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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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1160
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T. H.
Gindling
Katherine
Terrell
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Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
This paper contributes to our understanding of the impact of institutions on incomes of
workers in developing countries by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes
in minimum wages ...
(published in: Michigan Journal of International Law, 2004, 26(1), 245-269)
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J23, J31, J38
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1159
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T. H.
Gindling
Katherine
Terrell
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The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours
worked and monthly earnings among workers covered by minimum wage legislation as well
as those for whom it ...
(revised version published as 'The effects of multiple minimum wages throughout the labor market: The case of Costa Rica ' in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 485-511)
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J23, J31, J38
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1158
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Ralitza
Dimova
Ira
N.
Gang
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Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores
determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector
employment and ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35 (3), 612-629 )
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J21, J23, J31
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1157
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Leonor
Modesto
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Unions, Firing Costs and Unemployment
In this paper we conduct an analysis of the effects of firing costs in models that consider
simultaneously worker heterogeneity, imperfect information on their productivity and union
power. We ...
(published in: Labour, 2008, 22 (3), 509 - 546)
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D83, E24, J65
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1156
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Brahim
Boudarbat
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Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada
In this paper, we estimate a structural model of choice of field of study by community college
students. We use data from the Canadian Survey of Graduates for 12,871 individuals who
successfully ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (1), 79-93)
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J24, J31
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1154
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Barry
Hirsch
Edward
J.
Schumacher
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Classic Monopsony or New Monopsony? Searching for Evidence in Nursing Labor Markets
The market for hospital registered nurses (RNs) is often offered as an example of "classic" monopsony, while a "new" monopsony literature emphasizes firm labor supply being upward-sloping for reasons ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24 (5), 969-989)
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J42, I10, J30
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1152
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Armin
Falk
Markus
Knell
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Choosing the Joneses: Endogenous Goals and Reference Standards
A growing economic literature stresses the importance of relative comparisons, e.g., for savings and consumption or happiness. In this literature it is usually assumed that reference standards ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106 (3), 417-435)
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D62, D63, H31, Z13
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1150
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Vincent
A.
Hildebrand
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The Wealth of Mexican Americans
This paper analyzes the sources of disparities in the relative wealth position of Mexican
Americans. Results reveal that wealth gaps are in large part not the result of differences in
conditional ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41 (4), 841-868)
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J61, G11, J10
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1149
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Heather
Antecol
Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
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Identity and Racial Harassment
In a 1996 survey of U.S. military personnel, more than 65 percent experienced racially
offensive behavior, and approximately one-in-ten reported threatening incidents or careerrelated
racial ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 66(3-4), 529-557)
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J15, J70, J81
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1148
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Armin
Falk
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Charitable Giving as a Gift Exchange: Evidence from a Field Experiment
This study reports data from a field experiment that was conducted to investigate the
relevance of gift-exchange for charitable giving. Roughly 10,000 solicitation letters were sent
to potential ...
(revised version published as 'Gift Exchange in the Field' in: Econometrica, 2007, 75 (5), 1501-1511)
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C93, D63, H41
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