process of structural transformation, and thus economic .
http://ow.ly/o33c50IwpkG
Economic warfare and Mançur Olson: Insights for great power conflict
Mark Harrison (Warwick Department of Economics)
25 March 2022
, including blockades of essential goods and bombings of industry, was widely used in but with limited impact. This column explores Mançur Olson’s explanation, which is underpinned by the elementary economic concept of substitution. Olson argued that there are no essential goods; there are only essential uses, which can generally be supplied in many ways. This has sweeping implications for the use of economic , which can be applied to the present context of ’s aggression against .
http://ow.ly/52hc50IsEyy
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17111
Monitoring the Economy in Real Time: Trends and Gaps in Real Activity and Prices
Thomas Hasenzagl (University of Minnesota Twin Cities), Filippo Pellegrino (LSE Department of Economics), Lucrezia Reichlin (London Business School), Giovanni Ricco (Warwick Department of Economics)
http://ow.ly/mqLM50IjPIB