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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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1103
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Janet
Currie
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The Take-Up of Social Benefits
This paper offers a review of recent literature regarding the take up of social programs in the
U.S. and U.K. A few general conclusions are drawn: First, take up is enhanced by automatic
or default ...
(published in: A.J. Auerbach et al. (eds), Public policy and the income distribution, New York: Russel Sage, 2006)
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I38
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1102
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Solomon
Polachek
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How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
This paper explores secular changes in women’s pay relative to men’s pay. It shows how the
human capital model predicts a smaller gender wage gap as male-female lifetime work
expectations become ...
(published in: F. Blau, M. Brinton, and D. Grusky, (eds.) The Declining Significance of Gender?, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006)
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J1, J2, J3, J7
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1101
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Arnaud
Chevalier
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Motivation, Expectations and the Gender Pay Gap for UK Graduates
Focussing on recent UK graduates, a wage gap of 12% is found. The unexplained
component of the gap is small and a large fraction of the gap can be explained by subject
choice, job characteristics, ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69 (6), 819-842)
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J16, J13, J29, J70
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1100
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Armin
Falk
Rafael
Lalive
Josef
Zweimüller
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The Success of Job Applications: A New Approach to Program Evaluation
In this paper, we suggest a novel approach to program evaluation that allows identification of
the causal effect of a training program on the likelihood of being invited to a job interview
under ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (6), 739-748)
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I38, C93
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1099
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Michael
Fertig
Jochen
Kluve
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A Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation of Comprehensive Labor Market Policy Reforms in Germany
Over the last year the German government has introduced a comprehensive set of labor
market policy reforms, the so-called Hartz reforms, which aim at a significant reduction of
unemployment. To ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 2004, 55, 83-112)
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J0
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1098
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Libertad
González
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Nonparametric Bounds on the Returns to Language Skills
This paper applies the theoretical literature on nonparametric bounds on treatment effects to
the estimation of how limited English proficiency (LEP) affects wages and employment
opportunities for ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2005, 20 (6), 771-795)
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C14, J24, J31
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1097
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Libertad
González
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Single Mothers and Work
Western countries differ greatly in the extent to which single mothers participate in the labor
market. Using LIS data for 15 countries, I propose and estimate a simple structural model of
labor ...
(published in: Socio-Economic Review, 2004, 2 (2), 285-313)
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J52, J12, I38
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1096
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Bernard
M. S.
van Praag
Barbara
E.
Baarsma
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Using Happiness Surveys to Value Intangibles: The Case of Airport Noise
Inhabitants of houses near Amsterdam Airport are complaining of noise nuisance, caused by
aircraft traffic. The usual assumption is that the effect of the externality will be perfectly
reflected by ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (500), 224-246)
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D62, D61, H23, L93, C25
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1095
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Markus
Frölich
Michael
Lechner
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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and
earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss
administrative data with ...
(substantially revised version published as IZA DP 2144)
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C14, J68
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1093
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Christopher
R.
Bollinger
Amitabh
Chandra
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Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data
In empirical research it is common practice to use sensible rules of thumb for cleaning data.
Measurement error is often the justification for removing (trimming) or recoding ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (2), 235-257)
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C1, J1
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