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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
3009 Tarja Viitanen
Public versus Private Provision of Daycare: An Experimental Evaluation
This paper provides experimental estimates of the impact of a voucher for private care within the Nordic system of universal provision of public care. The private daycare voucher acted as a ...
(published as 'Child care voucher and labour market behaviour: experimental evidence from Finland' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (23), 3203 - 3212)
H42, J2, J13
3008 Francesca Mazzolari
Dual Citizenship Rights: Do They Make More and Better Citizens?
In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Brazil passed dual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving country without losing ...
(published in: Demography, 46 (1), 2009, 169-191)
F22, J15, J20, J30
3007 Sandra E. Black
Paul J. Devereux
Kjell G. Salvanes
Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men
While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children’s outcomes such as education and earnings, the evidence on the effects of birth order on IQ is decidedly mixed. This ...
(published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (1), 103-120)
I2, J1
3006 Alberto Bisin
Eleonora Patacchini
Thierry Verdier
Yves Zenou
Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration?
Using the UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities, we explore the determinants of religious identity for Muslims and non-Muslims. We find that Muslims integrate less and more slowly than ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (2-3), 445 - 456)
A14, J15
3005 Stefanie Behncke
Markus Frölich
Michael Lechner
Public Employment Services and Employers: How Important Are Networks with Firms?
This paper examines whether contacts between caseworkers in public employment offices and employers impact on the reemployment chances of the unemployed they counsel. This analysis is made possible ...
(published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 1, 151-178)
J68
3004 Olivier B. Bargain
Herwig Immervoll
Heikki Viitamäki
How Tight Are Safety-Nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish Register Data
The non take-up of social assistance benefits due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty effect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on ...
(substantially revised version: IZA DP 5355 / published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012, 10 (3), 375-395)
D31, H31, H53, I38
3003 Laszlo Goerke
Markus Pannenberg
Heinrich W. Ursprung
A Positive Theory of the Earnings Relationship of Unemployment Benefits
Evidently, the benefit-structure of the unemployment insurance has a significant influence on profits and trade union utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earnings ...
(published in: Public Choice, 2010, 145 (1-2), 137-163)
D72, J51, J65
3002 Arnab K. Basu
Nancy H. Chau
Ravi Kanbur
A Theory of Employment Guarantees: Contestability, Credibility and Distributional Concerns
Both raw intuition and past experience suggest that the success of an employment guarantee scheme (EGS) in safeguarding the welfare of the poor depends both on the wage it promises, and the ease with ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (3-4), 482-497)
I38, J21, K31, O12
3001 David M. Blau
Wilbert van der Klaauw
A Demographic Analysis of the Family Structure Experiences of Children in the United States
This paper provides a comprehensive demographic analysis of the family structure experiences of children in the U.S. Childbearing and transitions among co-residential union states defined by single, ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (3), 193-221)
J10
3000 Anders Björklund
Markus Jäntti
Matthew J. Lindquist
Family Background and Income during the Rise of the Welfare State: Brother Correlations in Income for Swedish Men Born 1932-1968
The goal of this study is to examine trends in the importance of family background in determining adult income in Sweden. We investigate whether the association between family background and income ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93(5-6), 671-680)
D1, D3, J62
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