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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
15370 Marta Martínez Matute
Pedro S. Martins
How Representative Are Social Partners in Europe? The Role of Dissimilarity
Social partners (trade unions and employers' associations) and their representativeness can shape labour institutions and economic and social outcomes in many countries. In this paper, we argue that, ...
(published in: Labour, 2022, 36, 424 - 444)
J50, J23, L22
15369 Joan Costa-Font
Francesco D’Amico
Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto
Caring for Carers? The Effect of Public Subsidies on the Wellbeing of Unpaid Carers
We study the effect of long-term care (LTC) subsidies and supports on the wellbeing of unpaid caregivers. We draw on evidence from a policy intervention, that universalized previously means-tested ...
(published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 9 (4), 487–522 )
118, J22
15367 Todd Pugatch
Elizabeth Schroeder
Nicholas Wilson
Study More Tomorrow
We design a commitment contract for college students, "Study More Tomorrow," and conduct a randomized control trial testing a model of its demand. The contract commits students to attend peer ...
(published online in: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 08 January 2024)
D91, I21, I23
15366 Mattia Filomena
Isabella Giorgetti
Matteo Picchio
Off to a Bad Start: Youth Nonemployment and Labor Market Outcomes Later in Life
We estimate the effect of nonemployment experienced by Italian youth after leaving secondary school on subsequent labor market outcomes. We focus on the impact on earnings and labor market ...
(published online in: Empirical Economics, 08 April 2025)
J01, J08, J31, J64
15363 Omar Bamieh
Lennart Ziegler
Can Wage Transparency Alleviate Gender Sorting in the Labor Market?
Wage decompositions suggest that a large share of the gender wage gap can be explained by differences in occupation and employer choices. If female workers are not well informed about these pay ...
(published online in: Economic Policy, eiae025, 25 April 2024)
J16, J31, J62, J63, J68
15362 Yana Gallen
Melanie Wasserman
Does Information Affect Homophily?
It is common for mentorship programs to use race, gender, and nationality to match mentors and mentees. Despite the popularity of these programs, there is little evidence on whether mentees value ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 222, 104876)
J16, J24, J71
15360 Yannis Georgellis
Andrew E. Clark
Emmanuel Apergis
Catherine Robinson
Occupational Status and Life Satisfaction in the UK: The Miserable Middle?
We use British panel data to explore the link between occupational status and life satisfaction. We find puzzling evidence, for men, of a U-shaped relationship in cross-section data: employees in ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 204, 509-527)
I31, J24, Z13
15357 John Forth
Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
Earnings Discrimination in the Workplace
This paper provides an overview of theory and empirical evidence on earnings discrimination within the workplace. Earnings discrimination occurs when employees producing work of equal value are ...
(published in: Klaus F. Zimmermannn (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham. 2022)
J71, J31
15356 Julia Bredtmann
Immigration and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 Refugee Inflow to Germany
This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 96, 103807)
D72, F22, J15, R23
15354 Todd Pugatch
Paul N. Thompson
Excellence for All? University Honors Programs and Human Capital Formation
Can public university honors programs deliver the benefits of selective undergraduate education within otherwise nonselective institutions? We evaluate the impact of admission to the Honors College ...
(published online in: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 11 March 2024)
I21, I23, I26
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