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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
2993 Paola Manzini
Marco Mariotti
Choice Over Time
In the last twenty years a growing body of experimental evidence has posed a challenge to the standard Exponential Discounting Model of choice over time. Attention has focused on some specific ...
(published in: P. Anand, P. Pattanaik and C. Puppe (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Rational and Social Choice, Oxford: OUP, 2009)
C91, D9
2992 Junfu Zhang
A Study of Academic Entrepreneurs Using Venture Capital Data
Academic entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important channel through which universities contribute to economic development. This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive ...
(published under the title 'Why Do Some U.S. Universities Generate More Venture-Backed Academic Entrepreneurs than Others?' in: Venture Capital, 2009, 11(2), 133-162)
M13
2991 David M. Blau
Ryan Goodstein
What Explains Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?
After nearly a full century of decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We use a time ...
(revised version published as 'Can Social Security Explain Trends in Labor Force Participation of older Men in the United States?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 328 - 363)
J26, J21
2990 Alan Barrett
Yvonne McCarthy
The Earnings of Immigrants in Ireland: Results from the 2005 EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions
This paper has three objectives. First, a review of the developing body of work on the economics of immigration in Ireland is provided. Second, the analysis undertaken by Barrett and McCarthy ...
(published in: Quarterly Economic Commentary, 2007, 43 - 62)
J61
2989 Leilanie Basilio
Thomas K. Bauer
Mathias Sinning
Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany
This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (5), 510-520)
D10, F22, J22
2987 Douglas J. Krupka
Location-Specific Human Capital, Location Choice and Amenity Demand
The role of amenities in the flow of migrants has been debated for some years. This paper advances an original model of amenities that work through household production instead of directly through ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2009, 49 (5), 833 - 854)
R23, J61
2986 David M. Blau
Retirement and Consumption in a Life Cycle Model
Consumption expenditure declines sharply at the time of retirement for many households, but the majority maintain a smooth consumption path. A simple life cycle model with uncertainty about the time ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (1), 35-71)
J26, H55
2985 Guido Heineck
Regina T. Riphahn
Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany: The Last Five Decades
Over the last decades the German education system underwent numerous reforms in order to improve "equality of opportunity", i.e. to guarantee all pupils equal access to higher education. At the same ...
(published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (1), 36-60)
I21, I28, J11
2984 Uwe Sunde
Matteo Cervellati
Piergiuseppe Fortunato
Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. ...
(slightly revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 552-556)
O43, P48, P14
2983 Michal Myck
Wages and Ageing: Is There Evidence for the "Inverse-U" Profile?
How individual wages change with time, and how they are expected to change as individuals grow older, is one of crucial determinants of their behaviour on the labour market including their decision ...
(revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (3), 282-306)
J14, J21, J31, C14
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