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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
3607 Pedro S. Martins
Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages and Worker Mobility
In the context of the debate on the labour-market consequences of globalisation, we examine worker mobility in order to identify the wage differences between foreign and domestic firms. Using matched ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2011, 49 (2), 349–363)
J31, J63, F23
3605 Christian Dustmann
Uta Schönberg
The Effect of Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage on Children's Long-Term Outcomes
This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and labor market outcomes of children. Evaluation of three policy reforms as opposed ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, 190-224.)
J13, H52, J2
3604 Paul Frijters
David W. Johnston
Michael A. Shields
Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
This paper addresses the question of when and to what extent individuals are affected by major positive and negative life events, including changes in financial situation, marital status, death of ...
(published as 'Life Satisfaction Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113 (1), 190 - 211)
I0
3603 I. Semih Akçomak
Bas ter Weel
The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands
This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (4), 323-340)
A13, A14, K42, Z13
3602 Peter J. Kuhn
Carol McAusland
Consumers and the Brain Drain: Product Design and the Gains from Emigration
We consider the welfare effects of skilled worker emigration in a context where skilled labor plays a role in product design. We show such emigration can benefit the residents left behind, even when ...
(published in: Journal of International Economics, 2009, 78(2), 287–291)
F22, J6, O34
3601 Viktor Steiner
Katharina Wrohlich
Financial Student Aid and Enrollment into Higher Education: New Evidence from Germany
We estimate the elasticity of enrollment into higher education with respect to the amount of means tested student aid (BAfoeG) provided by the federal government using the German Socioeconomic Panel ...
(revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114(1), 124–147)
H52, H24, I28
3599 Massimiliano Bratti
Daniele Checchi
Antonio Filippin
Should You Compete or Cooperate with Your Schoolmates?
Building upon some education studies finding that cooperative behaviour in class yields better achievements among students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead ...
(revised version published in: Education Economics, 2011, 19 (3), 275-289)
I21, J24
3597 John T. Addison
McKinley L. Blackburn
Chad Cotti
New Estimates of the Effects of Minimum Wages in the U.S. Retail Trade Sector
This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the retail-trade sector, 1990-2005, using county-level data on employment and a panel regression ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (4), 397-408)
J23, J38
3596 Barry R. Chiswick
Paul W. Miller
Citizenship in the United States: The Roles of Immigrant Characteristics and Country of Origin
This study develops and estimates a model of the naturalization process in the US. The model is based on both the characteristics of immigrants and features of their countries of origin. The ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 29, 2009, 91 - 130)
I38, J15, J38, F22
3595 Anzelika Zaiceva
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Scale, Diversity, and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe
While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have only increased slowly. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It ...
(revised version published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2008, 24 (3), 428-452)
F22, J15, J61
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