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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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687
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Ilham
Haouas
Mahmoud
Yagoubi
Almas
Heshmati
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Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries
This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971–96. The adjustment ...
(published in: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2003, 1 (3), 195-214)
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C23, E24, J23, L60
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686
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Adriaan
Kalwij
Rob
Alessie
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Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects
We examine the variance-covariance structure of log-wages over time and over the lifecycle of British men from 1975 to 2001, hereby controlling for cohort effects. Wage inequality has risen sharply ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22 (6), 1063 - 1093)
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C23, D31, J31, J60
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685
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Lex
Borghans
Bas
ter Weel
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Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain
Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we examine the
returns to computer skills in Britain. Many researchers, using information on computer use,
have concluded ...
(published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (3), 505-532)
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J31, O30
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684
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Patrick
A.
Puhani
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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants
Switzerland, traditionally a ‘zero unemployment’ economy, has seen an unprecedented rise
in joblessness in the 1990s although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997.
This paper ...
(published as 'Relative Demand Shocks and Relative Wage Rigidities During the Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment' in: Kyklos, 2003, 56 (4),541-562)
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E24, J21, J31, J64
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683
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Eric
Strobl
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Is Education Used as a Signaling Device for Productivity in Developing Countries? Evidence from Ghana
This paper investigates whether education is used as a signaling device for worker
productivity in developing countries. To do such we employ a simple test of employer
learning on Ghana ...
(published as "Do employers use education as a signal for ability in developing countries? Evidence from Ghana" in: Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11(4), 259-261)
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O12, J30
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682
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Bart
Cockx
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Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium
In this paper we estimate, for the 1989-93 period in Belgium, the effect of vocational
classroom training on the rate of transition from unemployment. We propose a “control
function” estimator ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (1), 23-48)
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C41, J24, J64, J68
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681
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Marcus
Hagedorn
Ashok
Kaul
Tim
Mennel
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An Adverse Selection Model of Optimal Unemployment Insurance
We derive the shape of optimal unemployment insurance (UI) contracts when agents can
exert search effort but face different search costs and have private information about their
type. We derive a ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34 (3), 490-502 )
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C61, D82, E61, J64, J65
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679
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Arnd
Kölling
Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Establishment Age and Wages: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Research in wage differentials has a long tradition. Prominent reasons why people make
more or less money in the labor market include personal characteristics of the employee
(e.g., human capital ...
(published in: Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2005, 294, 81-99)
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J3
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675
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Jozef
Konings
Olga
Kupets
Hartmut
Lehmann
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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects
This paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Ukraine using
a unique data set of more than 2200 Ukrainian firms operating in both the manufacturing and
the ...
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2003, 11 (2), 321-356)
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E24, F14, J63, P23
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674
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Vincent
A.
Hildebrand
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The Wealth and Asset Holdings of U.S.- Born and Foreign-Born Households: Evidence from SIPP Data
SIPP data are used to analyze the wealth of the U.S. foreign-born population. We find that
the median wealth level of U.S.-born couples is 2.3 times the median of foreign-born couples,
while the ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2006, 51 (1), 17-42)
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J61, G11, J10
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