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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
3167 Martin Kahanec
Ethnic Competition and Specialization
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that ...
(published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 205-229)
J15, J24, J70, O15
3166 Philippe Aghion
Philippe Askenazy
Renaud Bourlès
Gilbert Cette
Nicolas Dromel
Education, Market Rigidities and Growth
This note investigates the effects of the education level, product market rigidities and employment protection legislation on growth. It exploits macro-panel data for OECD countries. For countries ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 102 (1), 62-65)
O47, J24, J68, L40, O57
3165 Jonas Staghøj
Michael Svarer
Michael Rosholm
A Statistical Programme Assignment Model
When treatment effects of active labour market programmes are heterogeneous in an observable way across the population, the allocation of the unemployed into different programmes becomes a ...
(revised version published as "Choosing the Best Training Programme: Is there a Case for Statistical Treatment Rules?" in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (2), 172-201)
J64, J68
3164 Markus Poschke
Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth
This paper analyzes the effect of firing costs on aggregate productivity growth. For this purpose, a model of endogenous growth through selection and imitation is developed. It is consistent with ...
(published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2009, 56(8), 1074-1085)
E24, J63, J65, L11, L16, O40
3161 Riccardo Rovelli
Randolph Luca Bruno
Labor Market Policies and Outcomes: Cross Country Evidence for the EU-27
We conduct a comparative analysis of Labor Market Policies and outcomes for the EU member states, for the period 2000-2005. We document the main differences in Labor Market Policies across EU ...
(substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 3502)
J08, J38, J68
3160 Thomas Cornelissen
Christian Pfeifer
The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), 94-103)
I21, J13, J22, J24
3159 Andrew J. Oswald
Nattavudh Powdthavee
Death, Happiness, and the Calculation of Compensatory Damages
This paper studies the mental distress caused by bereavement. The largest emotional losses are from the death of a spouse; the second-worst in severity are the losses from the death of a child; the ...
(published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37(S2), S217-S252)
D1, I3, I31, K0
3158 Monojit Chatterji
Karen A. Mumford
Peter N. Smith
The Public-Private Sector Gender Wage Differential: Evidence from Matched Employee-Workplace Data
Using new linked employee-workplace data for Britain in 2004, we find that the nature of the public private pay gap differs between genders and that of the gender pay gap differs between sectors. The ...
(published as 'The public-private sector gender wage differential in Britain: evidence from matched employee-workplace data ' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (26), 3819 - 3833)
J3, J7
3157 Peter Haan
Michal Myck
Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market Incentive Effects of Extending Social Support in Poland
Many aspects of the economic transition which started in 1989 in Poland are by now complete. However, the route Polish governments have so far taken concerning the system of support for low-income ...
(revised version published as 'Safety net still in transition: labour market incentive effects of social support in Poland and Germany' in: Bank i Kredyt, 2010, 41 (3), 5-34)
J21, I38, D13
3156 Magnus Lofstrom
Timothy Bates
African Americans' Pursuit of Self-Employment
This study examines causes of black/white gaps in business ownership and self-employment rates by analyzing small-business entry and exit patterns. We proceed by recognizing heterogeneity in business ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (1), 73-86)
J15, L26
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