Papers by Gabriela Galassi
Social Science Research Network, 2021
Bank of Canada staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress researc... more Bank of Canada staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research independently from the Bank's Governing Council. This research may support or challenge prevailing policy orthodoxy. Therefore, the views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and may differ from official Bank of Canada views. No responsibility for them should be attributed to the Bank.
Online job seekers in Canada: What can we learn from Bing job queries?
Staff Analytical Notes, 2019
Labour markets in Canada and around the world are evolving rapidly with the digital economy. Trad... more Labour markets in Canada and around the world are evolving rapidly with the digital economy. Traditional data are adapting gradually but are not yet able to provide timely information on this evolution.
First I would like to thank my supervisors, Juan Dolado and Árpád Ábrahám, for their support and ... more First I would like to thank my supervisors, Juan Dolado and Árpád Ábrahám, for their support and guidance during the last years. I feel extremely privileged and indebted for the luxury of having two great supervisors who were providing support and advice at all times. My gratitude also goes to Ana Rute Cardoso and Jan Stuhler, for accepting to be part of my thesis committee, and for their valuable comments which will improve the essays this thesis is comprised of. I am also very thankful to all faculty members of the Economics Department at the EUI, in particular for the valuable discussions with Jérôme Adda, Andrea Ichino, and Dominik Sachs. I am grateful to the sta members of Villa San Paolo, especially Sarah, Lucia, Jessica, Loredanna, Sonia and Antonella, for supporting my journey during the last years. A special thank goes to the professors at Université de Montréal (UdeM), who welcomed me warmely. My research has greatly beneted from the two years I have spent at UdeM, in particular from discussions with Baris Kaymak and Vasia Panousi. I am also grateful to Andriana Bellou, Christopher Rauh, Emmanuela Cardia and Immo Schott for their useful comments. This thesis would have not been possible without the comments and discussions during our meetings and presentations in the Macro Working Group and the Apaleados Working Group at the EUI, and the Discussion Group at UdeM. The last ve years would have not been the same without the valuable support, discussions and company of my friends and colleagues. Inés, Julie, Lian, Lorenzo, thank you very much for hosting me during extended periods and for making me feel at home. Gabriel, Nicolás, Luis, Zelda, Alejandro, Romina, my path and work would have not been the same without your comments and support. I am also giving my most sincere gratitude to my classmates and friends, especially Lukas and David, who are also my co-authors, and my friends at UdeM, Jonathan, David, Louphou and Hervé, from whom I received innumerable comments iii and advice that improved my papers. A special thanks goes to Lian and Inés who proofread my job market paper and did an impressive job supporting me during the job market. I am very indebted to Barbara, Anabel, Miguel and Narayan, without who I would not have made it through the past years in Canada. Finally, this thesis is dedicated to my family: to my mom, Gladys, who guides me from heaven and taught me that eort and education are the key to success, to my sister Vanesa, who manages to be there every second of my life despite the distance, always with the right word in the right time, to Gastón, for his huge support, to my gorgeous nephew Iñaki, who is an impressive light in my life, and to my grandmother Catalina, who teaches me everyday to keep going, and who supports and accompanies all my decisions. Above all, innite thanks to Reinhard. These pages abound with his contributions, and his support, kindness, and wisdom are crucial pillars for me.
Micro-emprendimientos y movilidad ocupacional en Argentina. El caso de la provincia de Córdoba
SSRN Electronic Journal
Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research pu... more Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.
This paper explores the profile of the Argentinean and Mexican middle classes during the most rec... more This paper explores the profile of the Argentinean and Mexican middle classes during the most recent crisis in both countries. It combines the perspectives of social vulnerability and class analysis theoretically underlying a “matrix of vulnerability and social classes.” The analysis used household surveys in Argentina for 1998 and 2003 and those in Mexico for 1994 and 1996. The results show that whereas the Mexican middle class was primarily affected during the “Tequila crisis” through its physical assets (housing conditions), in Argentina, education and the labor market were the main mechanisms affected by the 2001 crisis.Este trabajo explora el perfil de la clase media argentina y la mexicana durante las últimas crisis en ambos países. Se combinan las miradas de vulnerabilidad social y análisis de clase, subyaciendo teóricamente una “matriz vulnerabilidad-clases sociales”. El análisis emplea las encuestas de hogares de Argentina para 1998 y 2003 y México, 1994 y 1996. Se observa ...
Digital technologies have helped maintain economic activity while allowing people to remain physi... more Digital technologies have helped maintain economic activity while allowing people to remain physically distant throughout the COVID-19 crisis. This note shows that the number of online postings for jobs related to the production of digital technologies in Canada decreased less than the number for other jobs and recovered more quickly after lockdowns were lifted.
XI Jornadas Argentinas de Estudios de Población, 2011
En este trabajo, se estudia la realidad de los nuevos pobres, un grupo social de reciente constit... more En este trabajo, se estudia la realidad de los nuevos pobres, un grupo social de reciente constitución en Argentina, ex integrantes de la clase media que han caída por debajo de la línea de pobreza. En primer lugar, se exploran diferentes métodos para identificar a este grupo. Éstos se basan en la posibilidad de diferenciar pobreza estructural de coyuntural, combinando dos mediciones de pobreza. Se realiza una cuantificación por el Método
Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 2009
The Intergenerational Correlation of Employment
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Jul 1, 2021
Intergenerational correlation of employment rate: Is there a role for work culture?
