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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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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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753
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Simon
Burgess
Hélène
Turon
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Unemployment Equilibrium and On-the-Job Search
This paper uses the search and matching framework to explore the impact of employed job
search on the labour market. The specific features of our model are endogenous employed
job search, flows in ...
(published as 'Worker Flows, Job Flows and Unemployment in a Matching Model' in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (3), 393-408)
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J64
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752
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Nikolaj
Malchow-Møller
Jan
Rose
Skaksen
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Skill-Biased Technological Change in Denmark: A Disaggregate Perspective
In this paper, we provide an industry-level analysis of skill-biased technological change
(SBTC) in Denmark over the last two decades. The analysis shows that SBTC has varied
considerably across ...
(published as 'Changes in Demand for Skilled Labour in Denmark - A Disaggregate Perspective' in: Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift / Danish Journal of Economics, 2004, 142 (1), 67 - 80)
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J24, J31, L6
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751
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Lex
Borghans
Bas
ter Weel
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Are Computer Skills the New Basic Skills? The Returns to Computer, Writing and Math Skills in Britain
The large increase in computer use has raised the question whether people have to be
taught computer skills before entering the labour market. Using data from the 1997 Skills
Survey of the Employed ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (1), 85-98)
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J30, J31
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750
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Reinhard
Hujer
Marco
Caliendo
Stephan
L.
Thomsen
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New Evidence on the Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany - A Matching Approach with Threefold Heterogeneity
This paper evaluates the effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in
Germany. Since previous empirical studies of these measures have been based on relatively
small datasets ...
(published in: Research in Economics, 2004, 58(4), 257-302 )
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H43, J64, J68, C13, C40
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