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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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661
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Eric
Strobl
Frank
Walsh
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Efficiency Wages and Effort: Are Hard Jobs Better?
Efficiency wage theory predicts that the wage per unit of effort will be lower in intensively
monitored sectors. This wage differential will increase in effort. Using employer-employee
matched data ...
(revised version published as "Estimating the Shirking Model with Variable Effort" in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 623-647)
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J41
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660
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Eric
Strobl
Robert
Thornton
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Do Large Employers Pay More in Developing Countries? The Case of Five African Countries
Using comparable data sets for five African countries we estimate, and evaluate possible
explanations for, the employer size wage effect across these. Our results indicate, just as has
been ...
(revised version published as "A Comparative Study of the Employer Size Wage Effect in Africa" in: Journal of Economic Development, 2004, 29 (1), 137-161)
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J3, O1
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659
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Eric
Strobl
David
Byrne
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Defining Unemployment in Developing Countries: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) argues for relaxing the standard definition of unemployment in developing countries by eliminating the requirement that a person be actively searching for ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 73 (1), 465-476)
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J6, O1
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658
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Giorgio
Brunello
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Why Do Students Expect to Stay Longer in College? Evidence from Europe
We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using
data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess
time to ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2003, 80 (2), 247-253.)
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I20, I22
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655
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Wiji
Arulampalam
Robin
Naylor
Jeremy
Smith
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Effects of In-Class Variation and Student Rank on the Probability of Withdrawal: Cross-Section and Time-Series Analysis for UK University Students
From individual-level data for nine entire cohorts of undergraduate students in UK
universities, we estimate the probability that an individual will drop out of university during
their first-year. ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (3), 251-262)
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J24, I2
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654
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Ulf-G.
Gerdtham
Christopher
J.
Ruhm
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Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence From the OECD
This study uses aggregate data for 23 OECD countries over the 1960-1997 period to
examine the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding
is that total mortality ...
(published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2006, 4 (3), 298-316.)
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E32, J2, I12
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653
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Wim
Groot
Henriette
Maassen van den Brink
Erik
Plug
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Money for Health: The Compensating Variation of Cardiovascular Diseases
This paper introduces a new method to calculate the extent to which individuals are willing to
trade money for improvements in their health status. An individual welfare function of income
(WFI) is ...
(published a 'Money for health: the equivalent variation of cardiovascular diseases' in: Health Economics, 2004, 13 (9), 859-872)
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I10, I12
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652
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Erik
Plug
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How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?
The problem with most intergenerational mobility estimates is that unmeasured and inherited
abilities prevent us from drawing inferences. In this paper we estimate the intergenerational
mobility of ...
(published as 'Estimating the Effect of Mother's Schooling on Children's Schooling Using a Sample of Adoptees' in: American Economic Review, 2004, 94 (1), 358-368)
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I21, J13, J24
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651
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Ekkehart
Schlicht
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Social Evolution, Corporate Culture, and Exploitation
It has been claimed that the market fosters selfishness and thereby undermines the moral
basis of society. This thesis has been developed with an emphasis on market exchange.
Everyday life is, ...
(final version published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2004, 160 (2), 232-42)
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A13, A14, B52, D21, D23, L14, L22
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650
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Harminder
Battu
Peter J.
Sloane
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Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain
This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2004, 72 (4), 535-559)
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I2, J3, J7
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