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Weekly links November 1: Wage subsidies in South Africa, the Amazing Growth of Nigeria, and Mobility Measurement

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Submitted by David McKenzie On Fri, 11/01/2013
I guess people were more focused on scaring up candy than writing this week, but a few interesting links:
 
  • Neil Rankin summarizes early results from a wage subsidy program in South Africa [1] on Econ 3x3: “Incentives to create employment for young people are unlikely to generate the large numbers of jobs required to substantially reduce youth unemployment rates. But they do seem like a relatively cheap and effective way to create some employment, particularly when compared to other government schemes”
  • Nigeria’s economy is predicted to grow 40% in one day [2] when the revision in GDP numbers comes through – from Quartz
  • The research group is in the process of updating our webpages to make it easier for us to keep them up-to-date and easier for people to find things on them. You can check out mine here [3] – which includes a newly accepted paper on how to measure mobility when all you have is repeated cross-sections [4].
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Links:
[1] http://www.econ3x3.org/article/impact-youth-employment-incentives-and-wage-subsidies-results-trial-run
[2] http://qz.com/139051/nigerias-economy-is-about-to-grow-40-in-one-day/#139051/nigerias-economy-is-about-to-grow-40-in-one-day/
[3] https://sites.google.com/site/decrgdmckenzie/
[4] https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9C9RwWKZrUNYklUdnNjMXdPcmc
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