We assess whether imperfect knowledge of labor regulation hinders job creation at small and medium-sized firms. partner with a law expert organization that provides information about via newsletters access to specialized website. randomly assign 1,800 firms get this service for 21-week period. Six months later, the average employment level treatment was 12 percent higher than control The interv...

We consider a Rebelo (1991) type model of endogenous growth in which the environmental quality positively affects the rate of human capital accumulation and the environmental quality itself is positively affected by human capital accumulation and is negatively affected by physical capital accumulation. We analyse the effects of taxation on the steady state equilibrium growth rate in this model....

We study how search frictions in the labor market affect firms’ ability to recruit talented workers. In a field experiment Ethiopia, we show that an employer can attract more applicants by offering small monetary incentive for making job application. Estimates from structural model suggest intervention is effective because cost of application large, and positively correlated with jobseeker abil...

We study the effect of political ideology on sustainable development, measured as investment in genuine wealth, in a dynamic panel of 79 countries between 1981 and 2013. We find that a switch from a left-wing or centrist government to a right-wing government has a robust positive and statistically significant effect on investment in genuine wealth. We find no evidence of opportunistic cycles in...

Quintuple perovskites Sm2Ba3Fe5-xCoxO15-δ (x ​= ​0.5, 1.0 and 1.5) have been prepared by glycerin-nitrate technique in air. The phase purity was confirmed XRD. Partial substitution of Co for Fe decreases the oxygen content thus mean oxidation state 3d-metals. It also slightly thermal expansion coefficient oxides. Positive value Seebeck p-type conductivity, though thermopower as increases. tempe...

The economic consequences of large-scale government investments in education depend on the general equilibrium (GE) effects in both the labor market and the education sector. I develop a general equilibrium model and derive sufficient statistics that capture the consequences of such massive countrywide schooling initiatives. I provide unbiased estimates of the sufficient statistics using a Regr...

Increases in the minimum wage can substantially reduce earnings inequality. To demonstrate this, we combine administrative and survey data with an equilibrium model of Brazilian labor market. We find that a 128 percent increase real Brazil between 1996 2018 had far-reaching spillover effects on wages higher up distribution. The increased accounts for 45 large fall inequality over this period. A...

I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or serve as a control group. League players faced variation contact, through random assignment homogeneous-caste mixed-caste teams, opponents. Collaborative contact increases cross-caste friendships efficiency trade, reduces own-caste f...