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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1573
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Andrew
E.
Clark
Youenn
Lohéac
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"It Wasn't Me, It Was Them!" - Social Influence in Risky Behavior by Adolescents
Many years of concerted policy effort in Western countries has not prevented young people from experimenting with cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. One potential explanation is that social ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 763-784)
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C23, D12, Z13
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1570
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Maya
Bacache-Beauvallet
Etienne
Lehmann
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Minimum Wage or Negative Income Tax: Why Skilled Workers May Favor Wage Rigidities
This article studies the political choice over the extent and the means of income redistribution between high and low skilled workers. Redistributive tools encompass fiscal transfers with negative ...
(published as 'Minimum wage or negative income tax: why skilled workers may favor wage rigidities' in: Spanish Economic Review, 2008, 10 (1), 63-81)
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D78, E24, H23, J38
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1569
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Thierry
Lallemand
Robert
Plasman
François
Rycx
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The Establishment-Size Wage Premium: Evidence from European Countries
This study examines the magnitude and determinants of the establishment-size wage premium in five European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set. Findings show the ...
(published in: Empirica, 2007, 34 (5), 427-451)
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J31
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1568
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Subhayu
Bandyopadhyay
Ryo
Takashima
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Trade Policy and Illegal Immigration
We use a version of the Meade model to consider the effects of interdependent import tariffs in the presence illegal immigration. First, we consider the small union case and derive the Nash tariff ...
(published in: International Economics and Finance Journal, 2007, 2(1-2), 51-66)
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F11, F22
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1567
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Gautam
Hazarika
Sudipta
Sarangi
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Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi
This paper examines the effect of household access to microcredit upon work by seven to eleven year old children in rural Malawi. Given that microcredit organizations foster household enterprises ...
(published in: World Development, 2008, 36 (5), 843-859)
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J22
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1566
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Scott
Adams
David
Neumark
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The Effects of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns
Living wage campaigns have succeeded in about 100 jurisdictions in the United States but have also been unsuccessful in numerous cities. These unsuccessful campaigns provide a better control group or ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2005, 78 (2), 177-202)
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J28, J38
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1565
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Anna Maria
Ferragina
Francesco
Pastore
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Mind the Gap: Unemployment in the New EU Regions
The paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on regional unemployment during transition in Central and Eastern Europe. The focus is on Optimal Speed of Transition (OST) models and on ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22 (1), 73-113)
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J6, P2, R1, R23
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1564
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Juan
J.
Dolado
Marcel
Jansen
Juan
F.
Jimeno
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Dual Employment Protection Legislation: A Framework for Analysis
In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) establishes different regulations for certain groups of workers who face more disadvantages in the labor market (young workers, women, ...
(published in: Volume VIII of Series on Central Banking, Analysis and Economic Policies: Labour Markets and Institutions, Jorge E. Restrepo and Andrea Tokman (eds.), Central Bank of Chile, 2005)
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J64, J63
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1563
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Brenda
Gannon
Robert
Plasman
François
Rycx
Ilan
Tojerow
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Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from European Countries
This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set, the 1995 ...
(published in: Economic and Social Review, 2007, 38 (1), 135-155)
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J16, J31, J71
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1562
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Giorgio
Brunello
Lorenzo
Cappellari
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The Labour Market Effects of Alma Mater: Evidence from Italy
We use data from a nationally representative survey of Italian graduates to study whether Alma Mater matters for employment and earnings three years after graduation. We find that the attended ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 564-574)
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J24
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