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15148 Govert Bijwaard
Jackline Wahba
Return versus Onward Migration: Go Back or Move On?
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on out-migration by distinguishing between return and onward migration and controlling for total earnings. We use Timing-of-Events models and control ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2023, 69 (3), 640-667)
F22, J61, C41
15146 Kirk Doran
Alexander Gelber
Adam Isen
The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from Visa Lotteries
We compare winning and losing firms in lotteries for H-1B visas, matching administrative data on these lotteries to administrative tax data on U.S. firms and to approved U.S. patents. Winning one ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (10), 2501–2533)
J00, J08, J15, J23, J24, J48
15145 Anna Adamecz
Nikki Shure
The Gender Gap in Top Jobs – The Role of Overconfidence
There is a large gender gap in the probability of being in a "top job" in mid-career. Top jobs bring higher earnings, and also have more job security and better career trajectories. Recent literature ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 79, 102283)
I24, I26, J24
15144 Mireille Kozhaya
Fernanda Martínez Flores
Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age
This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2025, 39 (1), 164–190,)
I38, J22, J23, J82, O12
15142 Stepan Mikula
Tommaso G. Reggiani
Residential-Based Discrimination in the Labor Market
Through a correspondence study, this paper investigates whether employers discriminate job applicants based on their living conditions. Exploiting the natural setting provided by a Rapid Re-housing ...
(revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2022, 2, 373 - 388)
C93, J08, J71
15141 Simon Briole
Marc Gurgand
Eric Maurin
Sandra McNally
Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
Daniel Santín
The Making of Civic Virtues: A School-Based Experiment in Three Countries
With the rise of polarization and extremism, the question of how best to transmit civic virtues across generations is more acute than ever. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that schools can be ...
(forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)
I20, I24, J24
15139 Aspasia Bizopoulou
Rigissa Megalokonomou
Stefania Simion
Do Second Chances Pay Off? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Low-Achieving Students
In several countries, students who fail end-of-high-school high-stakes exams are faced with the choice of retaking them or forgoing postsecondary education. We explore exogenous variation generated ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 239, 105214)
J16, I21, I23
15138 Hani Mansour
Terra McKinnish
Male Wage Inequality and Characteristics of "Early Mover" Marriages
Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent with the theoretical prediction that greater male wage dispersion increases the ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 36, 115–138)
J12, J24
15137 Thomas Dudek
Anne Ardila Brenře
Jan Feld
Julia Rohrer
No Evidence That Siblings' Gender Affects Personality across Nine Countries
Does growing up with a sister rather than a brother affect personality? In this paper, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the effects of siblings' gender on adults' personality, using data from ...
(published in: Psychological Science, 2022, 33 (9), 1574 - 1587)
J12, J16, J24
15136 Robert E. Hall
Marianna Kudlyak
The Unemployed with Jobs and without Jobs
Potential workers are classified as unemployed if they seek work but are not working. The unemployed population contains two groups—those with jobs and those without jobs. Those with jobs are on ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 79, 102244)
E32, J63, J64
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