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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
13129 Jaime Arellano-Bover
The Effect of Labor Market Conditions at Entry on Workers' Long-Term Skills
This paper studies the impact of labor market conditions during the education-to-work transition on workers' long-term skill development. Using representative survey data on measures of work-relevant ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104(5), 1028-1045)
J24, J23, E24
13128 Alessandro Cigno
A Strictly Economic Explanation of Gender Norms: The Lasting Legacy of the Plough
We show that the descendants of ancient farmers may have an interest in marrying among themselves, and thus maintaining the gendered division of labour originally justified on comparative- advantage ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, 20, 1-13)
C78, D02, J16, J61
13127 Cynthia Bansak
Xuan Jiang
Guanyi Yang
Sibling Spillover in Rural China: A Story of Sisters and Daughters
We find a strong positive sibling spillover effect in two-children households in rural China, as measured by an increase in the Chinese and Math test scores of elder siblings when their younger ...
(published as 'Sibling spillovers in rural China: A story of sisters' in: China Economic Review, 2022, 76, 101873)
E24, C68, J30
13125 Zohal Hessami
Mariana Lopes da Fonseca
Female Political Representation and Substantive Effects on Policies: A Literature Review
The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few decades in almost every country in the world. Does this matter for policy outcomes? This is the first paper to ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101896)
D78, H00, J16, J18
13124 Orazio Attanasio
Richard Blundell
Gabriella Conti
Giacomo Mason
Inequality in Socio-Emotional Skills: A Cross-Cohort Comparison
We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British cohorts born 30 years apart. We construct comparable scales using two validated instruments for the ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 191, 104171)
J13, J24, I14, I24, C38
13123 Maria Cotofan
Lea Cassar
Robert Dur
Stephan Meier
Macroeconomic Conditions When Young Shape Job Preferences for Life
Preferences for monetary and non-monetary job attributes are important for understanding workers' motivation and the organization of work. Little is known, however, about how those job preferences ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105 (2), 467–473)
D9, E7, J2, M5
13122 Isaac Ehrlich
Yun Pei
Human Capital as Engine of Growth the Role of Knowledge Transfers in Promoting Balanced Growth within and across Countries
Unlike physical capital, human capital has both embodied and disembodied dimensions. It can be perceived of as skill and acquired knowledge, but also as knowledge spillover effects between ...
(published in: Asian Development Review, 2020, 37 (2), 225 - 263)
F22, F43, J11, J24, O15
13119 Christopher S. Carpenter
Gilbert Gonzales
Tara McKay
Dario Sansone
Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in Same-Sex Couples
A large body of research documents that the 2010 dependent coverage mandate of the Affordable Care Act was responsible for significantly increasing health insurance coverage among young adults. No ...
(published in: Demography , 2021, 58 (5), 1897-1929)
H75, I13, I18, J10
13118 Kai Hong
Peter A. Savelyev
Kegon T.K. Tan
Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity
We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect while controlling for latent skills and unobserved heterogeneity. We decompose ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2020, 14 (3), 371 - 400)
C41, I12, J24
13117 Andrew C. Johnston
Unemployment-Insurance Taxes and Labor Demand: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Administrative Data
To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (1), 266 - 293)
D22, H22, H25, H71, J23, J32, J38, J65
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