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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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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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757
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Jennifer
Hunt
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
The United States has a teenage birth rate that is high relative to that of other developed
countries, and falling more slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods
and hence ...
(published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49 (2), 533-566)
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J12, K42
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756
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Nabanita
Datta Gupta
Ronald
L.
Oaxaca
Nina
Smith
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Swimming Upstream, Floating Downstream: Comparing Women's Relative Wage Positions in the U.S. and Denmark
We compare how U.S. and Danish gender wage gaps have developed between 1983 and
1995 using U.S. PSID and Danish Longitudinal Sample data. Using a new decomposition
method, we show that changes in ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (2), 243-266)
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J7
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755
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Thomas
Dohmen
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In Support of the Supporters? Do Social Forces Shape Decisions of the Impartial?
Analyzing the neutrality of referees during nine German premier league (1. Bundesliga)
soccer seasons, this paper documents evidence that social forces influence agents'
preferences and decisions. ...
(revised version published as IZA DP 1595)
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J00, M50
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