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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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821
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Pedro
Carneiro
James
J.
Heckman
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Human Capital Policy
This paper considers alternative policies for promoting skill formation that are targeted to
different stages of the life cycle. We demonstrate the importance of both cognitive and
noncognitive ...
(published in: J. Heckman and A. Krueger, Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policy?, MIT Press, 2003)
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J31
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819
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Michel
Beine
Frédéric
Docquier
Hillel
Rapoport
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Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers
We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source
countries of migrants. Using recent US data on migration rates by education levels
(Carrington and ...
(new version entitled "Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries: winners and losers" published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (528), 515-843 )
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F22, J24, O15
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818
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John
H.
Pencavel
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The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain
After expanding in the 1970s, unionism in Britain contracted substantially over the next two
decades. This paper argues that the statutory reforms in the 1980s and 1990s were of less
consequence in ...
(published in: David Card, Richard Blundell, and Richard B. Freeman (eds.), Seeking a Premier Economy: The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms, 1980-2000, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2004, 181-232)
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J5
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817
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Torben
M.
Andersen
Tryggvi Thor
Herbertsson
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Measuring Globalization
The multivariate technique of factor analysis is used to combine several indicators of
economic integration and international transactions into a single measure or index of
globalization. The index ...
(published as 'Quantifying Globalization' in: Applied Economics, 37 (10), 2005, 1089 - 1098 )
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F02, C82
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815
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Arild
Aakvik
Kjell
G.
Salvanes
Kjell
Vaage
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Measuring Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education in Norway Using Educational Reforms
The decision to take more education is complex, and is influenced by individual ability,
financial constraints, family background, preferences, etc. Such factors, normally unobserved
by the ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (4), 483-500)
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C3, I2
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814
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Geert
Ridder
Gerard
J.
van den Berg
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Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison
In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job
durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose
and apply an ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1 (1), 224-244 )
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J6, J3, C4, C5
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813
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Edward
Lazear
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Firm-Specific Human Capital: A Skill-Weights Approach
One problem with the theory of firm-specific human capital is that it is difficult to generate
convincing examples of investment that could generate the sometimes observed large and
continuing ...
(Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117 (5), 914 - 940)
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M5, J24
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812
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John
T.
Addison
Thorsten
Schank
Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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German Works Councils in the Production Process
In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that
plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree
counterparts. ...
(published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften/Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2006, 126 (2), 251-283)
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J50
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811
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Miles
Corak
Wen-Hao
Chen
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Firms, Industries, and Unemployment Insurance: An Analysis Using Employer-Employee Data
Administrative data on the universe of employees, firms, and unemployment insurance (UI)
recipients in Canada over an 11 year period are used to examine the operation of UI using
the firm as the ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 299-336)
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J65, H25
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809
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Simon
Commander
Mari
Kangasniemi
L. Alan
Winters
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The Brain Drain: Curse or Boon?
The migration of skilled individuals from developing countries has typically been considered
to be costly for the sending country, due to lost investments in education, high fiscal costs
and labour ...
(published in: R. Baldwin and L. A. Winters (eds.), Challenges to Globalisation. NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2004)
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J6, F2, O1
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