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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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1284
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Ludger
Woessmann
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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and ...
(published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 78 (1), 45-70)
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I21, J62, H52
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1282
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Francois
Fontaine
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Do Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?
This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers in large firms can be matched together through social networks or through more "formal" methods of search. We ...
(published in: Recherches Économique de Louvain / Louvan Economic Reivew, 2008, 74 (1), 5-31)
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E24, J64, J68, Z13
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1281
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Doreen
Au
Thomas
F.
Crossley
Martin
Schellhorn
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The Effect of Health Changes and Long-Term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians
Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the ...
(revised version published in: Health Economics, 2005, 14 (10), 999-1018)
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I12, J26
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1280
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Pernilla
Andersson Joona
Eskil
Wadensjö
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Why Do Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Have Such Low Incomes?
When studying income differences and income distribution, the self-employed are often excluded from the population studied. There are several good reasons for this, for example that incomes from ...
(published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economique de Bruxelles, 2006, 48 (1-2), 43-71)
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J15, J23, J61
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1279
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Vlad
Manole
Maurice
Schiff
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Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital
This paper examines the welfare implications associated with different degrees of diversity or similarity between migrants and natives under both migration and trade. We use a general equilibrium ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21 (2), 281–294 )
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F11, F16, F22, J61
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1278
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Alois
Stutzer
Bruno
S.
Frey
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Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox
People spend a lot of time commuting and often find it a burden. According to economics, the burden of commuting is chosen when compensated either on the labor or on the housing
market so that ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 110 (2), 339 - 366)
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D12, D61, R41
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1277
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Almas
Heshmati
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the ...
(published in: Nissanke and Thorbecke (eds.), The Impact of Globalization on the Worlds Poor, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2006)
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C23, D63, F15, O57
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1274
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Daniela
Del Boca
Silvia
Pasqua
Chiara
D.
Pronzato
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Why Are Fertility and Women's Employment Rates So Low in Italy? Lessons from France and the U.K.
According to the agenda for employment set by the EU in 2000 for the following ten years, the target for female employment was set at 60 per cent for the year 2010. While Northern and most ...
(published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (s1), 51-79)
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J2, C3, D1
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1273
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Axel
Heitmueller
Kirsty
Inglis
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Carefree? Participation and Pay Differentials for Informal Carers in Britain
A substantial proportion of working age individuals in Britain are looking after sick, disabled, and elderly people and combine work and caring responsibilities. Using the British Household Panel ...
(published as "The earnings of informal carers: Wage differentials and opportunity costs" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 821-841)
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J70, J31, J40, C23
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1272
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Saul
Estrin
Klaus
Meyer
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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on ...
(published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49 (1), 61-80)
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O13, O33, J21, F23
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