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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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711
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Christopher
J.
Ruhm
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Healthy Living in Hard Times
Using microdata for adults from the 1987-2000 years of the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System, I show that smoking and height-adjusted weight decline during
temporary economic downturns ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24 (2), 341-363)
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E32, I12, J2
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710
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Zvi
Eckstein
Yoram
Weiss
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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000
This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of
immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise
of the return to ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (4), 665-695)
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J24, J31, J6
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709
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Leif
Danziger
Shoshana
Neuman
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Delays in Renewal of Labor Contracts: Theory and Evidence
In many countries, an expired labor contract is automatically extended during the often
protracted delay before the new contract is signed. Our theoretical model focuses on
macroeconomic factors in ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23(2), 341-372)
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J52
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708
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Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Western Germany: Evidence from Micro Data, 1980-2000
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density
fell substantially in West Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be
observed for men and ...
(published in: Socio-Economic Review, 2005, 3 (1), 1-24)
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J51
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707
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Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Trade Union Membership in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence?
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that the level and
the structure of unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western
Germany in the ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (3), 213-232 )
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J51
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706
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Sourafel
Girma
Holger
Görg
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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects after Foreign Acquisitions
This paper investigates whether the acquisition of a domestic establishment by a foreign
owner has any effects on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The
analysis uses plant ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2004, 50 (1), 89-110)
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L25, F23
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705
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Giorgio
Brunello
Daniele
Checchi
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School Quality and Family Background in Italy
We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase
in parental education observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the
1980s have had ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (5), 563-577)
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J24, J31
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704
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Michael
R.
Ransom
Ronald
L.
Oaxaca
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Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay
In this paper we analyze eight years of employment data of a regional grocery store chain in
the U.S. The data include job titles, wage rates, and earnings for all employees. We examine
initial job ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (2), 219-237)
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J3, J6
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702
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M. Ayhan
Kose
Eswar
Prasad
Marco
E.
Terrones
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How Does Globalization Affect the Synchronization of Business Cycles?
This paper examines the impact of rising trade and financial integration on international
business cycle comovement among a large group of industrial and developing countries. The
results provide ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2003, 93 (2), 57-62)
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E32, F42, F41
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701
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Laszlo
Goerke
Jakob
B.
Madsen
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Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits in a Unionised Economy
We show that a stronger earnings relationship of unemployment compensation reduces
wages and increases employment in an economy in which wages are determined by a trade
union that maximises the ...
(published in: Economic Systems, 2003, 27 (1), 41-62)
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E24, J51, J65
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13006Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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