Etiqueta: Seminario de Macroeconomía

Healthy Dietary Choices in Distorted Food Environments

 

 

Roberto Pancrazi.

(University of Warwick).

Healthy Dietary Choices in Distorted Food Environments.

 

We analyze how distortions in the food market limit the achievement of a healthy diet. Using Nielsen data we document a novel pattern on the relationship between healthy diet and income. We then build and estimate a tractable general equilibrium model in which difference in diet across income can be determined by preferences and/or by economic factors. We estimate the model so that it is able to account for the relevant stylized facts and we use as laboratory to study which policies could enhance healthy diets across different income levels.

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Anna Houstecka.

(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).

Unemployment Insurance and Occupational Switching.

Abstract: «In this paper, I study the relationship between unemployment benefits and occupational switching. Using US data, I document two new facts. First, unemployed individuals who are eligible to higher unemployment benefits are less likely to switch occupation. Second, I show that conditional on switching occupation, individuals with higher unemployment benefits exit to occupations with higher requirements of cognitive skills. I then build a search model with heterogenous workers and jobs to study how unemployment benefits affect skill requirements and wages for workers who experience employment-unemployment-employment transitions. I find that mismatch between the worker’s skill and requirements decreases as unemployment benefits increase.»

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