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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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2272
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James
P.
Habyarimana
Macartan
Humphreys
Daniel
N.
Posner
Jeremy
Weinstein
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Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach
A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of ...
(published as 'Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?' in: American Political Science Review, 2007, 101 (4), 709 - 725 )
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D71, H41, J15, O10, Z13
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2271
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Helena
Skyt
Nielsen
Michael
Svarer
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Educational Homogamy: Preferences or Opportunities?
Individuals match on length and type of education. We investigate whether the systematic relationship between educations of partners is explained by opportunities (e.g. low search frictions) or ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(4), 1066-86)
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J12, J24
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2270
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Michael
C.
Burda
Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
Philippe
Weil
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The Distribution of Total Work in the EU and US
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and ...
(published in: Tito Boeri, Michael Burda, Francis Kramarz (eds.), Working Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA: Are Americans Crazy? Are Europeans Lazy? Oxford Univ. Press, 2008)
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J22, E24, D13
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2269
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Jamie
Goodwin-White
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Dispersion or Concentration for the 1.5 Generation? Destination Choices of the Children of Immigrants in the US
This paper examines determinants of inter-metropolitan destination choice for foreign-born and 1.5 generation adult children of immigrants in the US. An immigrant concentration-weighted accessibility ...
(published in: Population, Space and Place, 2007, 13 (5), 313 - 331)
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J61
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2268
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Alison
L.
Booth
Margi
Wood
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Back-to-front Down-under? Part-time/Full-time Wage Differentials in Australia
In 2003, part-time employment in Australia accounted for over 42% of the Australian female workforce, nearly 17% of the male workforce, and represented 28% of total employment. Of the OECD countries, ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2008, 47 (1), 114-135)
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J16, J22, J31
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2267
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Sourafel
Girma
Yundan
Gong
Holger
Görg
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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a comprehensive firm level panel data ...
(revised version published as 'What determines innovation activity in Chinese state-owned enterprises? The role of foreign direct investment' in: World Development, 2009, 37 (4), 866-873)
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F23, O31
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2266
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Jörgen
Hansen
Magnus
Lofstrom
Xuelin
Zhang
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State Dependence in Canadian Welfare Participation
This paper analyzes transitions into and out-of Social Assistance in Canada. We estimate a dynamic Probit model, controlling for endogenous initial conditions and unobserved heterogeneity, using ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2014, 39, 81-105)
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I30, I38, J18
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2265
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Marika
Karanassou
Hector
Sala
Dennis
J.
Snower
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Phillips Curves and Unemployment Dynamics: A Critique and a Holistic Perspective
The conventional wisdom that inflation and unemployment are unrelated in the long-run implies that these phenomena can be analysed by separate branches of economics. The macro literature tries to ...
(published: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2010, 24 (1), 1-51)
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E24, E31
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2264
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Olmo
Silva
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The Jack-of-All-Trades Entrepreneur: Innate Talent or Acquired Skill?
Cross-sectional tests of the Jack-of-All-Trades theory of entrepreneurship invariably conclude that accumulation of balanced skill-mix across different fields of expertise stimulates ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2007, 97 (2), 118-123)
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M13, J23, J24
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2261
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Jörgen
Hansen
Magnus
Lofstrom
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Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates
This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (3), 412 - 442)
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I30, I38, J15, J18, J61
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