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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
1008 Luis Diaz-Serrano
Labour Income Uncertainty, Risk Aversion and Home Ownership
In this paper we investigate the effect of labour income uncertainty on the probability of homeownership in Germany and Spain. This study is motivated by two facts. Firstly, theoretical models tend ...
(published as 'Labor income uncertainty, skewness and homeownership: A panel data study for Germany and Spain ' in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2005, 58 (1), 156-176)
D1, R0, J0
1007 Winfried Koeniger
Omar Licandro
Substitutability and Competition in the Dixit-Stiglitz Model
The effects of competition on growth are analyzed in the recent literature by comparing economies with the same market structure but different degrees of substitutability. In this note, we show ...
(revised version published in: B.E. Journal in Macroeconomics: Topics in Macroeconomics, 2006, 6(1), Article 2, )
L16
1006 John S. Earle
Andrew Spicer
Klara Sabirianova Peter
Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999
What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the ...
(revised version published as 'The Normalization of Deviant Organizational Practices: Wage Arrears in Russia, 1991-98' in: Academy of Management Journal, 2010, 53 (2), 218 - 237 )
A12, A14, B52, J30, L14, O17, P31, P37
1005 Stephen Machin
Sandra McNally
The Literacy Hour
In this paper, we evaluate the effect of the literacy hour in English primary schools on pupil attainment. The National Literacy Project (NLP) was undertaken in about 400 English primary schools in ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (5-6), 1441-1462)
I2
1004 Christina Gathmann
The Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling along the Southwestern Border
This paper analyzes how enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border has affected the market for migrant smugglers. Using a unique dataset that links border crossing histories from illegal Mexican ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (10-11), 1926-1941)
J61, K42
1003 Christian Belzil
Michael L. Bognanno
The Promotion Dynamics of American Executives
We formulate an empirical model of promotion with dynamic self-selection where the current promotion probability depends on the hierarchical level in the firm, individual human capital, unobserved ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30,189-231)
C33, J41, M5, M51
1002 Ernst Fehr
Lorenz Götte
Do Workers Work More When Wages Are High? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Most previous studies on intertemporal labor supply found very small or insignificant substitution effects. It is not clear, however, whether these results are due to institutional constraints on ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (1), 298-317)
J22, C93, B49
1001 Klaus F. Zimmermann
Advising Policymakers Through the Media
In the information age an exchange with the media is part of the duties the economics profession has to deliver to educate the public and to ensure its position in society. A key issue is the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Education, 2004, 35 (4), 395-405)
A11, A20
1000 Jan Boone
Abdolkarim Sadrieh
Jan C. van Ours
Experiments on Unemployment Benefit Sanctions and Job Search Behavior
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on unemployment benefit sanctions. The experimental set-up allows us to distinguish between the effect of benefit sanctions once they are ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2009, 53 (8), 937-951 )
C91, J64, J65
999 Thomas K. Bauer
Astrid Kunze
The Demand for High-Skilled Workers and Immigration Policy
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demand for high-skilled workers using a new firm data set, the IZA International Employer Survey 2000. Our results suggest that while workers from ...
(published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economique de Bruxelles, 2004, 47 (1), 1-19)
F22, J61
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