Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Wage Subsidies and the Labor Supply of Older People: Evidence from Singapore's Workfare Income Supplement Scheme

I currently completed and submitted to a journal a paper on the labour supply impact of a wage subsidy program for older workers. In particular, I looked at the impact of the Workfare Income Supplement Scheme in Singapore and found that the program increased the labour supply of women age 60 to 64 by 3.3 and 5.4 percentage points. This is the same paper I presented at the Asian Pacific Economies Seminar in May. You can find the paper on SSRN.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning: A case study in economics

I have completed and uploaded on SSRN a new version of my joint paper with JingPing Li on using Wikipedia in teaching economics.

Rural-Urban Migration and the Skill Wage Premium in Brazil: 1980-2000

I have uploaded a new version of my paper on rural-urban migration and the skill wage premium in Brazil. It is available on SSRN