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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
18440 Eric Bartelsman
Sabien Dobbelaere
Alessandro Zona Mattioli
Intangible Assets and Imperfections in Product and Labor Markets
This paper develops a micro-founded framework linking price-cost and wage markups to intangible assets. Intangible assets, once created, are a source of firm rents. Owing to limits to enforceable ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2026, 186: 105309)
J41, L10, O30
18415 Sabrina Genz
Terry Gregory
Florian Lehmer
AI-Powered Skill Classification: Mapping Technology Intensity in the German Labor Market
The rapid evolution of technology is reshaping labor markets by altering skill demands and job profiles. This paper introduces a novel skill-based measure of occupational technology intensity – the ...
(forthcoming in: Fiscal Studies, 2026)
JEL, J21, J24, O33
18396 Kadir Atalay
Anita Staneva
Rong Zhu
Integration or Isolation? The Impact of Retirement on Social Capital
This paper examines the causal impact of retirement on social capital using nationally representative Australian panel data. Exploiting the eligibility age for the Age Pension, we find that ...
(forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources, 2026)
H55, I10, I31, J26
18383 Martijn J. Burger
Sarah Courchesne
Talita Greyling
Kelsey J. O'Connor
Stephanie Rossouw
Francesco Sarracino
Ruut Veenhoven
Using Subjective Well-Being as a Headline Indicator in Dashboards to Track Human Progress
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has long been used as a proxy for human progress, despite growing recognition of its limitations. Recently, numerous "beyond GDP" initiatives have emerged, promoting ...
(published in Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-026-10576-9)
I31, D60, O10
18326 Sylvie Démurger
Carl Lin
Achim Schmillen
Dewen Wang
Falling into Poverty or Escaping from It? The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Urban China
Minimum wages are found to have an inconclusive impact on poverty. Using China’s individual-level panel dataset combined with county-level minimum wages, our paper shows that minimum wages have a ...
(published in: World Development, Volume 198, February 2026, 107227)
I32, J3, J88
18312 Santiago Budría
Carlos Martínez de Ibarreta
Alejandro Betancourt-Odio
Does Host Language Proficiency Among Immigrants Reduce Energy Poverty? Evidence from Australia
Reducing energy poverty is a critical priority for policymakers in both developed and developing nations. Immigrants are often considered a high-risk group due to their heightened vulnerability. ...
(a revised version published in Economic Analysis and Policy, Volume 89, January 2026.)
F22, I31, C36
18307 Silke Anger
Bernhard Christoph
Agata Galkiewicz
Shushanik Margaryan
Malte Sandner
Thomas Siedler
Online Tutoring, School Performance, and School-to-Work Transitions: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Tutoring programs for low-performing students, delivered in-person or online, effectively enhance school performance, yet their medium- and longer-term impacts on labor market outcomes remain less ...
(forthcoming in: European Economic Review)
C93, I20, I24
18304 Joan Costa-Font
Anna Nicinska
Long Lasting Health Effects of Soviet Education
Education systems serve various purposes, including the enhancement of later-life health, though its effect can differ by socio-political regime. This paper examines the effects of exposure to ...
(published in: Economica, 2 February, 2026.)
I18, I26, P36
18287 Joan Costa-Font
Richard Frank
Nilesh Raut
The Effects of Wealth Shocks on Public and Private Long-Term Care Insurance
The financing of long-term care services and supports (LTSS) relies heavily on self-insurance in the form of housing or financial wealth. Exploiting both local market variation in housing prices and ...
(published online in: Journal of Health Economics, 26 November 2025)
I18, J14
18282 Radim Bohacek
Michal Myck
Economic Consequences of Political Persecution (updated research)
We examine the consequences of political persecution under the communist regime on labor market outcomes using life history data from the Czech sample of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement ...
(This Discussion Paper updates and extends the analysis presented in IZA DP 11136.)
J70, J31, N34, C21
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