Jewish occupational attainment in the antebellum United States: Filling a gap in the literature
This paper is concerned with analyzing the occupational attainment of American Jewish men compared to other free men in the mid-19th century.
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Not Incentivized Yet Efficient: Working From Home in the Public Sector
This paper studies whether working from home (WFH) affects workers’ performance in public sector jobs. Studying public sector initiatives allows us to establish baseline estimates on the impact of...
Pandemics, Poverty, and Social Cohesion: Lessons from the Past and Possible Solutions for COVID-19
Remi Jedwab (George Washington University), Amjad M. Khan (The World Bank),Richard Damania (The World Bank), Jason Russ (The World Bank), Esha D. Zaveri (The Wo
The Labor Market Attainment of Immigrants in the Antebellum United States
This paper analyzes the occupational status of adult White foreign-born men in the antebellum United States, compared to White native-born men, and among the....
Inelastic Demand Meets Optimal Supply of Risky Sovereign Bonds
We present evidence of inelastic demand in the market for risky sovereign bonds and examine how it affects government policies. We exploit monthly changes.....
US-Regional Agreements with Latin America – The Long and Unsuccessful Saga of CAFTA and the FTAA
As the trade negotiations within the FTAA region become more complicated with many more options for both the United States and its Latin American partners, it........
Exploring the Link Between Oil Prices and Tanker Rates
Given the secular and sharp rise in oil prices over the past decade, this study analyses the impact that the spike in oil prices has on tanker rates......
Does Land Use Regulation Lower the Average Price of Housing in Cities?
A substantial empirical literature finds a positive partial relation between indexes of land use regulations and differences in the asset price of housing among....
Institutions, International Financial Integration, and Output Growth
The paper investigates the long-run output effects of international financial integration, and in particular their dependence on a country’s institutions as...
Planning Regulations: Two Tests to Determine if We Have Confused the Cure With the Disease
Previous empirical research has demonstrated that indexes of urban planning restrictions are associated with higher housing prices. Some argue that this relation..