A tractable approach to the firm location decision problem

P Guimaraes, O Figueirdo… - Review of Economics and …, 2003 - direct.mit.edu
The conditional logit model based on random utility maximization has provided an adequate
framework to model firm location decisions. However, in practice, the implementation of this …

The effect of immigration on wages in three European countries

A Zorlu, J Hartog - Journal of population economics, 2005 - Springer
We analyse the impact of immigrants on natives' wages from reduced form wage equations
for The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway. We find very small effects on natives' …

Students' expectations of the economic returns to college education: results of a controlled experiment

A Botelho, LC Pinto - Economics of education review, 2004 - Elsevier
We report the results of an experiment designed to elicit students' subjective beliefs about
the economic returns to college education. An important feature of our experimental design …

[PDF][PDF] Equidade e acesso aos cuidados de saúde

C Furtado, J Pereira - Lisboa: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública …, 2010 - researchgate.net
O conceito de acesso aos cuidados de saúde é um pilar fundamental das políticas de
saúde. No entanto, ao contrário do que se poderia pensar, trata-se de uma ideia complexa …

Testing static game theory with dynamic experiments: a case study of public goods

A Botelho, GW Harrison, LMC Pinto… - Games and Economic …, 2009 - Elsevier
Game theory provides predictions of behavior in many one-shot games. On the other hand,
most experimenters usually play repeated games with subjects, to provide experience. To …

Inequalities in health-related quality of life and the contribution from socioeconomic status: evidence from Tibet, China

JieAnNaMu, X Xu, H You, H Gu, J Gu, X Li, N Cui… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background This study aimed to understand the association between socioeconomic status
(SES) and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and the contribution of SES to health …

Hypothetical, real, and predicted real willingness to pay in open-ended surveys: experimental results

A Botelho, LC Pinto - Applied Economics Letters, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports the results of experiments designed to elicit, within a controlled laboratory
environment, hypothetical and real willingness to pay for an environmental educational …

Measuring skill: a multi-dimensional index

M Portela - Economics Letters, 2001 - Elsevier
Traditionally, skill is measured as one dimension of the worker's ability, usually schooling or
the blue/white collar nature of the job. I propose an intuitively appealing and flexible …

Differential mortality and inequalities in health services access in mainland Portugal

DG Vidal, M Pontes, ME Barreira, G Oliveira, RL Maia - Finisterra, 2018 - bdigital.ufp.pt
The guarantee of the right to health protection, with the priority of overcoming health
inequalities, is a main goal of the Portuguese national Health service. in this context, health …

The dynamics of job creation and destruction for University graduates: why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading

AR Cardoso, P Ferreira - Applied Economics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
A large matched employer–employee data set on the Portuguese economy is used to
analyse gross job creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other …