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Sociological ScienceWe investigate how unemployment insurance generosity impacts reemployment and economic precarity by family type. With Swiss longitudinal administrative data and a regression discontinuity design using potential benefit duration, we examine differences ...
Ursina Kuhn +4 more
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Coresidence: How parental characteristics matter
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Coresidence in the parental home is known to depend on young adult characteristics and market conditions, but there is more limited knowledge on whether or how parental characteristics matter. We model the coresidence outcome as a multigenerational joint optimization decision and use Panel Study of Income Dynamics data to examine the ...
Arthur Acolin +2 more
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Unemployment vs. Mismatch of Talents: Reconsidering Unemployment Benefits [PDF]
We develop an equilibrium search-matching model with risk-neutral agents and two-sided ex-ante heterogeneity Unemployment insurance has the standard effect of reducing employment, but also helps workers to get a suitable job.
Fabrizio Zilibotti, Ramon Marimon
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How much are you willing to pay to avoid lockdowns? Evidence from the real estate market
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, numerous countries implemented lockdowns. In Victoria, Australia, a unique two‐tier system was employed, segregating areas with a Ring of Steel boundary and imposing additional restrictions within. This study focuses on the impact of lockdowns on housing prices and rents, exploring whether people are ...
Jian Liang, Chyi Lin Lee, Qiang Li
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How kin help with parental investments
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Aliya Hamid Rao
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
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Productivity Gains from Unemployment Insurance [PDF]
This paper argues that unemployment insurance increases labor productivity by encouraging workers to seek higher productivity jobs, and by encouraging firms to create those jobs. We use a quantitative general equilibrium model to investigate whether this
Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer
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Alloparenting the investment child: A reply to responses
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Nina Bandelj
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Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
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Export Credit Agencies and the Privilege of Wealth in Global Value Chain Participation
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public export credit agencies (ECAs) facilitate global trade by offering insurance to protect against the risk of non‐payment, provided minimum local content was produced. With the rise of global value chains (GVCs), exports often contain limited national content, and some ECAs argue that ‘national interest’ is more important.
Michael Creighton +3 more
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