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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
78 Jörgen Hansen
Roger Wahlberg
Endogenous Schooling and the Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap
Previous studies on gender wage discrimination have relied on OLS when estimating the wage equations. However, there exists a number of recent studies, devoted to estimating the return to education, ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2005, 30 (1), 1-22)
J3 J7
76 Giorgio Brunello
Massimo Giannini
Selective Schools
This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for ...
(published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2004, 56 (3), 207-225)
J31 J24
75 Brian Henry
Marika Karanassou
Dennis J. Snower
Adjustment Dynamics and the Natural Rate: An Account of UK Unemployment
This paper challenges what is the standard account of UK unemployment, namely that the major swings in unemployment over the past 25 years are due predominantly to movements in the underlying ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 52 (2000), 178-203)
J32 J60 J64 E30 E37
74 Matthias Kräkel
Strategic Mismatches in Competing Teams
This paper discusses the strategic role of mismatching, where players voluntarily form inefficient teams or forego the formation of efficient teams, respectively. Strategic mismatching can be ...
(published as 'Strategic mismatching and competing teams' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2003, 50 (3), 355-372)
C72 D21 J41 J44
72 Josef Fersterer
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Are Austrian Returns to Education Falling Over Time?
In this paper we make a systematic presentation of returns to education in Austria for the period 1981-1997. We use consistent cross-sections from the Mikrozensus and find falling returns over time. ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2003, 10 (1), 73-89)
I21 J31
71 Laszlo Goerke
The Wedge
It is often argued that the quantity which is traded on the market is independent of the side of the market which is taxed. However, this assertion need not hold, especially in imperfectly ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2000, 68(5), 608-623)
H22 H55 J41
69 Myeong-Su Yun
Generalized Selection Bias and The Decomposition of Wage Differentials
The major contribution of this paper is ending a new and flexible way to measure the effects of selection on log-wages. In this context, we offer a general approach to performing decomposition ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2007, 32 (1), 15-22)
J71 J31 C34
67 Regina T. Riphahn
Anja Thalmaier
Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods: An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism
The theoretical probation literature shows that individuals have incentives to mimick "good workers" during periods of employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence ...
(published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2001, 221(2), 179-201)
J22 D80
66 Edward J. Bird
Hilke Kayser
Joachim R. Frick
Gert G. Wagner
The Immigrant Welfare Effect: Take-Up or Eligibility?
Are immigrants on welfare because they are more likely to be eligible or because they are more likely to claim benefits for which they are eligible? The answer is politically important, but because ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 35 (2001), 726-748)
H53 I38 J61
65 Hartmut Lehmann
Jonathan Wadsworth
Alessandro Acquisti
Grime and Punishment: Insecurity and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation
Using information from two complementary household survey data sets, we show that the dominant form of labor market adjustment in the Russian transition process has been the delayed receipt of wages. ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 27 (1999), 595-617)
J6 J30 P20
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