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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
504 Lorenzo Cappellari
Stephen P. Jenkins
Modelling Low Income Transitions
We examine the determinants of low income transitions using first-order Markov models that control for initial conditions effects (those found to be poor in the base year may be a nonrandom sample) ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, 19 (5), 593-610)
D31, I32, C23, C35
502 Barry R. Chiswick
Yew Liang Lee
Paul W. Miller
Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey
This paper is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) among immigrants. It presents a model of immigrant destination language acquisition ...
(published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2004, 71-72, 97-139)
J15, J61, I29
501 Christian Dustmann
Najma Rajah
Arthur van Soest
Class Size, Education, and Wages
This paper examines the effects of class size on the decision to stay on in full time schooling at the age of 16 and on wages at later stages in life. Little research exists on the effect of school ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2003, 113 (485), F99-F120)
C35, I20, J24
500 David A. Jaeger
Estimating the Returns to Education Using the Newest Current Population Survey Education Questions
This paper examines the 1997 additions to the Current Population Survey education question. These new questions allow researchers to come closer to the “highest grade completed” measure available ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2003, 78 (3), 385-394)
J3, I2
499 Gerard A. Pfann
Hans van Kranenburg
Tax Policy, Location Choices, and Market Structure
A structural model of entry and fiscal policy is presented. It shows that taxation of variable production costs can increase product prices, lower competition, and reduce the availability of new ...
(published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2003, 46 (1), 61-84)
C41, D43, L13, L16, L82
498 Paul Frijters
John de New
Michael A. Shields
Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification
In this paper we test the Rational Expectations hypothesis using longitudinal data on expectations and realizations of individual welfare for East Germans in the years following reunification. ...
(published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42 (4), 1326 - 1346)
C23, C25, I31, Z1
496 Michael P. Keane
Eswar Prasad
Changes in the Structure of Earnings During the Polish Transition
We document changes in the structure of earnings during the economic transition in Poland. We find that inequality in labor earnings increased substantially from 1988 to 1996. A common view is that ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 80 (2), 389-427)
J31, O33, P20
495 John T. Addison
Lutz Bellmann
Claus Schnabel
Joachim Wagner
German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable information on their incidence and coverage. This paper uses data from the ...
(published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 123 (3), 2003, 339-358)
J50
494 Joachim Wagner
Rolf Sternberg
The Role of the Regional Milieu for the Decision to Start a New Firm: Empirical Evidence for Germany
Although comprehensive data from official statistics on new firm formation and entrepreneurs starting a new business are lacking in Germany, we know from empirical studies that entry rates differ ...
(published in: Annals of Regional Science, 2004, 38 (2), 219-240)
J23, R12
492 Rafael Lalive
Josef Zweimüller
Benefit Entitlement and Unemployment Duration: The Role of Policy Endogeneity
The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This paper evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88 (12), 2587-2616)
C41, J64, J65
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