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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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2473
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Andrew
Henley
Reza
Arabsheibani
Francisco
G.
Carneiro
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On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector
A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply ...
(published in: World Development, 2009, 37(5), 992-1003)
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J21, J42
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2470
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René
Fahr
Uwe
Sunde
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Did the Hartz Reforms Speed-Up Job Creation? A Macro-Evaluation Using Empirical Matching Functions
Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth packages of Hartz reforms in January 2004 and January 2005, respectively. The aim ...
(revised version published in: German Economic Review, 2009, 10 (3), 284 - 316)
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J6, J63, J64, J65
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2469
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Ralitza
Dimova
François-Charles
Wolff
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Do Downward Private Transfers Enhance Maternal Labor Supply? Evidence from around Europe
Drawing on a theoretical model of downward private transfers with endogenous labor supply and recursive econometric models based on 2317 mother-daughter pairs from the 2003 SHARE data on 10 European ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (3), 911-933)
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D64, J13, J22
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2468
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Rolf
Aaberge
Ugo
Colombino
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Designing Optimal Taxes with a Microeconometric Model of Household Labour Supply
The purpose of this paper is to present an exercise where we identify optimal income tax rules under the constraint of fixed tax revenue. To this end, we estimate a microeconomic model with 78 ...
(revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, 115 (2), 449-475)
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H21, H31, J22
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2467
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Martin
Salm
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Can Subjective Mortality Expectations and Stated Preferences Explain Varying Consumption and Saving Behaviors among the Elderly?
This study investigates how subjective mortality expectations and heterogeneity in time and risk preferences affect the consumption and saving behavior of the elderly. Previous studies find that the ...
(revised version published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, 43(3), 1040-1057 )
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D81, D91, J14
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2466
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Lex
Borghans
Bas
ter Weel
Bruce
A.
Weinberg
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Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes
This paper develops a framework to understand the role of interpersonal interactions in the labor market including task assignment and wages. Effective interpersonal interactions involve caring, to ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43 (4), 815-858)
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J21, J24, J31
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2465
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Fei
Peng
W. Stanley
Siebert
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Real Wage Cyclicality in Italy
This paper analyzes the cyclical behaviour of male real wages in Italy using the European Community Household Panel 1994-2001. We distinguish between job stayers (remaining in the same job), and ...
(published in: Labour, 22 (4), 2008, 569 - 591)
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E32, J31, K31
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2464
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Núria
Rodríguez-Planas
Jacob
Benus
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Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs in Romania
We evaluate the presence of effects from joining one of four active labour market programs in Romania in the late 1990s compared to the no-program state. Using rich survey data and propensity score ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2010, 38 (1), 65-84)
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J68
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2463
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Alexander
K.
Koch
Eloic
Peyrache
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Moral Hazard Contracts: Does One Size Fit All?
Incentive theory predicts that contract terms should respond to differences in agents’ productivities. Firms’ practice of anonymous contracts thus appears puzzling. We show that such a ...
(published in:Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 399-401.)
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D80, J33, L14, M12
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2462
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Reza
Arabsheibani
Altay
Mussurov
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Returns to Schooling in Kazakhstan: OLS and Instrumental Variables Approach
This paper examines rates of return to schooling in Kazakhstan using OLS and instrumental variable (IV) methodologies. We use spouse’s education and smoking as instruments. We find that spouse’s ...
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15 (2), 342-364)
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C13, I21, J24
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