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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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1391
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Philippe
Mahler
Rainer
Winkelmann
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Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal Educational Opportunities: Evidence for Germany
We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice
using a sample of 14 years old children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In
line with previous ...
(published in: Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, 2006, 313, 39-54.)
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I21, J12
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1390
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Evelyn
L.
Lehrer
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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States
This paper critically reviews and synthesizes research on the role of religion on various
aspects of the economic and demographic behavior of individuals and families in the United
States, ...
(published in: Population and Development Review, 2004, 30 (4), 707-726)
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J1, J2
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1389
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Shelly
Lundberg
Richard
Startz
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Information and Racial Exclusion
This paper presents several economic models that explore the relationships between
imperfect information, racial income disparities, and segregation. The use of race as a signal
arises here, as in ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 621 - 642)
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J7, D83
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1386
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives
Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or selfemployed.
We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across
the business cycle. It ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Self-employment against employment or unemployment: Markov transitions across the business cycle' in: Eurasian Business Review, 2014, 4 (1), 51-87)
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E32, J23, J61, M13
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1385
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Daniele
Checchi
Laura
Pagani
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The Effects of Unions on Wage Inequality: The Italian Case in the 1990s
In this paper we analyse the contribution of union activity to reducing earnings inequality.
Given the specific nature of the system of industrial relations, Italian unions may contribute ...
(published in: Politica Economica, 2005, 1, 41-68)
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J31
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1384
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Maurice
Schiff
Yanling
Wang
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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the “Natural Trading Partners” Hypothesis
Based on static analysis, a number of studies argue that forming a RTA is more likely to raise
welfare if member countries are “natural trading partners,” while other studies claim the
opposite. ...
(published in: Revue d'économie du développement, 2007, 21 (5), 69-84)
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F02, F13, F15, F43, O39
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1383
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Mirko
Cardinale
Mike
Orszag
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Severance Pay and Corporate Finance: Empirical Evidence from a Panel of Austrian and Italian Firms
This paper examines the empirical link between severance pay and corporate finance.
Severance pay is an economic debt of the employer and hence should be taken into account
by the market in its ...
(published in: Empirica, 2005, 32 (3-4), 309-343)
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J65, J32, G39
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1382
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Pedro
S.
Martins
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Firm-Level Social Returns to Education
Do workers benefit from the education of their co-workers? This question is examined first by
introducing a model of on-the-job schooling, which argues that educated workers may
transfer part of ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23(2), 539-558)
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J24, J31, I20
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1381
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Armin
Falk
Urs
Fischbacher
Simon
Gächter
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Living in Two Neighborhoods: Social Interactions in the Lab
Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e.,
behaviour exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids the
identification ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 563–578)
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C91, H41, K42, H26
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1380
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
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Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants
Many countries are placing a greater emphasis on productive skills in the immigrant selection
policies as a way of achieving national objectives regarding immigration. These changes
stem primarily ...
(published in: D.A. Cobb-Clark and S. Khoo (eds.), Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, Edward Elgar 2006)
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J61, J22, J20
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