This paper analyzes the intergenerational correlation of employment rate among parents and childr... more This paper analyzes the intergenerational correlation of employment rate among parents and children. While the literature on intergenerational transmission has focused on earnings, employment rates are important for the debate on equality of opportunities. Using a simple two generations model in which parents decide on human capital investment for the children and abilities are correlated across generations, we introduce endogenous labor supply and intergenerational transmission of preferences for work. We derive an intergenerational equation of employment rates, which is estimated using the NLSY79 and NLSY79 Children and Youth Adults. We find evidence in favor of the existence of this channel of transmission of work preferences. There is a significant correlation between employment rates of mothers and children, which remains significantly positive even after controlling for ability, education, wealth and family income. Alternative explanations like networks, specific human capital...
Online Job Seekers in Canada: What Can We Learn from Bing Job Queries?
Labour markets in Canada and around the world are evolving rapidly with the digital economy. Trad... more Labour markets in Canada and around the world are evolving rapidly with the digital economy. Traditional data are adapting gradually but are not yet able to provide timely information on this evolution.
Resumen Se ha demostrado que el ingreso se encuentra principalmente determinado por la educación.... more Resumen Se ha demostrado que el ingreso se encuentra principalmente determinado por la educación. Resultados obtenidos para el año 2006, tanto por regiones geográficas de Argentina como en comparación con Paraguay, muestran que las tasas de retorno a la educación están negativamente relacionadas con el nivel de desarrollo. Se conoce, además, que a cada nivel de desarrollo subyace una distribución del ingreso diferente. El presente trabajo indaga sobre la heterogeneidad en la relación empírica entre el ingreso y la educación en Argentina y México para el año 2008. La presencia de condiciones de heterogeneidad en la distribución de ingresos de los individuos causa serias distorsiones en los estudios de regresión que investigan el efecto medio de factores asociados con la educación. La disparidad de los efectos de la educación a lo largo de la distribución de ingresos podría señalar problemas de polarización en la sociedad, de donde pueden proporcionarse directrices más eficaces para l...
This thesis contains three chapters around two related questions: (1) what are the determinants o... more This thesis contains three chapters around two related questions: (1) what are the determinants of the decision to work?, and (2) what are the (unintended) e ects of policies stimulating labor market participation? The rst two chapters tackle the second question in the empirical setting of the Mini-Job reform in Germany, which expanded substantially the in-work bene ts, or tax advantages for low-earning workers. The third chapter, dealing with the rst question, focuses on the transmission of employment behavior and preferences for work across generations. The rst chapter analyzes how rms respond to changes in tax bene ts for low-earning workers and how, through equilibrium e ects, such policies also a ect non-targeted, highearning workers. Combining theoretical and empirical analysis, I document the presence of both job creation and substitution underlying rm responses induced by the Mini-Job Reform. In particular, I nd that rms with a high pre-reform use of low-earning workers incr...
Resumen en: This paper explores the profile of the Argentinean and Mexican middle classes during ... more Resumen en: This paper explores the profile of the Argentinean and Mexican middle classes during the most recent crisis in both countries. It combines the perspectiv...
Micro-emprendimientos y movilidad ocupacional en Argentina. El caso de la provincia de Córdoba
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
We document a substantial positive correlation of employment status between mothers and their chi... more We document a substantial positive correlation of employment status between mothers and their children in the United States, linking data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults. After controlling for ability, education and wealth, a one-year increase in a mother's employment is associated with six weeks more employment of her child on average. The intergenerational transmission of maternal employment is stronger to daughters than to sons, and it is higher for low-educated and low-income mothers. Potential mechanisms we were able to rule out included networks, occupation-specific human capital and conditions within the local labor market. By contrast, we provide suggestive evidence for a role-model channel through which labor force participation is transmitted.
Papeles De Poblacion, Sep 1, 2011
por sus comentarios y por el útil debate metodológico proporcionado. Resumen Como propone la teor... more por sus comentarios y por el útil debate metodológico proporcionado. Resumen Como propone la teoría del capital humano, la educación es uno de los principales determinantes de los ingresos de los individuos. Además, es importante controlar las características socioeconómicas y demográfi cas, porque la calidad de vida y los hábitos afectan el modo de inserción en el mercado laboral y, en consecuencia, los ingresos. En este trabajo se indaga la relación empírica entre el ingreso y la educación recibida, para los trabajadores de las seis regiones de Argentina para el año 2010, empleando los datos de la Encuesta Permanente de Hogares. Se emplea la conocida especifi cación de la Ecuación de Mincer, incorporando dos refi namientos: la corrección de Heckman por sesgo de selección, y la introducción de una serie de variables socioeconómicas y demográfi cas mutuamente correlacionadas en el modelo. Palabras clave: educación, determinación del ingreso, ecuaciones de Mincer, variables socioeconómicas y demográfi cas, sesgo de selección.
Vulnerabilidad social de la clase media en Argentina y México. Desde las crisis de los noventa hasta la crisis internacional de 2008
Vulnerabilidad Social Posicionamiento Y Angulos Desde Geografias Diferentes 2012 Isbn 978 84 338 5392 9 Pags 69 90, 2012
The effects of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) on cognitive skills in Latin America: The case of the Brazilian "Bolsa Família
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