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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1906
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Gabriela
Schütz
Heinrich
W.
Ursprung
Ludger
Woessmann
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Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity
We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how ...
(published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61 (2), 279-308)
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I21, J62, H52
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1905
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Thomas
Dohmen
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Do Professionals Choke Under Pressure?
High rewards or the threat of severe punishment do not only provide incentives to exert high levels of effort but also create pressure. Such pressure can cause paradoxical performance effects, namely ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65, 636-653)
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M54, Z13
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1904
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Christian
Holzner
Andrey
Launov
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Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation
We introduce different skill groups and production functions into the Burdett-Mortensen equilibrium search model. Supermodularity in the production process leads to a positive intrafirm wage ...
(revised version published as 'Search Equilibrium and Social and Private Returns to Education' in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (1), 39-59)
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J21, J23, J64
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1903
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Panu
Poutvaara
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On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results
Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration, region-specific shocks may increase the average level of education. Previously, ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (3), 679-684)
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F22, J24, I21
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1901
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Ludger
Woessmann
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Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence across Countries
Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep their entire secondary-school system comprehensive. To estimate the effects of such institutional ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (510), C63-C76)
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I2
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1900
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Ana Rute
Cardoso
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Big Fish in Small Pond or Small Fish in Big Pond? An Analysis of Job Mobility
The statement that individuals care for status and for their position within a hierarchy has been subject to sparse economic analysis. I check this assertion by analyzing wages and status within the ...
(published as 'Money and rank in the labor market' in: Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (2), 325 - 328)
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J63, J31, J41
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1899
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Refet
S.
Gürkaynak
Justin
Wolfers
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Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk
In September 2002, a new market in "Economic Derivatives" was launched allowing traders to take positions on future values of several macroeconomic data releases. We provide an initial analysis of ...
(published in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2005, 11 - 50)
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C23, D21, J50, L13
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1897
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Tuomas
Pekkarinen
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Gender Differences in Educational Attainment: Evidence on the Role of the Tracking Age from a Finnish Quasi-Experiment
This paper studies the relationship between the timing of tracking of pupils into vocational and academic secondary education and gender differences in educational attainment and income. We argue ...
(revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (4), 807-826)
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I20, J16
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1896
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Kai
Christoffel
Tobias
Linzert
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The Role of Real Wage Rigidity and Labor Market Frictions for Unemployment and Inflation Dynamics
In this paper we incorporate a labor market with matching frictions and wage rigidities into the New Keynesian business cycle model. In particular, we analyze the effect of a monetary policy shock ...
(published in: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42 (7), 1435-1446)
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E52, J64, E32, E31
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1895
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Lorenz
Götte
David
B.
Huffman
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Do Emotions Improve Labor Market Outcomes?
This chapter argues that the neglect of emotion in economic models explains their inability to predict important aspects of the labor market. We focus on one example: firms frequently cut real wages, ...
(published in: Vohs, K.D, Baumeister, R.F; Loewenstein, G. (eds.): Do emotions help or hurt decision making? A Hedgefoxian Perspective, New York, Sage, 2007)
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E24, E31, E32, B49
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12982Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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