Occupational choice in early industrializing societies: Experimental evidence on the income and health effects of industrial and entrepreneurial work
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- Christopher Blattman & Stefan Dercon, 2016. "Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work," NBER Working Papers 22683, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Blattman, Christopher J. & Dercon, Stefan, 2016. "Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work," IZA Discussion Papers 10255, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Christopher Blattman & Stefan Dercon, 2016. "Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work," Working Papers id:11361, eSocialSciences.
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cash transfers; employment; entrepreneurship; factories; field experiment; wage labor;JEL classification:
- F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2016-10-23 (Africa)
- NEP-HEA-2016-10-23 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2016-10-23 (Informal & Underground Economics)
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