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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
1911 Orley Ashenfelter
Measuring the Value of a Statistical Life: Problems and Prospects
Tradeoffs between monetary wealth and fatal safety risks are summarized in the value of a statistical life (VSL), a measure that is widely used for the evaluation of public policies in medicine, the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (510), C10-C23)
J17, H43, I18, R4
1909 David N.F. Bell
David G. Blanchflower
The Scots May Be Brave But They Are Neither Healthy Nor Happy
On almost all measures of physical health, Scots fare worse than residents of any other region of the UK and often worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54 (2), 166-194)
J4
1908 Antonia Parera-Nicolau
Karen A. Mumford
Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach
We develop and estimate a structural model of labour supply for British two parent families, taking explicit account of the importance of childcare related variables. We find working mothers do not ...
(formative work for "Labour Supply and Childcare", IZA DP No. 12500. )
J2, J3, J80
1907 Jakob R. Munch
Jan Rose Skaksen
Specialization, Outsourcing and Wages
This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the literature, we focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. By using a ...
(published in: Review of World Economics, 2009, 145 (1), 57-73)
F16, J31, C23
1906 Gabriela Schütz
Heinrich W. Ursprung
Ludger Woessmann
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)
I21, J62, H52
1905 Thomas Dohmen
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)
M54, Z13
1904 Christian Holzner
Andrey Launov
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)
J21, J23, J64
1903 Panu Poutvaara
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)
F22, J24, I21
1901 Eric A. Hanushek
Ludger Woessmann
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)
I2
1900 Ana Rute Cardoso
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)
J63, J31, J41
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