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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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3381
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Kaushik
Basu
Amanda
J.
Felkey
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A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment
This paper uses efficiency wage theory and the existence of community-based sharing to hypothesize that labor markets in developing countries have multiple equilibria – the same economy can be stuck ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61 (3), 494-516)
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J60, O12, D40
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3380
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Julio
Cáceres-Delpiano
Eugenio
Giolito
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The Impact of Unilateral Divorce on Crime
In this paper, we evaluate the impact of unilateral divorce on crime. First, using crime rates from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report program for the period 1965-1998 and differences in the timing in ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30 (1) 215 - 248)
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J12, J13
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3379
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Arnaud
Dupuy
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The Assignment of Workers to Tasks, Wage Distribution and Technical Change: A Critical Review
This paper reviews the literature on two-sided atomeless assignment models of workers to tasks. Using simple parametric examples, the fundamental differences between the comparative advantage and the ...
(published in: Journal of Income Distribution, 2008, 17 (3-4), 12-36)
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D3, J3, O3
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3378
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Maurice
Schiff
Yanling
Wang
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Brain Drain and Productivity Growth: Are Small States Different?
This paper examines the impact of North-South trade-related technology diffusion on TFP growth in small and large states in the South. The main findings are: i) TFP growth increases with North-South ...
(published in: International Economic Journal, 2013, 27(2), 399-414)
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F22, J61
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3377
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Michael
Mandler
Paola
Manzini
Marco
Mariotti
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A Million Answers to Twenty Questions: Choosing by Checklist
Many decision models in marketing science and psychology assume that a consumer chooses by proceeding sequentially through a checklist of desirable properties. These models are contrasted to the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147 (1), 71-92)
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D01
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3376
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Wiji
Arulampalam
Sugato
Dasgupta
Amrita
Dhillon
Bhaskar
Dutta
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Electoral Goals and Center-State Transfers: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence from India
We construct a model of redistributive politics where the central government is opportunistic and uses its discretion to make transfers to state governments on the basis of political considerations. ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88 (1), 103 - 119)
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C72, D72
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3375
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Barry
Hirsch
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Wage Gaps Large and Small
The law of one wage does not strictly hold, nor should it be expected to hold, in contemporary labor markets. The law of one wage, however, provides a surprisingly good first approximation of the ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2008, 74 (4), 915-933)
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J01, J31, J4, J51
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3372
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Denis
Fougère
Mirna
Safi
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The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants’ Employment Probability (France, 1968–1999)
Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it can also be seen as a factor of their economic integration. The aim of this study ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 83-96)
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F22, J15, J61
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3371
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Tito
Boeri
Mario
Macis
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Do Unemployment Benefits Promote or Hinder Structural Change?
According to recent and largely untested theories, unemployment benefits (UBs) could improve the extent and quality of job reallocation even at the cost of increasing unemployment. Using yearly panel ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 39, 109-125)
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J6, J65, O15
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3367
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Nicole
Bosch
Anja
Deelen
Rob
Euwals
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Is Part-time Employment Here To Stay? Evidence from the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1992–2005
To balance work and family responsibilities, the Netherlands have chosen a unique model that combines a high female employment rate with a high part-time employment rate. The model is likely to be ...
(published in: Labour, 2010, 24(1), 35-54)
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J16, J22
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