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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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3655
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Ernst
Fehr
Martin
Brown
Christian
Zehnder
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On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity
We study the impact of reputational incentives in markets characterized by moral hazard problems. Social preferences have been shown to enhance contract enforcement in these markets, while at the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 333 - 353)
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D82, J3, J41, E24, C9
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3654
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Betsey
Stevenson
Justin
Wolfers
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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
The “Easterlin paradox” suggests that there is no link between a society’s economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning ...
(published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2008, 1, 1-87)
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D6, I3, J1
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3653
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Ana
C.
Dammert
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Heterogeneous Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Nicaragua
In the last decade, the most popular policy tool used to increase human capital in developing countries has been the conditional cash transfer program. A large literature has shown significant mean ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 58(1), 53-84)
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O15, I38
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3652
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Jonathan
B.
Pritchett
Myeong-Su
Yun
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The In-Hospital Mortality Rates of Slaves and Freemen: Evidence from Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855–1860
Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general ...
(published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2009, 46 (2), 241-252 )
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N31, J15, I10
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3651
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Sandra
E.
Black
Paul
J.
Devereux
Kjell
G.
Salvanes
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 105 (1), 138-140)
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J0, I0, J1
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3650
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Martin
Kahanec
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Attitudes towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity
The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities’ economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 5-14)
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J15, J71, J78
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3649
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Esteban
Sanromá
Raul
Ramos
Hipólito
Simón
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The Portability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence for Spain
The existing literature on immigrant assimilation has highlighted the imperfect portability of human capital acquired by immigrants in their country of origin (Chiswick, 1978; Friedberg, 2000). This ...
(published as 'Portability of Human Capital and Immigrant Overeducation in Spain' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2015, 34(2), 223-241)
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J61, J31, J24
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3648
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Joop
Hartog
Mirjam
C.
van Praag
Justin
van der Sluis
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If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs’ incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an ...
(published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2010, 19 (4), 947-989)
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J23, J24, J31, J44, M13
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3647
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Ansgar
H.
Belke
Julia
Spies
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Enlarging the EMU to the East: What Effects on Trade?
The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) accession of eight Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) on their share in EMU-12 imports. ...
(published in: Empirica, 2008, 35 (4), 369-389)
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F15, F41
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3646
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Martin
Salm
Daniel
Schunk
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The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data
We use unique administrative German data to examine the role of childhood health for the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Specifically, we examine the extent to which a comprehensive ...
(revised version published as 'The Relationship between Child Health, Developmental Gaps, and Parental Education: Evidence from Administrative Data' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (6), 1425-1449)
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J13, I20, I12
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