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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1923
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David
A.
Jaeger
M. Daniele
Paserman
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Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence
In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 45-49)
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C32, D71, D74, H56
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1922
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José
Varejão
Pedro
Portugal
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Employment Dynamics and the Structure of Labor Adjustment Costs
In this paper we document the patterns of employment adjustment at the micro-level. We find clear evidence of lumpy adjustment consistent with the presence of non-convexities in the adjustment ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (1), 137-165)
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J23, J63
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1921
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Anne
Daly
Akira
Kawaguchi
Xin
Meng
Karen
A.
Mumford
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The Gender Wage Gap in Four Countries
In a series of studies written during the 1980s Bob Gregory and his co-authors compared the gender wage gap in Australia with that found in other countries. They found it was not the difference in ...
(revised version published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (257), 165-176)
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J3, J7
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1920
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Tracy
L.
Regan
Ronald
L.
Oaxaca
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Work Experience as a Source of Specification Error in Earnings Models: Implications for Gender Wage Decompositions
We address the bias from using potential vs. actual experience in earnings models. Statistical tests reject the classical errors-in-variable framework. The nature of the measurement error is best ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (2), 463 - 499)
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C81, J24, J31
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1919
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Peter
J.
Kuhn
Chris
Riddell
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The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991
Using data spanning a half century for adjacent jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada, we study the long-term effects of a very generous unemployment insurance (UI) program on weeks worked. We find ...
(revised version published as 'The Long-Term Effects of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from New Brunswick and Maine, 1940 - 1991' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63 (2), 183 - 204)
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J22, J64
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1917
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Robert
W.
Fairlie
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, ...
(published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2005, 30(4), 305-316)
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C6, J15, J16
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1916
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Andrew
Leigh
Justin
Wolfers
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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia Is Not a Paradox
In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development ...
(published in: Australian Economic Review, 2006, 39 (2), 176-184)
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I31, O57
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1914
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Takao
Kato
Cheryl
Long
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CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data
Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on CEO turnover, ownership structure and board characteristics, we estimate Logit ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (4), 796 - 817)
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M52, M12, J33, P34, G30, O16, O53, G30, G15
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1913
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Mirko
Draca
Stephen
Machin
John
Van Reenen
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Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability
Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3 (1), 121-159)
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J23, L25
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1912
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Daniel
O.
Beltran
Kuntal
K.
Das
Robert
W.
Fairlie
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Do Home Computers Improve Educational Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Current Population Surveys and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
Nearly twenty million children in the United States do not have computers in their homes. The role of home computers in the educational process, however, has drawn very little attention in the ...
(published as 'Home Computers and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the NLSY97 and CPS ' in: Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48 (3), 771-792)
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I2
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12998Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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