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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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1204
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Anna
M.
Falzoni
Alessandra
Venturini
Claudia
Villosio
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Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996
In this paper we use individual micro data on workers combined with industry and regional
data to study the dynamics of the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers in
Italy in the ...
(published as 'Skilled and unskilled wage dynamics in Italy in the 1990s: changes in individual characteristics, institutions, trade and technology' in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25 (4), 441 – 463, )
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J31, F4, O33
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1203
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Armin
Falk
Michael
Kosfeld
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Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control
We show experimentally that a principal’s distrust in the voluntary performance of an agent
has a negative impact on the agent’s motivation to perform well. Before the agent chooses
his ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630)
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C7, C9, M5
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1202
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Rafael
Lalive
Alois
Stutzer
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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms
on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’
approval of an ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 933-962)
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I31, J16, J31, J70, Z13
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1199
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Peter J.
Sloane
Nigel
C.
O'Leary
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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in
Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject
groups and more ...
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 193 (1), 75-89)
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I2, J0, J3
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1198
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John
S.
Earle
Klara
Sabirianova
Peter
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Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia
We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback
arises because each employer’s arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in
the same local ...
(revised version published as' Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation' in: Review of Economicss and Statistics, 2009, 91(4), 832 - 849)
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A12, B52, J30, K42, L14, O17, P31, P37
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1197
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Filipe
Almeida-Santos
Karen
A.
Mumford
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Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace
Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training
in Britain. We find ...
(revised version published in: Manchester School, 2005, 73 (3), 321-342)
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J24, J31, J41
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1196
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M. Hashem
Pesaran
Davide
Pettenuzzo
Allan
Timmermann
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Forecasting Time Series Subject to Multiple Structural Breaks
This paper provides a novel approach to forecasting time series subject to discrete structural
breaks. We propose a Bayesian estimation and prediction procedure that allows for the
possibility of ...
(published in Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73 (4), 1057-1084)
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C11, C15, C53
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1195
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Panu
Poutvaara
Tuomas
Takalo
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Candidate Quality
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set
of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate
model of ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2007, 14 (1), 7-27)
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D70, D72, D79, J24, J4
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1193
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Steffen
Huck
Andrew
Seltzer
Brian
Wallace
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Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets
This paper examines the relationship between firms’ wage offers and workers’ supply of effort
using a three-period experiment. In equilibrium, firms will offer deferred compensation: first
period ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843)
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C91, J31, J41, M51, M52
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1192
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Yann
Algan
Pierre
Cahuc
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Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis
This paper shows that employment protection is influenced by the male breadwinner
conception which is itself shaped by religions. First, by using international individual surveys,
we document that ...
(published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 390-410)
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J16, J20, J71
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