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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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3533
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Christian
Pfeifer
Tatjana
Sohr
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Analysing the Gender Wage Gap Using Personnel Records of a Large German Company
We use monthly personnel records of a large German company to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). Main findings are: (1) the unconditional GWG is 15 percent for blue-collar and 26 percent for ...
(published in: Labour, 2009, 23 (2), 257-282)
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J16, J3, J71, M5
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3532
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Richard
Akresh
Ilana
Redstone Akresh
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Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language Bias among Immigrant Children
We use Woodcock Johnson III child assessment data in the New Immigrant Survey to examine language assimilation and test score bias among children of Hispanic immigrants. Our identification strategy ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46(3), 647-667)
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J24, I20, J18, O15, F22
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3531
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Francesca
Francavilla
Gianna
Claudia
Giannelli
Leonardo
Grilli
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School Attendance of Children and the Work of Mothers: A Joint Multilevel Model for India
This paper investigates the determinants of school attendance of children and their mother’s working status when the mother decides how to allocate her time and that of her children. A multilevel ...
(published in: World Development, 2012, 33, 143 - 172)
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J13, J22, O15, O18
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3530
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Fernando
Alexandre
Miguel
Portela
Carla
Sá
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Admission Conditions and Graduates' Employability
We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs’ quality by investigating its relationship with graduates’ employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri ...
(published in: Studies in Higher Education, 2009, 34(7), 795-805)
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C21, I21, J23, J64
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3529
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Giorgio
Brunello
Pierre-Carl
Michaud
Anna
Sanz-de-Galdeano
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The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective
We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 24 (59), 551-596)
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I1, D6
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3526
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Yongil
Jeon
Sang-Young
Rhyu
Michael
P.
Shields
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Fertility in Sub-Saharan African Countries with Consideration to Health and Poverty
Fertility has begun to fall in Sub-Saharan Africa but it remains high on average and particularly for a few countries. This paper examines African fertility using a panel data set of 47 Sub-Saharan ...
(published in: African Development Review, 2010, 22 (4), 540–555)
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J13, O10, O55
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3525
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Marco
Caliendo
Frank
M.
Fossen
Alexander
S.
Kritikos
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The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival
Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, 76 (1), 45-63)
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D81, J23, M13
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3523
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Christian
Pfeifer
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A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data
Using the large-scale German Socio-Economic Panel, this note reports direct empirical evidence for significant correlations between risk aversion and labour market outcomes (full-time employment, ...
(published as "Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from German Survey Data" in: Empirical Economics Letters, 2009, 8(3))
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J01, J24, J64
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3520
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Randall
K. Q.
Akee
William
Copeland
Gordon
Keeler
Adrian
Angold
Jane
E.
Costello
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Parents’ Incomes and Children’s Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment
Identifying the effect of parental incomes on child outcomes is difficult due to the correlation of unobserved ability, education levels and income. Previous research has relied on the use of ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2 (1), 86-115)
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J24, O12, H23
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3517
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Mariana
Blanco
Dirk
Engelmann
Alexander
K.
Koch
Hans-Theo
Normann
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Belief Elicitation in Experiments: Is there a Hedging Problem?
Belief elicitation in economics experiments usually relies on paying subjects according to the accuracy of stated beliefs in addition to payments for other decisions. Such incentives, however, allow ...
(published in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13 (4), 412-438.)
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C72, C90, G11
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12989Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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