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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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2388
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Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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The Persistent Decline in Unionization in Western and Eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What Can We Learn from a Decomposition Analysis?
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density fell substantially in western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a ...
(published in: Industrielle Beziehungen, 2007, 14(2), 118-132)
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J51
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2387
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Robert
Plasman
François
Rycx
Ilan
Tojerow
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Industry Wage Differentials, Unobserved Ability, and Rent-Sharing: Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data, 1995-2002
This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched employer-employee data set covering the period 1995-2002. Findings show the ...
(published in: Brussels Economic Review, 2007, 50 (1), 11-37)
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D31, J31, J41
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2386
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Hielke
Buddelmeyer
Paul
H.
Jensen
Elizabeth
Webster
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Innovation and the Determinants of Firm Survival
While many firms compete through the development of new technologies and products, it is well known that new-to-the-world innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of ...
(revised version published as 'Innovation and the determinants of company survival' in: Oxford Economics Papers, 2010, 62 (2), 261-285)
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O31, O32, C41
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2385
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James
Albrecht
Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Susan
Vroman
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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper ...
(published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146)
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J21, J64, J31, J24, I21, C31
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2384
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Barry
Hirsch
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Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: Union Power under Product Market Constraints
The paper analyzes wages in the U.S. airline industry, focusing on the role of collective bargaining in a changing product market environment. Airline unions have considerable strike threat power, ...
(published in: D. Lee (ed.), Advances in Airline Economics, Vol. 2: The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing, Elsevier 2007)
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J30, L93, J50
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2383
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Roger
Klein
Francis
Vella
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A Semiparametric Model for Binary Response and Continuous Outcomes Under Index Heteroscedasticity
This paper formulates a likelihood-based estimator for a double index, semiparametric binary response equation. A novel feature of this estimator is that it is based on density estimation under local ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24 (5), 735–762)
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C35, C14
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2382
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Simon
C.
Parker
Mirjam
C.
van Praag
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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and ...
(published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2011, 27 (1), 31-46)
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J24, L26, M13
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2381
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John
T.
Addison
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Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the United States: Rent Seeking, Alliances, Raising Rivals' Costs (Even Lowering One's Own?), and Interjurisdictional Competition
This paper offers an eclectic survey of the political economy of labor regulation in the United States at federal and state levels along the dimensions of occupational health and safety, unjust ...
(published in: R. Vaubel and P. Bernholz (eds.), Political Competition and Economic Regulation, London: Routledge 2007)
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H70, J28, J38, J41, J48, J58, J65, J80, K31
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2380
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Thomas
Dohmen
Armin
Falk
David
B.
Huffman
Uwe
Sunde
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes
We investigate whether two crucial determinants of economic decision making – willingness to take risks and willingness to trust other people – are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (2), 645-677)
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D1, D8, J12, J13, J62, Z13
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2378
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Roger
Klein
Francis
Vella
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Estimating a Class of Triangular Simultaneous Equations Models Without Exclusion Restrictions
This paper provides a control function estimator to adjust for endogeneity in the triangular simultaneous equations model where there are no available exclusion restrictions to generate suitable ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 154 (2), 154-164)
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C14, C30
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