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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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483
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Hillel
Rapoport
Avi
Weiss
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In-Group Cooperation in a Hostile Environment: An Economic Perspective on Some Aspects of Jewish Life in (Pre-Modern) Diaspora
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main
phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period,
due mainly to ...
(published in: C. Chiswick, T. Lecker and N. Kahana (eds.): Jewish Society and Culture: An Economic Perspective, Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2007, 103-28.)
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D64, J15, J61
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482
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Peter
J.
Kuhn
Catherine
Weinberger
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Leadership Skills and Wages
American business seems to be infatuated with its workers’ “leadership” skills. Is there such
a thing, and is it rewarded in labor markets? Using the Project Talent, NLS72 and High
School and ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (3), 395-436)
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I21, J24, J31
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481
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Ekkehart
Schlicht
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Hiring Standards and Market Clearing
Consider a labour market with heterogeneous workers. Firms recruit workers by fixing a
hiring standard and a wage offer simultaneously. A more demanding hiring standard
necessitates a better wage ...
(final version published as 'Hiring Standards and Labor Market Clearing' in: Metroeconomica, 2005, 56(2), 263-279 )
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J31, J41
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479
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John
T.
Addison
Clive
R.
Belfield
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Unions and Employment Growth: The One Constant?
Sequential analyses of the major workplace data sets available to British researchers – the
Workplace Industrial/Employee Relations Surveys (WIRS/WERS) – have revealed shifts in
some previously ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2004, 43 (2), 305-323)
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J53
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477
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Melissa
A.
Clark
David
A.
Jaeger
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Natives, the Foreign-Born and High School Equivalents: New Evidence on the Returns to the GED
In this paper we explore the labor market returns to the General Education Development
exam, or GED. Using new data from the Current Population Survey, we examine how the
return to the GED varies ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (4), 769-793)
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J31, J61, I2
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476
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Wayne
A.
Cornelius
Takeyuki
Tsuda
Zulema
Valdez
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Human Capital versus Social Capital: A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant Wages and Labor Market Incorporation in Japan and the United States
The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the
United States analyzes their earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such
as education, language ...
(published in: Migraciones Internacionales, 2004, 2 (1), 5-35)
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J15, J24, J31, J61, D63
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474
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John
T.
Addison
Lutz
Bellmann
Arnd
Kölling
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Unions, Works Councils and Plant Closings in Germany
This paper present paper provides the first results for Germany on the impact of works
councils and collective agreements on plant closings, using data from the IAB establishment
panel. We find ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, 42 (1), 125-148)
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J51, J53, J58, J65
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473
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Jan
C.
van Ours
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A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away
This paper studies the wage effects of the use of alcohol and tobacco. The analysis based on
a recent survey in the Netherlands shows that for males the use of tobacco has a negative
wage effect of ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23 (5), 863-886)
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C41, D12, I19
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472
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Reto
Foellmi
Josef
Zweimüller
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Structural Change and the Kaldor Facts of Economic Growth
We present a model in which two of the most important features of the long-run growth
process are reconciled: the massive changes in the structure of production and employment;
and the Kaldor facts ...
(published as 'Structural change, Engel's consumption cycles and Kaldor's facts of economic growth' in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008, 55 (7), 1317-1328)
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O40, O11, O31, L16, D91
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471
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Yew
Liang
Lee
Paul
W.
Miller
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Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category
This paper is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency among
immigrants in a longitudinal survey for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and
variables derived from an ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2006, 40 (2), 419-450)
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J61, J24, J18
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