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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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2448
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Leslie
S.
Stratton
James
N.
Wetzel
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Reported Progress under the Student Right-to-Know Act: How Reliable Is It?
The Student Right-to-Know Act requires colleges to provide institution-specific information on graduation rates for students initially enrolling full-time in the fall term. Not all students, however, ...
(published in: IR Applications, 2009, 19, 1 - 10)
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I28
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2447
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Anders
Frederiksen
Elöd
Takáts
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Layoffs as Part of an Optimal Incentive Mix: Theory and Evidence
Firms offer highly complex contracts to their employees. These contracts contain a mix of incentives, such as fixed wages, bonus payments, promotion options, and layoff threats. In general, ...
(published as 'Promotions, Dismissals and Employee Selection: Theory and Evidence' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2011, 27(1), 159-179)
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J30, J41, M50
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2446
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Vincenzo
Caponi
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Heterogeneous Human Capital and Migration: Who Migrates from Mexico to the US?
In this paper I document the fact that the relationship between human capital, as measured by education, and migration choices among Mexicans is U-shaped: the highest and lowest educated tend to ...
(revised version published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 207 - 234)
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F22, J61, O15
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2445
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Helen
Robinson
Jonathan
Wadsworth
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The Impact of the Minimum Wage on the Incidence of Second Job Holding in Britain
The advent of any earnings boost, such as provided by the introduction of a minimum wage, might be expected to reduce the supply of low paid individuals wanting to hold a second job. This paper uses ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54 (4), 553-574)
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J23, J31
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2443
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Boris
Hirsch
Thorsten
Schank
Claus
Schnabel
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Gender Differences in Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms: An Empirical Analysis Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
This paper investigates women's and men's labor supply to the firm within a structural approach based on a dynamic model of new monopsony. Using methods of survival analysis and a linked ...
(substantially revised version published as "Differences in Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms and the Gender Pay Gap: An Empirical Analysis Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany" in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (2), 291-330)
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J42, J60, J71
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2442
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Arnaud
Chevalier
Joanne
Lindley
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Over-Education and the Skills of UK Graduates
During the early Nineties the proportion of UK graduates doubled over a very short period of time. This paper investigates the effect of the expansion on early labour market attainment, focusing on ...
(published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 2009, 172(2), 307-337)
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J24, J31, I2
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2441
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Charlene
M.
Kalenkoski
David
C.
Ribar
Leslie
S.
Stratton
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The Effect of Family Structure on Parents' Child Care Time in the United States and the United Kingdom
We use time-diary data from the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Surveys and the 2000 United Kingdom Time Use Study to estimate the effect of family structure on the time mothers and fathers spend on ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (4), 353-384)
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J1, J2
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2440
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Frédéric
Docquier
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Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations
Is the brain drain a curse or a boon for developing countries? This paper reviews what is known to date about the magnitude of the brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants ...
(published as 'Fuite des cerveaux et inégalités entre pays' in: Revue d'Economie du Développement, 2007, 21 (2), 49-88)
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F22, J61
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2439
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Domenico
de Palo
Riccardo
Faini
Alessandra
Venturini
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The Social Assimilation of Immigrants
Policy makers in migrant-receiving countries must often strike a delicate balance between economic needs, that would dictate a substantial increase in the number of foreign workers, and political and ...
(published in: Intereconomics, 2017, 52, 285-292)
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F22, J15
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2438
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Randall
K. Q.
Akee
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Checkerboards and Coase: Transactions Costs and Efficiency in Land Markets
The Coase theorem emphasizes the role transactions costs play in efficient market outcomes. We document inefficient outcomes, in the presence of a transactions cost, in southern California land ...
(revised version published as 'Checkerboards and Coase: The Effect of Property Institutions on Efficiency in Housing Markets' in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52 (2), 395-410 )
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R14, O12
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12991Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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