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Papers by Diana Weinhold
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
Abstract: Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via th... more Abstract: Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via their risk reducing mechanisms. However there has been little study of the relative importance of these two channels in how individuals choose between simultaneously extant institutions. This ...
Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization, 2003
C. The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade Caroline L. Freund and Diana Weinhol... more C. The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade Caroline L. Freund and Diana Weinhold1 1. Introduction News about the Internet ... lower panel of Table 2 presents the same statistics for developing countries, defined as countries with 1995 per-capita income below ...
This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname durin... more This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname during 19901994 using household survey data. We examine not only the apparent macroeconomic correlation between high inflation and income distribution, but also the micro-level ...
The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to Board's home page International Finance Discus... more The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to Board's home page International Finance Discussion Papers. The International Finance Discussion Papers logo links to the International Finance Discussion Papers home page, ...
The recent growth of soybean cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon has been unprecedented, even as ... more The recent growth of soybean cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon has been unprecedented, even as the debate continues over its economic and environmental consequences. Based on contemporary datasets as well as our own field studies, this paper examines the social and economic costs and benefits of increases in soybean production for local populations. After presenting some background information on the
This paper approaches the question of the costs of everyday residential noise pollution by examin... more This paper approaches the question of the costs of everyday residential noise pollution by examining a series of ‘happiness regressions.’ We control for the possibility that an unobservable characteristic (which we denote ‘complainer type’) may lead people both to complain more and cause them to declare themselves to be less happy. We further control for the possibility that a standard
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
ABSTRACT Economic reform in China has created a small but fast-growing private sector that has sp... more ABSTRACT Economic reform in China has created a small but fast-growing private sector that has spurred rapid productivity growth. Growth of the private sector is predicated upon continued labor movements away from state-run industries and into private firms. This paper presents a theory of labor market sectoral choice demonstrating that three factors determine private sector labor supply--the difference in wages between the state and private sectors, private sector wage risk and risk aversion. Estimation of the model using survey data provides strong support for the theory. We find that the riskiness of private sector earnings has a greater effect in discouraging workers from taking jobs in private firms than the wage premium has in attracting workers.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
We examine whether income inequality explains innovation across countries. The mechanism could be... more We examine whether income inequality explains innovation across countries. The mechanism could be twofold: first, a large middle class could have an impact on institutions, including intellectual property rights (IPRs), which could in turn affect innovation. Second, ...
World Development, 1998
This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname durin... more This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname during 19901994 using household survey data. We examine not only the apparent macroeconomic correlation between high inflation and income distribution, but also the micro-level ...
Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are a largely avoidable and costly burden on public health sys... more Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are a largely avoidable and costly burden on public health systems. Accurate estimates of the costs of HAI are necessary to gauge the cost efficiency of alternative infection control measures, but are traditionally very difficult to compute. In particular, existing studies of the costs of HAI do not take into account the possible endogeneity bias between the risk of HAI and the length of stay in the hospital, and thus may over-estimate costs. We propose a multi-stage instrumental variables estimation strategy that explictly controls for the endogeneity between risk and length of stay and find that a ten point reduction in ex ante risk of HAI results in an expected savings of $1,800.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2013
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
Abstract: Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via th... more Abstract: Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via their risk reducing mechanisms. However there has been little study of the relative importance of these two channels in how individuals choose between simultaneously extant institutions. This ...
Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization, 2003
C. The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade Caroline L. Freund and Diana Weinhol... more C. The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade Caroline L. Freund and Diana Weinhold1 1. Introduction News about the Internet ... lower panel of Table 2 presents the same statistics for developing countries, defined as countries with 1995 per-capita income below ...
This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname durin... more This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname during 19901994 using household survey data. We examine not only the apparent macroeconomic correlation between high inflation and income distribution, but also the micro-level ...
The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to Board's home page International Finance Discus... more The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to Board's home page International Finance Discussion Papers. The International Finance Discussion Papers logo links to the International Finance Discussion Papers home page, ...
The recent growth of soybean cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon has been unprecedented, even as ... more The recent growth of soybean cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon has been unprecedented, even as the debate continues over its economic and environmental consequences. Based on contemporary datasets as well as our own field studies, this paper examines the social and economic costs and benefits of increases in soybean production for local populations. After presenting some background information on the
This paper approaches the question of the costs of everyday residential noise pollution by examin... more This paper approaches the question of the costs of everyday residential noise pollution by examining a series of ‘happiness regressions.’ We control for the possibility that an unobservable characteristic (which we denote ‘complainer type’) may lead people both to complain more and cause them to declare themselves to be less happy. We further control for the possibility that a standard
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
ABSTRACT Economic reform in China has created a small but fast-growing private sector that has sp... more ABSTRACT Economic reform in China has created a small but fast-growing private sector that has spurred rapid productivity growth. Growth of the private sector is predicated upon continued labor movements away from state-run industries and into private firms. This paper presents a theory of labor market sectoral choice demonstrating that three factors determine private sector labor supply--the difference in wages between the state and private sectors, private sector wage risk and risk aversion. Estimation of the model using survey data provides strong support for the theory. We find that the riskiness of private sector earnings has a greater effect in discouraging workers from taking jobs in private firms than the wage premium has in attracting workers.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
We examine whether income inequality explains innovation across countries. The mechanism could be... more We examine whether income inequality explains innovation across countries. The mechanism could be twofold: first, a large middle class could have an impact on institutions, including intellectual property rights (IPRs), which could in turn affect innovation. Second, ...
World Development, 1998
This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname durin... more This paper examines the distributional consequences of a high inflation episode in Suriname during 19901994 using household survey data. We examine not only the apparent macroeconomic correlation between high inflation and income distribution, but also the micro-level ...
Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are a largely avoidable and costly burden on public health sys... more Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are a largely avoidable and costly burden on public health systems. Accurate estimates of the costs of HAI are necessary to gauge the cost efficiency of alternative infection control measures, but are traditionally very difficult to compute. In particular, existing studies of the costs of HAI do not take into account the possible endogeneity bias between the risk of HAI and the length of stay in the hospital, and thus may over-estimate costs. We propose a multi-stage instrumental variables estimation strategy that explictly controls for the endogeneity between risk and length of stay and find that a ten point reduction in ex ante risk of HAI results in an expected savings of $1,800.