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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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2842
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Pierre
Dubois
Bruno
Jullien
Thierry
Magnac
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Formal and Informal Risk Sharing in LDCs: Theory and Empirical Evidence
We develop and estimate a model of dynamic interactions between households where commitment is limited and contracts are incomplete to explain the patterns of income and consumption growth in village ...
(published in: Econometrica, 2008, 76(4), 679-726)
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C14, D13, D91, L14, O12
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2840
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Andrew
E.
Clark
Paul
Frijters
Michael A.
Shields
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Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises in GNP per head. At the same time, a micro literature has typically found ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144)
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D01, D31, H00, I31, J28
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2839
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Richard
V.
Burkhauser
Shuaizhang
Feng
Stephen
P.
Jenkins
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Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure US Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data: A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
The March Current Population Survey (CPS) is the primary data source for estimation of levels and trends in labor earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistency problems related to top ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (1), 166–185)
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D3, J3, C8
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2838
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Alan
Barrett
David
Duffy
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Are Ireland’s Immigrants Integrating into its Labour Market?
Ireland has experienced a remarkable change in its migratory patterns in recent years and has moved from experiencing large-scale emigration to receiving significant inflows. In this paper, we use ...
(revised version published in: International Migration Review, 2008, 42 (3), 597-619)
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J61
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2837
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Kostas
Mavromaras
Seamus
McGuinness
Yin
King
Fok
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Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Over-Skilling in the Australian Labour Market
This paper examines the incidence and wage effects of over-skilling within the Australian labour market. It finds that approximately 30 percent of employees believed themselves to be moderately ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2009, 85(268), 60-72)
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J24, J31
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2836
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Claudio
Ferraz
Frederico
S.
Finan
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Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes
This paper examines whether access to information enhances political accountability. Based upon the results of Brazil’s recent anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipal expenditures of ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 703-745)
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D72, D78, H41, O17
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2835
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Alessio
J. G.
Brown
Christian
Merkl
Dennis
J.
Snower
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities and targeting the unemployed ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 168-179)
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J23, J24, J38, J64, J68
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2833
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Giacomo
De Giorgi
Michele
Pellizzari
Silvia
Redaelli
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Be as Careful of the Books You Read as of the Company You Keep: Evidence on Peer Effects in Educational Choices
In this paper we investigate whether peers’ behavior influences the choice of college major. Using a unique dataset of students at Bocconi University and exploiting the organization of teaching at ...
(Revised version published as "Identifcation of Social Interactions through Partially Overlapping Peer Groups" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2(2), 241-75)
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J0, I21
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2832
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David
L.
Dickinson
Robert
J.
Oxoby
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Cognitive Dissonance, Pessimism, and Behavioral Spillover Effects
This paper reports results from a unique two-stage experiment designed to examine the spillover effects of optimism and pessimism. In stage 1, we induce optimism or pessimism onto subjects by ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (3), 295-306)
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C91, D84
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2831
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Stephen
P.
Jenkins
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Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution
The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income distributions, thereby providing a full range of top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (2), 392–398)
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C16, C46, D31
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