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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1820
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David
Neumark
Elizabeth
T.
Powers
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SSI, Labor Supply, and Migration
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in the United States creates incentives for potential aged recipients to reduce labor supply prior to becoming eligible, and our past research finds ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (3), 447-479)
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J14, J22, I38, R23
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1819
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Adama
Konseiga
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Household Migration Decisions as Survival Strategy: The Case of Burkina Faso
The paper examines the motivations behind the important migration from Burkina Faso to Cote d'Ivoire, the economic pole in the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The paper uses a detailed ...
(published in: Journal of African Economies, 2007, 16 (2), 198-233)
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C25, F15, F22, R23, J31
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1818
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Evelyn
L.
Lehrer
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Young Women's Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of High School Completion
The far-reaching consequences of failing to complete secondary schooling are well known. The central questions addressed in this study are: Does religion make a difference in the likelihood of ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2006, 4(3), 277-293)
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J24, J15, J22
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1817
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Jürgen
Meckl
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Are US Wages Really Determined by European Labor-Market Institutions?
This paper integrates institutionally determined wage rigidities into an otherwise standard Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade. It accounts for differences in individual productivities and ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1924-1930)
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F11, J31
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1816
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Christian
Grund
Niels
C.
Westergård-Nielsen
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Age Structure of the Workforce and Firm Performance
In this contribution, we examine the interrelation between corporate age structures and firm performance. In particular, we address the issues, whether firms with young rather than older employees ...
(revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29(5), 410-422)
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M54, J21, L25
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1815
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
Jungmin
Lee
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Stressed Out on Four Continents: Time Crunch or Yuppie Kvetch?
Social commentators have pointed to problems of workers who face "time stress" – an absence of sufficient time to accomplish all their tasks. An economic theory views time stress as reflecting how ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89 (2), 374-383)
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J22
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1812
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John
S.
Heywood
W. Stanley
Siebert
Xiangdong
Wei
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High Performance Workplaces and Family Friendly Practices: Promises Made and Promises Kept
High performance workplaces elicit greater involvement and productivity from employees but
past theory and evidence remain divided on whether or not such workplaces are compatible
with family ...
(published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2010, 21 (11), 1976-1995)
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J31, J32, J81
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1811
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Alois
Stutzer
Bruno
S.
Frey
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Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?
This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a
longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likely
for ...
(published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 326-347)
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D13, I31, J12
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1810
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Herwig
Immervoll
Henrik
Jacobsen
Kleven
Claus
Thustrup
Kreiner
Emmanuel
Saez
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Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis
This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in
the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue
neutral and ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007. 118 (516), 1-44)
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H20
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1809
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Wim
P.
Vijverberg
Joop
Hartog
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On Simplifying the Structure of Labour Demand: An Analysis of the DOT Data
We analyse the information in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to characterize the
structure of labour demand. Two dimensions, an intellectual factor and a dexterity factor
capture most ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42(13), 1747-1760)
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J21, J23, J31
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