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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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2589
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Rosa
Duarte
José-Julián
Escario
José Alberto
Molina
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Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours: An Analysis of Alcohol Abuse and Truancy among Adolescents
The objective of this paper is to examine the factors which affect alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents. We propose a new theoretical specification in which alcohol abuse and truancy appear as ...
(published as 'Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours in Adolescence' in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 29 (55), 125-152)
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I10, I12, I20, I21
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2587
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation: The Effect on Immigrants’ Earnings
This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It uses data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and a ...
(published as 'The impact of surplus skills on earnings: Extending the over-education model to language proficiency' in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 36, 263-275)
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J24, J31, F22
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2584
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Richard
A.
Easterlin
Onnicha
Sawangfa
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Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence
In the United States happiness, on average, varies positively with socio-economic status; is fairly constant over time; rises to midlife and then declines; and is lower among younger than older birth ...
(published in: A.K. Dutt and B. Radcliff (eds.), Happiness, Economics, and Politics: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, 2009, Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar)
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I3, D60, D1, O51
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2581
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Miquel
Clar
Christian
Dreger
Raul
Ramos
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Wage Flexibility and Labour Market Institutions: A Meta-Analysis
Evidence during the nineties about the response of real wages to shocks highlights that this response is substantially lower in European countries than in the United States and that there are ...
(published in: Kyklos, 2007, 60(2), 145-163)
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J30, J50
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2580
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
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Fun with Matched Firm-Employee Data: Progress and Road Maps
With the beginnings of a worldwide burgeoning development of matched firm-employee data, it is worthwhile to examine the possibilities for using these data. This essay discusses a variety of areas in ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 663-673)
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J2, J3
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2579
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Pieter
A.
Gautier
Arjen
Siegmann
Aico
van Vuuren
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The Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam
This paper estimates the impact of the murder of film maker Theo van Gogh on November 2, 2004, on listed house prices in Amsterdam with a unique dataset. We use an hedonic-market approach to show ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 65(2), 113-126.)
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C31, C41, R21, R23, R31
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2578
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Graziella
Bertocchi
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The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective
Several countries have recently abolished or significantly reduced their taxes on bequests. Bequest taxes, on the other hand, were among the first to be introduced when modern systems of taxation ...
(revised version published in: Economics and Politics, 2011, 23 (1), 107 - 131)
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H20, P16, N40, O40
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2576
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Kenneth
D.
Boyer
Stephen
V.
Burks
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Stuck in the Slow Lane: Traffic Composition and the Measurement of Labor Productivity in the U.S. Trucking Industry
Mirroring the railroad industry of the 1940’s and 1950’s, the trucking industry today appears to be achieving impressive productivity gains. But it is easy to confuse true productivity advances in ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 75 (4), 2009, 1220-1237)
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L92, D24, C43
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2575
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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The Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning: What the 2000 US Census Says
A critical period for language learning is often defined as a sharp decline in learning outcomes with age. This study examines the relevance of the critical period to English proficiency among ...
(published as "A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning" in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008, 29 (1), 16-29)
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F22, J15
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2574
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Gary
Charness
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment
The population of most developed societies is ‘graying’. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a ...
(revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (3), 956–978)
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A13, B49, C91, C93, J14, J18, J38, J70
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12990Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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