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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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2209
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Michèle
Belot
John
Ermisch
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Friendship Ties and Geographical Mobility: Evidence from the BHPS
A common finding in analyses of geographic mobility is a strong association between past movement and current mobility, a phenomenon that has given rise to the so called ‘mover-stayer model’. We ...
(published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 2009, 172 (2), 427-442)
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J61, Z13
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2208
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Andrew
J.
Oswald
Nattavudh
Powdthavee
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Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges
Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This paper argues that economists are wrong to do so. It provides longitudinal evidence ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (5-6), 1061-1077)
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D1, I3, I31, K0
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2207
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Andrea
Ichino
Enrico
Moretti
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Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism and the Earning Gap
In most Western countries illness-related absenteeism is higher among female workers than among male workers. Using the personnel dataset of a large Italian bank, we show that the probability of an ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 183-218)
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J7, M5
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2206
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Menzie
D.
Chinn
Robert
W.
Fairlie
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ICT Use in the Developing World: An Analysis of Differences in Computer and Internet Penetration
Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, 2010, 18 (1), 153 - 167)
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O30, L96
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2205
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Thomas
Dohmen
Armin
Falk
David
B.
Huffman
Uwe
Sunde
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Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Prevalence, Behavior and Success
Experimental evidence has convincingly shown the existence of reciprocal inclinations, i.e., a tendency for people to respond in-kind to hostile or kind actions. Little is known, however, about: (i) ...
(published in: The Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 592 - 612)
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D63, J3, J6
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2204
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Tuomas
Pekkarinen
Roope
Uusitalo
Sari
Pekkala Kerr
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility: Evidence from the Finnish Comprehensive School Reform
Many authors have recently suggested that the heterogeneity in the quality of early education
may be one of the key mechanisms underlying the intergenerational persistence of earnings. This paper ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, 965-973)
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D31, J62, I20
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2203
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Giorgio
Brunello
Simona
Lorena
Comi
Daniela
Sonedda
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Income Taxes and the Composition of Pay
According to the standard principal-agent model, the optimal composition of pay should balance the provision of incentives with the individual demand for insurance. Do income taxes alter this ...
(published as 'Income Taxes and the Composition of Pay: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 58 (3), 297 - 322)
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J33, H24
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2202
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Alberto
Chong
Jose
C.
Galdo
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Does the Quality of Training Programs Matter? Evidence from Bidding Processes Data
We estimate the effect of training quality on earnings using a Peruvian program, which targets disadvantaged youths. The identification of causal effects is possible because of two attractive ...
(updated version published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (6), 970-986 )
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I38, H43, C13, C14
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2201
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Robert
W.
Fairlie
Harry
A.
Krashinsky
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Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited
A large body research shows a positive relationship between wealth and entrepreneurship and interprets the relationship as providing evidence of liquidity constraints. Recently, however, the ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (2), 279-306)
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J01
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2200
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Rafael
Lalive
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How Do Extended Benefits Affect Unemployment Duration? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 142 (2), 785-806)
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C41, J64, J65
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