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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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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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3645
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W. Stanley
Siebert
Nick
Zubanov
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Management Economics in a Large Retail Organization
We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of ...
(published in: Management Science, 2011, 56(8), 1398-1414)
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D21, J24, M20, J33, M52
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3644
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Amelie
F.
Constant
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 145-162)
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M13, J23, J15, J61, J31
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3643
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Eric
Strobl
Frank
Walsh
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The Ambiguous Effect of Minimum Wages on Workers and Total Hours
We model a competitive labour market where firms choose combinations of workers and hours per worker to produce output. If one assumes that the scale of production has no impact on hours per worker, ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 218-228)
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J22, J38
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3641
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Hessel
Oosterbeek
Mirjam
C.
van Praag
Auke
IJsselstein
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions: An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a ...
(published as "The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (3), 442-454)
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A20, C31, H43, H75, 120, J24, L26
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