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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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1481
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Elizabeth
U.
Cascio
Ethan
Gatewood
Lewis
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Schooling and the AFQT: Evidence from School Entry Laws
Is the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) a measure of achievement or ability? The answer to this question is critical for drawing inferences from studies in which it is employed. In this paper, we ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(2), 294-318)
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I20, J24, J15
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1480
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Olivier
B.
Bargain
Nicolas
Moreau
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Cooperative Models in Action: Simulation of a Nash-Bargaining Model of Household Labor Supply with Taxation
Several theoretical contributions, starting with McElroy and Horney (1981) and Manser and Brown (1980), have suggested to model household behavior as a Nash-bargaining game. Since then, very few ...
(published as 'The Impact of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Labor Supply in a Simulated Nash-bargaining Framework' in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013, 34(1), 77-86)
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C25, C52, C71, D11, D12, H31, J22
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1478
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Kai
A.
Konrad
Amedeo
Spadaro
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Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence
We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if individuals differ in their perceptions about own ability. Those who see their ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90(1-2), 171-188)
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D78, H23, I21
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1477
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John
T.
Addison
Christopher
J.
Surfield
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‘Atypical Work’ and Compensation
Atypical work, or alternative work arrangements in U.S. parlance, has long been criticized for providing poorly-compensated employment. Although one group of atypical workers (contractors) seems to ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2007, 73(4), 1038–1065)
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J31, J33, J4
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1476
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David
N.F.
Bell
Axel
Heitmueller
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The Disability Discrimination Act in the UK: Helping or Hindering Employment Amongst the Disabled?
The enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 triggered a substantial academic debate about its consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, 465-480)
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J2, I18, J71, J78
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1475
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Giorgio
Brunello
Daniele
Checchi
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School Vouchers Italian Style
School vouchers introduced recently in some Italian regions have lowered the cost of private schools. On one side, we provide evidence that Italian private schools may be selected for different ...
(published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2005, 357-399)
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I22
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1474
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Massimiliano
Bratti
Stefano
Staffolani
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Effort-Based Career Opportunities and Working Time
In this paper we describe the hypothesis of effort-based career opportunities as a situation in which profit maximizing firms create incentives for employees to work longer hours than the bargained ...
(revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (6), 489-512)
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J22, J23, J50, M12
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1473
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John
T.
Addison
Thorsten
Schank
Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
Theory suggests that firms confront a hold-up problem in dealing with workplace unionism: unions will appropriate a portion of the quasi rents stemming from long-lived capital. As a result, firms may ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (2), 187-203)
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J50
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1472
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Elizabeth
Brainerd
David
M.
Cutler
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Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19 (1), 107 - 130)
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I12, J10, P36
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1471
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Richard
Akresh
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Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure: Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso
Researchers often assume household structure is exogenous, but child fostering, the institution in which parents send their biological children to live with another family, is widespread in ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(4), 976-997)
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O15, J12, D10
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