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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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2947
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Per
Engström
Bertil
Holmlund
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Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilibrium
The paper presents a general equilibrium model of search unemployment that incorporates absence from work as a distinct labor force state. Absenteeism is driven by random shocks to the value of ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109 (3), 439-467,)
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J21, J64, J65
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2946
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Anne
C.
Gielen
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Working Hours Flexibility and Older Workers' Labor Supply
This paper studies the presence of hours constraints on the UK labor market and its effect on older workers labor supply, both at the extensive and the intensive margin. Using panel data for the ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61(2), 240-274)
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J22, J26, J63
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2945
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Heather
Antecol
Anneke
Jong
Michael
D.
Steinberger
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The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting, Human Capital, and Discrimination
Using data from the 2000 U.S. Census, we document and explore three alternative explanations for the sexual orientation wage gap: occupational sorting, human capital differences, and discrimination. ...
(published as 'The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role of Occupational Sorting and Human Capital' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 518-543)
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J24, J31, J71
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2942
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Matloob
Piracha
Yu
Zhu
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Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany
This paper analyses the savings behaviour of natives and immigrants in Germany. It is argued that uncertainty about future income and legal status (in case of immigrants) is a key component in the ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2012, 44 (21), 2767 - 2776)
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D80, E21, F22
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2941
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James
A.
Freeman
Barry
Hirsch
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College Majors and the Knowledge Content of Jobs
College students select their majors for a variety of reasons, including expected returns in the labor market. This paper demonstrates an empirical method that links a census of U.S. degrees and ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 517-535)
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J24, I21, J31
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2940
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Flavio
Cunha
James
J.
Heckman
Salvador
Navarro
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The Identification and Economic Content of Ordered Choice Models with Stochastic Thresholds
This paper extends the widely used ordered choice model by introducing stochastic thresholds and interval-specific outcomes. The model can be interpreted as a generalization of the GAFT (MPH) ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2007, 48(4), 1273-1309)
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C31
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2939
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David
Card
Michael
R.
Ransom
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Pension Plan Characteristics and Framing Effects in Employee Savings Behavior
In this paper we document the importance of framing effects in the retirement savings decisions of college professors. Pensions in many post-secondary institutions are funded by a combination of an ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (1), 228 - 243)
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D91, G23, J26
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2938
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Seamus
McGuinness
Mark
Wooden
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Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility
This paper uses longitudinal data from Australia to examine the extent to which overskilling – the extent to which work-related skills and abilities are utilized in current employment – is a ...
(Published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48(2), 265-286. doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00557.x)
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J62, J24
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2937
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Myeong-Su
Yun
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Wage Differentials, Discrimination and Inequality: A Cautionary Note on the Juhn, Murphy and Pierce Decomposition Method
This paper shows how difficult it is to study the roles of discrimination and unobserved skills when studying changes in racial and gender wage gaps over time by examining merits and shortcomings of ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 56(1), 114-122)
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J70, D30
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2935
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Yann
Algan
Pierre
Cahuc
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Social Attitudes and Economic Development: An Epidemiological Approach
In this paper we develop a new empirical approach to uncovering the impact of social attitudes on economic development. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly ...
(published as 'Inherited Trust and Growth' in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 2060 - 2092)
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O10, F10, P10, N13
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12990Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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