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Title
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JEL Class.
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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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1911
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Orley
Ashenfelter
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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)
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J17, H43, I18, R4
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1909
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David
N.F.
Bell
David
G.
Blanchflower
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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)
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J4
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1908
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Antonia
Parera-Nicolau
Karen
A.
Mumford
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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. )
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J2, J3, J80
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1907
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Jakob
R.
Munch
Jan
Rose
Skaksen
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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)
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F16, J31, C23
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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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