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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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790
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Alessandro
Cigno
Annalisa
Luporini
Anna
Pettini
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Hidden Information Problems in the Design of Family Allowances
We consider a case where some of the parents have higher ability to raise children than
others. First-best policy gives both types of parents the same level of utility. If parental
actions are not ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (4), 645-655)
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D13, D82, H31, J13, J24
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789
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José
António Cabral
Vieira
Ana Rute
Cardoso
Miguel
Portela
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Recruitment and Pay at the Establishment Level: Gender Segregation and the Wage Gap in Portugal
This paper aims at quantifying the trend in worker segregation at the establishment level and
its impact on wages in Portugal over a fifteen year period. We concentrate on the gender
dimension, to ...
(published as 'Gender segregation and the wage gap in Portugal: An analysis at the establishment level' in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2005, 3 (2), 145-168)
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J31, D21, J7
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788
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Felix
Büchel
Joachim
R.
Frick
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Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany – Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects
Based on data from the BHPS and the GSOEP, we analyse the economic performance
of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income
redistribution on these ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (3), 553–581)
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J15, J18, D31
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787
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Pietro
Garibaldi
Lia
Pacelli
Andrea
Borgarello
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Employment Protection Legislation and the Size of Firms
The existing literature ignores the fact that in most European countries the strictness of
Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) varies across the firm size distribution. In Italy firms
are ...
(published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2004, 33 (1), 33 - 68)
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J4
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786
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Peter
R.
Mueser
Kenneth
Troske
Alexey
Gorislavsky
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Using State Administrative Data to Measure Program Performance
This paper uses administrative data from Missouri to examine the sensitivity of job training
program impact estimates based on alternative nonexperimental methods. In addition to
simple regression ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89 (4), 761–783.)
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J2, J6, C1
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785
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Rita
K.
Almeida
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The Effects of Foreign Owned Firms on the Labor Market
Cross sectional evidence shows that foreign firms have a more educated workforce and pay
higher wages than domestic firms. These results do not necessarily imply that foreign direct
investment ...
(published in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72 (1), 75-96)
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C31, F23, J31
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784
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Olivier
Pierrard
Henri
R.
Sneessens
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Low-Skilled Unemployment, Biased Technological Shocks and Job Competition
The unemployment rise in EU countries has been particularly strong for low-skilled workers.
This observation has often been explained in terms of biased technical change and relative
wage ...
(revised version published as "Biased Technological Shocks, Relative Wage Rigidities and Low-Skilled Unemployment”in Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 55(3), 330-352)
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E24, J21, J23
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783
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Barry
Hirsch
Edward
J.
Schumacher
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Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings Imputation
About 30% of workers in the CPS have earnings imputed. Wage gap estimates are biased
toward zero when the attribute being studied (e.g., union status) is not a criterion used to
match donors to ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22 (3), 689-722)
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J3, J5, C81
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782
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Maia
Güell
Barbara
Petrongolo
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How Binding Are Legal Limits? Transitions from Temporary to Permanent Work in Spain
In the mid-1980s, several European countries, characterized by high levels of employment
protection, introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then most accessions to employment have
been through ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (2), 153-183 )
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C41, J41, J60
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780
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Axel
Engellandt
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort
Temporary contracts provide employers with a tool to screen potential new employees and
have been shown to provide "stepping stones" into permanent employment for workers. For
both reasons workers ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (3), 281-299)
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J24, J41, M50, C25
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13081Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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