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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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3396
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Arnaud
Chéron
Jean-Olivier
Hairault
François
Langot
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Life-Cycle Equilibrium Unemployment
This paper develops a life-cycle approach to equilibrium unemployment. Workers only differ respectively to their distance from deterministic retirement. A non age-directed search equilibrium is then ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31, 843-882)
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J22, J26, H55
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3395
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Francesco
Drago
Roberto
Galbiati
Pietro
Vertova
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Prison Conditions and Recidivism
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in ...
(substantially revised version published in: American Law and Economics Review, 2011, 13 (1), 103 - 130)
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K42, J18
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3393
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Yoko
Niimi
Caglar
Ozden
Maurice
Schiff
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Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less
It has been argued that the brain drain’s negative impact may be offset by the higher remittance levels skilled migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with ...
(published in: Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 123-42)
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F22, F24, J61, O15, O16
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3392
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Daron
Acemoglu
Davide
Ticchi
Andrea
Vindigni
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A Theory of Military Dictatorships
We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of military dictatorships. Nondemocratic regimes need the use of force in order to remain in power, ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2 (1), 1-42)
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H2, N10, N40, P16
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3391
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Michael
Grimm
Stephan
Klasen
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Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions ...
(published as 'Migration pressure, tenure security and agricultural intensification. Evidence from Indonesia' in: Land Economics, 2015, 91 (3), 411-434.)
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K11, O12, Q12
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3390
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Mabel
Andalón
Carmen
Pagés
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Minimum Wages in Kenya
This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement as well as in terms of their implications for wages and employment. Our ...
(published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.): Labour Markets and Economic Development, Routledge, 2009)
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J23, J31, J38
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3389
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Volker
Grossmann
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Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustained Long-Run Growth without Weak or Strong Scale Effects
R&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth (“strong scale effect”) or the level of per capita income (“weak scale effect”), with ...
(published as "Entrepreneurial Innovation and Economic Growth" in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2009, 31 (4), 602-613)
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O10, O30, O40
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3388
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Frédéric
Docquier
Maurice
Schiff
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Measuring Skilled Emigration Rates: The Case of Small States
Recent changes in information and communication technologies (ICT) have contributed to a dramatic increase in the integration and interdependence of countries, markets and people. This paper focuses ...
(revised version published in: Artal-Tur/Peri/Requena-Silvente (Eds.),The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows - Springer: 2014)
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F22
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3387
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Luca
Flabbi
Marco
Leonardi
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Sources of Earnings Instability: Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market
Many contributions suggest that earnings instability has increased during the 1980s and 1990s. This paper develops and estimates an on-the-job search model of the labor market to study the ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (6), 832-854)
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J21, J31
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3386
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Hans
Bloemen
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Private Wealth and Job Exit at Older Age: A Random Effects Model
Private wealth holdings are likely to become an increasingly important determinant in the job exit decision of elderly workers. Net wealth may correlate with worker’s characteristics that also ...
(revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 51 (2), 763-807)
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J26, D91
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