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Monday Lunch Seminars Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota)
Monday Lunch Seminars Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota)
"Analyzing the Influence of Occupational Licensing Duration on Labor Market Outcomes" ABSTRACT We analyze the labor market influence of the duration of occupational licensing statutes for eleven major universally licensed occupations in the U.S. Time from the start of state occupational licensing (i.e. licensing duration) may matter in influencing labor market outcomes. States usually enact…
Seminars in Economics Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim)
Seminars in Economics Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim)
"Does Extending Unemployment Benefits Improve Job Quality?" abstract Contrary to standard search model predictions, prior studies failed to estimate a positive effectof unemployment insurance (UI) on reemployment wages. This paper estimates a positive UIwage effect exploiting an age-based regression discontinuity in Austrian administrative data. Asearch model incorporating duration dependence determines the UI wage effect as…
Seminars in Economics David McAdams (Duke University)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Gaetan de Rassenfosse (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lousanne)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Gaetan de Rassenfosse (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lousanne)
"R&D offshoring and home industry productivity" abstract We examine the conditions under which offshoring research and development (R&D) activities can benefit home country industry. The analysis uses comprehensive patent based indicator of R&D offshoring and considers industry-level data covering 2-digit manufacturing sectors across 18 OECD countries between 1981 and 2007. We tackle the issue of…
Distinguished Scientific Lectures Inauguration Ceremony Academic Year 2015-2016
Distinguished Scientific Lectures Inauguration Ceremony Academic Year 2015-2016
Inauguration Lecture by Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto