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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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826
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Karsten
T.
Hansen
James
J.
Heckman
Kathleen
Mullen
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The Effect of Schooling and Ability on Achievement Test Scores
This paper develops two methods for estimating the effect of schooling on achievement test
scores that control for the endogeneity of schooling by postulating that both schooling and
test scores ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2004, 121 (1-2), 39-98)
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C35, C15, I21
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825
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Antonio
Filippin
Andrea
Ichino
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Gender Wage Gap in Expectations and Realizations
This paper explores the extent to which the gender wage gap is anticipated by workers'
expectations. Data collected among second year students of Bocconi University convey
information about their ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (1), 125-145)
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J3, J7
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822
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential
This paper evaluates the impact of economic and legal variables on wage differentials
between men and women. Since Becker (1957) economists have argued that competitive
markets eliminate ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2007, 22 (50), 235-287)
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J16, J31, J71
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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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