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The Walker Effect: Evaluating the Economic Impact of Right-to-Work Laws in Wisconsin
(Georgetown University, 2019)
It is widely believed that right-to-work laws produce adverse outcomes for workers. For instance, it is well documented that these type of policy interventions weaken labor unions by limiting their funding sources to workers ...
The Price of Remittances: Do High Transaction Costs Depress Transfers?
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The costs of sending international remittances are high, and the international community has committed to the reduction of remittance prices via targets set by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ...
Effects of Technology on the Labor Force: Firms’ Adoption of Personal Computers and Changes in Their Workforce Size in Central Asia
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The effect of technological innovations on labor market outcomes has been widely studied. According to a recent World Bank report, 1.8 billion jobs in developing countries are at risk of being automated. However, little ...
The Role of Sibling Sex-Composition in Female Labor Force Participation
(Georgetown University, 2019)
This paper examines the extent to which sibling sex-composition affects female labor supply in Nepal. Women's economic activity is essential not only to promote economic growth but also to improve women's well-being and ...
Health Care Costs and Barriers to Entry: Do Labor Market Regulations for Nursing Have a Relationship with State-Level Health Care Costs?
(Georgetown University, 2019)
U.S. healthcare costs are rising at an alarming rate. While this paper mentions healthcare market effects, the focus of this paper is on the supply side, specifically regulations that affect the number of healthcare staff. ...
The Counterattack of Outliers: Minority, Divided Government, and the Changing Effect of Institutional Veto Power on Trade Policy Ratification in the Digital Media Era
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Different governments have different motives to shape a bilateral trade policy, either to gain political benefits or to avoid political costs. In digital era, public opinion on social media platforms play perhaps increasingly ...
The Financial Services Industry in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands: An Analysis of Government Finances and Global Implications
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Based on the existing literature within the realm of Shadow Banking and the Financial Services Industry, this thesis addresses how domestic policy and international regulation/intervention in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, ...