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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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1232
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Gil
S.
Epstein
Ira
N.
Gang
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Ethnic Networks and International Trade
There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic
networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal ...
(published in: Foders, Federico and Langhammer, Rolf J. (eds), Labor Mobility and the World Economy. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2006, 85-103)
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D74, F23, I20, J61, L14
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1231
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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Where Immigrants Settle in the United States
This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2004, 6 (2), 185-197)
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J15, J61, R21
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1230
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Timothy
J.
Hatton
Jeffrey
G.
Williamson
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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe
The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s.
And the number seeking asylum in the developed world increased tenfold, from about 50,000
per annum to half ...
(published in: D. Snower (ed.) Labour Mobility and the World Economy, Kiel: Kiel Institute for World Economics, 2005)
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F22, J61, J68, O19
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1229
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Axel
Engellandt
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company
This study uses panel data describing about 6,500 employees in a large international
company to study the incentive effects of performance related pay. The company uses two
performance related ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257)
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J33, M12, J24, J41, M50, C25
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1228
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Paola
Manzini
Marco
Mariotti
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A Vague Theory of Choice over Time
We propose a novel approach to modelling time preferences, based on a cognitive
shortcoming of human decision makers: the perception of future events becomes
increasingly ‘blurred’ as the events ...
(published in:B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Advances in Theoretical Economics , 2006, 6 (1), 1265-1265)
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A12, C70, D90
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1227
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Ira
N.
Gang
Gil
S.
Epstein
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Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to
enhance their followers’ observance level. We model three stylized situations under which
fundamentalist ...
(published in: Public Choice, 2007, 132 (3-4), 257-271)
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Z12, D72, D74
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1226
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Noyna
DebBurman
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Pre-School Enrollment: An Analysis by Immigrant Generation
There has been minimal research on the pre-school enrollment of immigrant children. Using
1990 U.S. Census data, this paper investigates pre-school enrollment of child immigrants,
those who ...
(published in: Social Science Research, 2006, 35 (1), 60-87)
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I21, J15, J13
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1225
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Sarit
Cohen Goldner
Zvi
Eckstein
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Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants
Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We
address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language
and then choose ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), 86-105)
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J31, J68
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1224
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Maristella
Botticini
Zvi
Eckstein
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Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to
explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled
occupations. We ...
(published in: Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65 (4), 922-948)
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J10, J20, N30, O10
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1223
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Gianluca
Grimalda
Marco
Vivarelli
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One or Many Kuznets Curves? Short and Long Run Effects of the Impact of Skill-Biased Technological Change on Income Inequality
We draw on a dynamical two-sector model and on a calibration exercise to study the impact
of a skill-biased technological shock on the growth path and income distribution of a
developing economy. ...
(published in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2010, 20 (2), 265-306)
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O33, O41
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