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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Empirical Microeconomics"”.
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Essays in Empirical Microeconomics
… Distribution: Evidence from China, provides an empirical estimation of the effects of minimum wages using a Chinese household survey. I introduce new instrumental variables, relating to transport costs and local productivity, to control for the potential median wage endogeneity. The instrument …
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Essays in empirical microeconomics
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1995.
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Essays in empirical microeconomics
… thesis consists of three essays addressing open empirical questions in applied microeconomics. Chapter 1 attempts to quantify the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture. I use historical data on past yearly weather fluctuations and crop yields to measure the effect of these weather …
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Essays in Empirical Microeconomics and Finance
… decision. The paper tries to reconcile the empirical evidence with theoretical predictions, and investigates a number of different channels. It proposes a rather novel, nevertheless theory consistent interpretation for the evidence found. The paper argues that Italian individuals living with …
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Three Essays in Development Economics
… I explore these issues in my research through empirical microeconomics and impact evaluation.
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Microeconometric Essays on Entrepreneurship
This dissertation empirically analyzes decisions taken to support the growth of small, young, entrepreneurial firms. It is a collection of three Microeconometric essays. These papers broadly fit within the field of Behavioral Empirical Microeconomics as they analyze the beliefs and biases of …
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Inequality in Political Representation
In many countries the near-universal right to vote in elections has been a core attribute of their democratic institutions for decades, and in some cases over a century. However, the political experience of many of these very countries over the past decade have often alternated between apathy and …