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132
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Robert
A.
Hart
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Hours and Wages in the Depression: British Engineering, 1926-1938
On their intensive margins, firms in the British engineering industry adjusted to the severe falls in demand during the 1930s Depression by cutting hours of work. This provided an important means of ...
(published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2001, 38 (4), 478-502)
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E24 J31 N34
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131
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal ...
(published in: Brettel, C./J. Hollifield (eds.), Migration Theory, New York 2000, 61-76 / 2nd ed., 2008, 63-82)
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J61 J15 J24 J31
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130
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Giorgio
Brunello
Simona
Lorena
Comi
Claudio
Lucifora
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The Returns to Education in Italy: A New Look at the Evidence
The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross ...
(published in: Harmon, C./I. Walker/N. Westergard-Nielsen (eds.), The Returns to Education in Europe, Edward Elgar, 2001)
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I21 I22 J24 J31
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129
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Michael
E.
Hurst
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The Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation Benefits of Immigrants
This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and in comparison with the native born. The empirical analysis uses microdata from ...
(published in: Bassi, L. J./Woodbury, S. A. (eds.), Long-Term Unemployment and Reemployment Policies (Research in Employment Policy, V. 2), Stamford, Conn. (2000), 87-115.)
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J61
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128
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Orley
Ashenfelter
David
Ashmore
Olivier
Deschenes
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Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Evidence From Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States
In this paper we report the results of the only field test of which we are aware that uses randomized trials to measure whether stricter enforcement and verification of work search behavior alone ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125 (1-2), 53-75)
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C93 J65
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126
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Josef
Fersterer
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Smoking, Discount Rates, and Returns to Education
Individual time preference determines schooling enrolment. Moreover, smoking behavior in early ages has been shown to be highly related to time preference rates. Accordingly, we use smoking at age 16 ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22 (6), 561-566)
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J31 I22
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125
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Felix
Büchel
Joachim
R.
Frick
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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?
This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to ethnic origin of immigrants as compared to the native born German population. In ...
(published as 'Income Composition and Redistribution in Germany: The Role of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation' in: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2001, 70 (1), 135-145)
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J61 J15 J18 D31
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124
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Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Rational Poverty or Poor Rationality? The Take-up of Social Assistance Benefits
In several countries social assistance dependence has been increasing since the 1980s. After surveying the theoretical and empirical take-up literature, this study presents estimates of recent rates ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2001, 47(3), 379-398)
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I38 I32 D31
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123
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Jennifer
Hunt
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Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the unemployment rate was at least double the western rate of 7.8%. One would expect ...
(published as "Staunching Emigration from East Germany: Age and the Determinants of Migration" in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4 (5), 1014–1037)
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J61 P23 R23
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122
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Daniel
Münich
Jan
Svejnar
Katherine
Terrell
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Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87 (1), 100-123)
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P2 J3 J4
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