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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
13555 Marta Martínez Matute
Ernesto Villanueva
Task Specialization and Cognitive Skills: Evidence from PIAAC and IALS
We study how the tasks conducted on the job relate to measures of cognitive skills using data from 18 countries participating in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21, 59 - 92)
J24, J31, I20
13553 Matthew Gibson
Jamie Mullins
Climate Risk and Beliefs in New York Floodplains
Applying a difference-in-differences framework to a census of residential property transactions in New York City 2003-2017, we estimate the price effects of three flood risk signals: 1) the ...
(published as 'Climate risk and beliefs in New York floodplains' in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2020, 7 (6), 1069-1111.)
Q54, Q58, R30, G22
13551 Daniel S. Hamermesh
H. Gregg Lewis: Perhaps the Father of Modern Labor Economics
H. Gregg Lewis did fundamental research outlining the economic effects of trade unions and considering how to measure them carefully. He also laid out the theory of the supply and demand for labor in ...
(published in: Robert A. Cord (ed.), The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics, Vol. II, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 574-594, )
B21, C29
13550 M. Shahe Emran
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Yajing Jiang
Yan Sun
Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India
This paper extends the Becker-Tomes model of intergenerational educational mobility to a rural economy characterized by farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023, 21, 743 - 773)
O12, J62
13549 Benoit Decerf
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Daniel Gerszon Mahler
Olivier Sterck
Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of ...
(pubished in: World Development, 2021, 146, 105561)
D63, I15, I32, O15
13548 Egidio Farina
Colin P. Green
Duncan McVicar
Are Estimates of Non-Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK
A range of evidence suggests that non-standard jobs, including fixed-term and other temporary jobs such as casual jobs, pay lower wages than more standard, permanent jobs, even after controlling for ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2021, 60 (3), 370 - 399)
J21, J48, M55
13547 Darius Schlangenotto
Wendelin Schnedler
Radovan Vadovic
Against All Odds: Tentative Steps Toward Efficient Information Sharing in Groups
When groups face difficult problems, the voice of experts may be lost in the noise of others' contributions. We present results from a 'naturally noisy' setting, a large first-year undergraduate ...
(published in: Games, 2020, 11 (3), 31)
D71, D72, D81, D82, C99
13546 Ylenia Brilli
Claudio Lucifora
Antonio Russo
Marco Tonello
Vaccination Take-up and Health: Evidence from a Flu Vaccination Program for the Elderly
We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take-up behavior and hospitalization. Using both administrative and survey data, we ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 323 - 341)
I12, I18, J10
13544 Elisabeth Leduc
Ilan Tojerow
Subsidizing Domestic Services as a Tool to Fight Unemployment: Effectiveness and Hidden Costs
European countries have increasingly adopted wage subsidies for the sector of domestic services to reduce low-skilled unemployment. Yet, empirical evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. In this ...
(published as 'Home work: Exploring the labor market effects of subsidizing domestic services' in: Labour Economics, 2024, 90, 102595)
J08, J24, J28, J38
13543 Mary-Alice Doyle
Stefanie Schurer
Sven Silburn
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform: Evidence from Birth Outcomes of Aboriginal Australians
Australia's 'income management' policy requires benefit recipients to spend at least half of their government transfers on essentials (e.g. food, housing). We estimate income management's impact on ...
(updated version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 84, 102618)
D04, I14, I38
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