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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
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
15352 Judith M. Delaney
Paul J. Devereux
Gender Differences in STEM Persistence after Graduation
Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force ...
(published in: Economica, 2022, 89 (356), 862-883.)
I23, I26, J16, J24, J31
15351 Wonsik Ko
Robert A. Moffitt
Take-up of Social Benefits
Take-up of a social benefit is usually defined as receiving a benefit for which an individual or household is eligible. The take-up rate is the fraction of those eligible for a program who ...
(published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2022)
I38
15349 Philippe Sterkens
Adelina Sharipova
Stijn Baert
Disclosing the 'Big C': What Does Cancer Survivorship Signal to Employers?
To study hiring discrimination against cancer survivors, we conduct a vignette experiment in which American and British recruiters evaluate fictitious job candidates. Candidates differed by periods ...
(published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 24, 671–688 )
I10, I12, J70, J71
15347 Nick Drydakis
The Perceived Social Rejection of Sexual Minorities: Substance Use and Unprotected Sexual Intercourse
This study presents associations between the perceived social rejection of sexual minorities and tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption and unprotected sexual intercourse in the capital of ...
(published in: Drug and Alcohol Review, 2022, 41 (6), 1341-1354. )
I12, I14, L66
15346 Baris Yörük
Does Public Policy Affect Attitudes? Evidence from Age-Based Health Insurance Coverage Policies in the United States
The existing literature provides evidence that public opinion and attitudes often affect public policy. However, little is known on how public policy might affect public attitudes and norms. I ...
(Published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 287-302)
I12, I13, I18
15345 Lei Xu
Yu Zhu
Does the Employment Effect of National Minimum Wage Vary by Non-employment Rate? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
We examine the impact of increasing minimum wage on employment by exploiting variation in the age-dependent National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK. We extend the Regression Discontinuity model to ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2023, 91 (1), 18 - 36)
J22
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