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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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2090
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Alfonso
Miranda
Massimiliano
Bratti
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Non-Pecuniary Returns to Higher Education: The Effect on Smoking Intensity in the UK
In this paper we investigate whether higher education (HE) produces non-pecuniary returns via a reduction in the consumption of health-damaging substances. In particular, the paper focuses on ...
(revised version published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (8), 906-920 )
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C35, I12, I21
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2088
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Maurice
Schiff
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Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (3), 267-284)
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F22, I32, J61, O15, O19, R23
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2087
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David
McKenzie
John
Gibson
Steven
Stillman
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How Important Is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration
Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general population, making it hard to obtain an appropriate comparison group of non-migrants. ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8(4), 913-945)
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J61, F22, C21
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2086
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Shubhashis
Gangopadhyay
Shagun
Krishnan
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Reforms, Entry and Productivity: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector
It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or ...
(published as 'Reforms and Entry: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector' in: Review of Development Economics, 2009, 13 (4), 658-672)
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L11, L52, L64, L67, O14, O17
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2085
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Abdurrahman
B.
Aydemir
Wen-Hao
Chen
Miles
Corak
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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants
We analyze the intergenerational income mobility of Canadians born to immigrants using the 2001 Census. A detailed portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 377 - 397)
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I30, I32, I38
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2084
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Christoph
Wunder
Johannes
Schwarze
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Income Inequality and Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees in Germany
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), it is shown that income comparison with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time ...
(published in: Journal of Income Distribution, 2009, 18(2), 70-91)
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D63, I31, D31
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2083
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Claudia
Senik
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Ambition and Jealousy: Income Interactions in the "Old" Europe versus the "New" Europe and the United States
This paper asks how income distribution affects individual well-being and tries to explore the idea that this relation depends on the degree of mobility and uncertainty in the economy. It mostly ...
(published in: Economica, 2008, 75 (299), 495-513)
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C23, D63, O57
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2081
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Frédéric
Docquier
Oliver
Paddison
Pierre
Pestieau
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Optimal Accumulation in an Endogenous Growth Setting with Human Capital
This paper considers a three-overlapping-generations model of endogenous growth wherein human capital is the engine of growth. It first contrasts the laissez-faire and the optimal solutions. Three ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2006, 134 (1), 361-378)
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D90, H21, H52
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2080
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Benoit
Dostie
Rajshri
Jayaraman
Mathieu
Trépanier
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The Returns to Computer Use Revisited, Again
Using North American data, we revisit the question first broached by Krueger (1993) and re-examined by DiNardo and Pischke (1997) of whether there exists a real wage differential associated with ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (30), 3903 - 3912)
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J30, J31, O30
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2078
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Jean-Yves
Duclos
Abdelkrim
Araar
John
T.
Giles
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Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China
The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (2), 266-277)
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C15, D31, D63, I32
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