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Title: The Implications of the Interplay between Global Value Chains and Technology for Labour Productivity and Demand.

Title: Transitory health shocks, human capital and crime: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data in Brazil.

Abstract: This paper provides the first causal evidence on the effects of dengue fever on educational and

behavioural outcomes. Using matched administrative data linking official dengue notifications,

school census records, and police reports for the universe of public secondary school students in

Minas Gerais, Brazil, we estimate the impact of individual health shocks on grade progression,

dropout, and subsequent involvement in crime. Identification exploits within-school and within-

neighbourhood variation in dengue exposure over an eleven-year period, with rich student and

classroom controls and detailed temperature measures. We find that dengue infections during

the school year increase grade retention by about 5 percent and school dropout by roughly

4 percent relative to baseline means. Linking the same students to police records, we show that

dengue infections also raise criminal involvement by 9–12 percent in the following years, driven

primarily by property and violent offenses. The results reveal that even short-lived illnesses can

have lasting consequences for human capital formation and youth behaviour, underscoring the

broader social costs of infectious diseases and the potential gains from targeted vaccination and

vector-control policies.

Title: Labor Market Tightness, Wage Inequality and Workplace Amenities

Authors: Aniko B谋ro, Joao G. da Fonseca, Attila Lindner, T谋mea Laura Molnar

Abstract - Workplace-specific pay premiums and their dispersion rise with labor market tight-ness. We examine the role of compensating wage differentials in this relationship: as competition for labor intensifies, firms are compelled to offer higher pay for undesirable job attributes. Using administrative data from Hungary, we construct a novel measure of workplace-specific injury rates and study how workers are compensated for this negative attribute over the business cycle. We find that the wage premium associated with hazardous working conditions increases with market tightness, with compensation for workplace-specific injuries accounting for roughly 7% of the rise in wage dispersion. Nonetheless, despite offering higher wages, firms with poor amenities face increasing challenges in retaining workers in tight labor markets. We interpret these findings through the lens of a job search model with amenities, showing that while tighter labor markets can raise overall wage dispersion through compensating differentials, the dispersion in worker utilities across jobs declines.