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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1947
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Nigel
C.
O'Leary
Peter J.
Sloane
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Rates of Return to Degrees across British Regions
Earlier papers have found considerable heterogeneity in the returns to degrees in relation to subjects of study, degree classification and higher education institution. In this paper we examine ...
(published in: Regional Studies, 2008, 42(2), 199-213)
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A22, A23, I21, J31, R1
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1946
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Monique
Ebell
Christian
Haefke
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Product Market Deregulation and the U.S. Employment Miracle
We consider the dynamic relationship between product market entry regulation and equilibrium unemployment. The main theoretical contribution is combining a job matching model with monopolistic ...
(published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12, 479 - 504.)
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E24, J63, L16, O00
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1944
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Justin
Wolfers
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Diagnosing Discrimination: Stock Returns and CEO Gender
A vast labor literature has found evidence of a "glass ceiling", whereby women are under-represented among senior management. A key question remains the extent to which this reflects unobserved ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4 (2-3), 531-541)
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G14, G3, J16, J4, J7, K31, M5
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1943
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Mats
Hammarstedt
Mĺrten
Palme
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Intergenerational Mobility, Human Capital Transmission and the Earnings of Second-Generation Immigrants in Sweden
We compare the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an overall convergence in average earnings between immigrants and natives. This convergence hides a ...
(revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:4)
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J15, J24, J61, J62
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1942
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Benoit
Dostie
Pierre
Thomas
Léger
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Self-Selection in Migration and Returns to Unobservable Skills
Several papers have tested the empirical validity of the migration models proposed by Borjas (1987) and Borjas, Bronars, and Trejo (1992). However, to our knowledge, none has been able to disentangle ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22(4), 1005-1024)
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J24, J61, C23, C35
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1941
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Claudia
Olivetti
Barbara
Petrongolo
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Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps
Gender wage and employment gaps are negatively correlated across countries. We argue that non-random selection of women into work explains an important part of such correlation and thus of the ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (4), 621 - 654 )
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E24, J16, J31
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1940
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Francis
Kramarz
David
Thesmar
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Social Networks in the Boardroom
This paper provides empirical evidence consistent with the facts that (1) social networks may strongly affect board composition and (2) social networks may be detrimental to corporate governance. Our ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(4), 780-807 )
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J40, L20, Z13
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1939
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Andrea
Weber
Helmut
Mahringer
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Choice and Success of Job Search Methods
Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2008, 35 (1), 153-178)
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J20, J64, C31
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1937
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Rita
K.
Almeida
Pedro
Carneiro
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The Return to the Firm Investment in Human Capital
In this paper we estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. We use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (1), 97-106)
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C23, D24, J31
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1936
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Axel
Dreher
Friedrich
Schneider
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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are ...
(published in: Public Choice, 2010, 144 (1), 215–238)
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D73, H26, O17, O5
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12987Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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