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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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770
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Axel
Heitmueller
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Coordination Failures in Network Migration
Previous migration facilitates future population moves, a phenomenon called network
migration. However, thus far, network migration has been closely linked to network
externalities. In contrast, ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2006, 74(6), 701-710)
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J60, J61, C70
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769
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Lennart
Flood
Jörgen
Hansen
Roger
Wahlberg
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Household Labor Supply and Welfare Participation in Sweden
In this paper, we formulate and estimate a structural, static model of household labor supply
and multiple welfare program participation. Given the complicated nature of both the income
tax ...
(published in Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39 (4), 1008-1032)
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J2
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768
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James
J.
Heckman
Salvador
Navarro
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Using Matching, Instrumental Variables and Control Functions to Estimate Economic Choice Models
This paper investigates four topics. (1) It examines the different roles played by the
propensity score (probability of selection) in matching, instrumental variable and control
functions methods. ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86(1), 30-57)
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C31
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767
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Pedro
Carneiro
Karsten
T.
Hansen
James
J.
Heckman
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Estimating Distributions of Treatment Effects with an Application to the Returns to Schooling and Measurement of the Effects of Uncertainty on College Choice
This paper uses factor models to identify and estimate distributions of counterfactuals. We
extend LISREL frameworks to a dynamic treatment effect setting, extending matching to
account for ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2003, 44 (2), 361-422)
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C31
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765
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Wendelin
Schnedler
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On the Prudence of Rewarding A While Hoping for B
In multiple-task hidden-action models, the (mis-)allocation of effort may play an important role
for benefit creation. Signals which capture this benefit and which are used in incentive
schemes ...
(improved version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 2124)
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M52, D82, M41
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764
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Patrick
A.
Puhani
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A Test of the 'Krugman Hypothesis' for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental
European unemployment (with rather stable wage inequality) have led to a popular view in
the ...
(published as 'Transatlantic Differences in Labour Markets: Changes in Wage and Non-Employment Structures in the 1980s and the 1990s' in: German Economic Review, 2008, 9 (3), 312-338)
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E24, J21, J31, J64
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763
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Martin
Biewen
Stephen
P.
Jenkins
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Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices from Complex Survey Data
Applying a method suggested by Woodruff (1971), we derive the sampling variances of
Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices when estimated from complex survey
data. It turns out that ...
(revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68 (3), 371-383 )
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C14, D31
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762
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Michael
Gerfin
Robert
E.
Leu
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The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply: A Simulation Study for Switzerland
Income support for working low income families (the “working poor”) is on top of the political
agenda in Switzerland. The current social assistance system is considered inadequate to
support ...
(revised version published as ''Evaluationg the Cost-Effectiveness of In-Work Benefits: A Simulation Study for Switzerland' in: German Economic Review, 2007, 8 (4), 447 - 467)
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I38, J22, C25
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761
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Edward
Lazear
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Output-Based Pay: Incentives, Retention or Sorting?
Variable pay, defined as pay that is tied to some measure of a firm’s output, has become
more important for executives of the typical American firm. Variable pay is usually touted as a
way to ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2004, 23, 1-25)
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J3
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759
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Edward
Lazear
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The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline
Some have observed that individuals perform worse after being promoted. The Peter
Principle, which states that people are promoted to their level of incompetence, suggests that
something is ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112 (S1), S141-S163)
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J00, J6
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