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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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1271
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Almas
Heshmati
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Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as ...
(published in: ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, 2005, 5 (1), 7-52 )
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C10, D31, D63, I30, N30
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1270
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Matthias
Kräkel
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Emotions and Incentives
We introduce a concept of emotions that emerge when workers compare their own performance with a given standard or with the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the ...
(published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214)
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J3, M5
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1269
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Sandra
E.
Black
Paul
J.
Devereux
Kjell
G.
Salvanes
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The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2), 669-700)
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I2, J1
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1268
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Jörn-Steffen
Pischke
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Labor Market Institutions, Wages, and Investment
Labor market institutions, via their effect on the wage structure, affect the investment decisions of firms in labor markets with frictions. This observation helps explain rising wage inequality in ...
(published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2005, 51 (1), 47-75)
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E22, E24, J23, J24, J31
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1267
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Almas
Heshmati
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The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality
This review covers a range of measures and methods frequently employed in empirical analysis of global income inequality and global income distribution. Different determinant factors along with ...
(published as "The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality: A Review of the Economic Literature" in: Journal of World-Systems Research, 2006, 12 (1), 61-107)
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C10, D31, D63, I30, N30
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1265
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
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High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe
Using individual data from the European Survey on Working Conditions (ESWC) covering all EU member states, this study aimed at contributing to our understanding of the effects of
High Performance ...
(published in: RWI-Mitteilungen, 2003/2004, 54/55 (1), 57-85)
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J24, J5, L23, M11
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1264
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John
T.
Addison
Clive
R.
Belfield
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Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
This paper uses a combination of workplace and matched-employee workplace data from the British 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions and firm-provided training ...
(published as 'Unions, Training, and Firm Performance' in: Journal of Labor Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 2007, 40 (4), 361-381)
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J24, J33, J51
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1263
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Almas
Heshmati
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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality
This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, ...
(revised version published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007)
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C10, D31, D63, I32, N30
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1262
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Aysit
Tansel
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Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey
The main objective of this paper is to examine the factors which explain the employment choice and the wage differentials in the public administration, state owned enterprises and the formal private ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53 (2), 453-477)
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J31, J45, J16
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1261
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Barry
Hirsch
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Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills
The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than are those of full-time workers. Measurable worker and job characteristics, including occupational skill requirements, account for much of ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (4), 525-551)
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J31, J24, J22
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