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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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3515
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James
J.
Heckman
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Schools, Skills, and Synapses
This paper discusses (a) the role of cognitive and noncognitive ability in shaping adult outcomes, (b) the early emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46 (3), 289-324)
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A12
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3513
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Wolfgang
Lechthaler
Christian
Merkl
Dennis
J.
Snower
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Monetary Persistence and the Labor Market: A New Perspective
It is common knowledge that the standard New Keynesian model is not able to generate a persistent response in output to temporary monetary shocks. We show that this shortcoming can be remedied in a ...
(substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34 (5), 968-983)
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E24, E32, E52, J23
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3512
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Giovanni
Facchini
Anna Maria
Mayda
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From Individual Attitudes towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes: Theory and Evidence
In democratic societies individual attitudes of voters represent the foundations of policy making. We start by analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of ...
(published in: Economic Policy, No. 56, October 2008, 651 - 713)
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F22, J61
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3511
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Suresh
de Mel
David
McKenzie
Christopher
Woodruff
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Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers ...
(published in: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar (eds.) International Differences in Entrepreneurship, NBER, 2010)
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O17, L26
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3510
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Alison
L.
Booth
Jeff
Frank
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Marriage, Partnership and Sexual Orientation: A Study of British University Academics and Administrators
Using a unique data source on marital status, partnership and sexual orientation of academics and administrators at British universities, we estimate the impact of personal relationships upon ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (4), 409-422)
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J12, J16, J30, J45
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3508
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Gordon
Betcherman
N. Meltem
Daysal
Carmen
Pagés
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Do Employment Subsidies Work? Evidence from Regionally Targeted Subsidies in Turkey
This paper studies the effects on registered employment, earnings, and number of registered establishments of two employment subsidy schemes in Turkey. We implement a difference-in-differences ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 17:4 (August 2010), 710-722)
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H32, J23, J32
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3507
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Stephan
Meier
Charles
Sprenger
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Discounting Financial Literacy: Time Preferences and Participation in Financial Education Programs
Many policy makers and economists argue that financial literacy is key to financial well-being. But why do many individuals remain financially illiterate despite the apparent importance of being ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 95, 159–174)
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D14, D91, C93
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3506
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Delia
Furtado
Heinrich
Hock
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Immigrant Labor, Child-Care Services, and the Work-Fertility Trade-Off in the United States
The negative correlation between female employment and fertility in industrialized nations has weakened since the 1960s, particularly in the United States. We suggest that the continuing influx of ...
(revised version published as "Low Skilled Immigration and Work-Fertility Tradeoffs Among High Skilled US Natives" in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (2), 224-228)
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D10, F22, J13, J22, R23
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3505
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Stefan
Denzler
Stefan
C.
Wolter
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Self-Selection into Teaching: The Role of Teacher Education Institutions
Good teachers are critical for a high-quality educational system. This in turns leads to the question of who is interested in going into the teaching profession. Although research has been done on ...
(published in: Cambridge Journal of Education, 2009, 39(4), 423-441)
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I2, I28, J24
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3504
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Raymond
Montizaan
Frank
Cörvers
Andries
de Grip
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Training Background and Early Retirement
Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer-sponsored pension schemes than workers with general skills. Therefore it can be expected that ...
(published as 'Training and retirement patterns' in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (15), 1991-1999)
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J14, J26, J31
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