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A New Spatial Hedonic Equilibrium in the Emerging Work-from-Home Economy?
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021 This paper studies the impacts of work from home (WFH) in the housing market from both intercity and intracity perspectives. Our results confirm the theoretical prediction that WFH puts downward pressure on housing prices and rents in high-productivity ...
J. Brueckner +2 more
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Commuting, Migration and Local Employment Elasticities
The American Economic Review, 2015 We provide theory and evidence that the elasticity of local employment to a labor demand shock is heterogeneous depending on the commuting openness of the local labor market.
F. Monte, S. Redding, E. Rossi-Hansberg
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Leadership in Social Movements: Evidence from the “Forty-Eighters” in the Civil War
The American Economic Review, 2021 This paper studies the role of leaders in the social movement against slavery that culminated in the US Civil War. Our analysis is organized around a natural experiment: leaders of the failed German revolution of 1848–1849 were expelled to the United ...
C. Dippel, Stephan Heblich
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Jobs' Amenability to Working from Home: Evidence from Skills Surveys for 53 Countries
EconomiA, 2020 We use skills surveys from 53 countries to estimate jobs’ amenability to working from home (WFH). Our measure combines data on self-reported jobs’ characteristics and home internet access into a standardized measure. We find that jobs’ amenability to WFH
Maho Hatayama +2 more
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Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021 This paper studies how birth town migration networks affected long-run location decisions during historical US migration episodes. We develop a new method to estimate the strength of migration networks for each receiving and sending location.
B. Stuart, E. Taylor
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the United States
Social Science Research Network, 2020 Immigrants can expand labor supply and compete for jobs with native-born workers. But immigrants may also start new firms, expanding labor demand.
Pierre Azoulay +3 more
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Keeping Up with “The Joneses”: Reference-Dependent Choice with Social Comparisons [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2022 Keeping up with “The Joneses” matters. This paper examines a model of reference-dependent choice where reference points are determined by social comparisons.
Alastair Langtry
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The Relative Efficiency of Skilled Labor across Countries: Measurement and Interpretation
The American Economic Review, 2022 I study how the relative efficiency of high- and low-skill labor varies across countries. Using microdata for countries at different stages of development, I document that differences in relative quantities and wages are consistent with high-skill ...
Federico M. Rossi
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The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence Over 50 Years
Social Science Research Network, 2023 IZA DP No. 16442 SEPTEMBER 2023 The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence over 50 Years* Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide.
Paul Berbée, Jan Stuhler
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The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
Social Science Research Network, 2023 We study how random variation in the availability of highly educated, foreign-born workers impacts firm performance and recruitment behavior. We combine two rich data sources: 1) administrative employer-employee matched data from the US Census Bureau ...
Agostina Brinatti +4 more
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