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作者：Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Oxford
摘要：Do fixed geographic features such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavourable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanisation in Britain, but not in France. As urbanisation recovered, medieval towns were more often found in Roman-era town locations in France than in Britain. The resetting of Britain's urban network gave it better access ...
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作者：Rasul, Imran; Rogger, Daniel
作者单位：University of London; University College London; The World Bank
摘要：We study how the management practices bureaucrats operate under correlate with the quantity of public services delivered, using data from the Nigerian Civil Service. We have hand-coded independent engineering assessments of 4,700 project completion rates. We supplement this with a management survey in the bureaucracies responsible for these projects, building on Bloom and Van Reenen (). Management practices matter: increasing bureaucrats' autonomy is positively associated with completion rates...
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作者：Schnepel, Kevin T.
作者单位：University of Sydney; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：I estimate the impact of employment opportunities on recidivism among 1.7million offenders released from a California prison between 1993 and 2008. The institutional structure of the California criminal justice system as well as location, skill, and industry-specific job accession data provide a unique framework for identifying a causal effect of job availability on criminal behaviour. I find that increases in construction and manufacturing opportunities at the time of release are associated w...
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作者：Jessoe, Katrina; Manning, Dale T.; Taylor, J. Edward
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis; Colorado State University System; Colorado State University Fort Collins
摘要：This article evaluates the effects of annual fluctuations in weather on employment in rural Mexico to gain insight into the potential labour market implications of climate change. Using a 28-year panel on individual employment, we find that years with a high occurrence of heat lead to a reduction in local employment, particularly for wage work and non-farm labour. Extreme heat also increases migration domestically from rural to urban areas and internationally to the US. A medium emissions scen...
