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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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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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808
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Frédéric
Docquier
Hillel
Rapoport
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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality,
and investigate how migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality
in the origin ...
(new version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (2), 187-200)
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O11, O15, J61, D31
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806
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Gerard
J.
van den Berg
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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies
It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays
a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with search frictions and heterogeneous
production ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2003, 44 (4), 1337-1357)
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J3, D83, J42, J6, C72
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805
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Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Aico
van Vuuren
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The Effect of Search Frictions on Wages
Labor market theories allowing for search frictions make marked predictions on the effect of
the degree of frictions on wages. Often, the effect is predicted to be negative. Despite the
popularity ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 875-885)
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J3, J6, J4, C5
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802
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Heather
Antecol
Peter
J.
Kuhn
Stephen
J.
Trejo
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Assimilation via Prices or Quantities? Labor Market Institutions and Immigrant Earnings Growth in Australia, Canada, and the United States
How do international differences in labor market institutions affect the nature of immigrant
earnings assimilation? Using 1980/81 and 1990/91 cross-sections of census data from
Australia, Canada, ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41 (4), 821-840)
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J38, J64
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