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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
13001 Isha Agarwal
Grace Weishi Gu
Eswar Prasad
The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations
We analyze shifts in the structure of China's capital outflows over the past decade. The composition of gross outflows has shifted from accumulation of foreign exchange reserves by the central bank ...
(published in: IMF Economic Review, 2020, 68, 643 - 692)
F2, F3, F4
12999 Sander Wagner
Diederik Boertien
Mette Gřrtz
The Wealth of Parents: Trends over Time in Assortative Mating Based on Parental Wealth
This paper describes trends in parental wealth homogamy among union cohorts formed between 1987 and 2013 in Denmark. Using high-quality register data on the wealth of parents during the year of ...
(published in: Demography, 2020, 57 (5), 1809 - 1831)
D31, J12, J60
12998 Katharina Lima de Miranda
Dennis J. Snower
Recoupling Economic and Social Prosperity
This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human well-being, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and ...
(published in: Global Perspectives, 2020, 1 (1), 11867)
I31, O11, D63, D91, A13, B55, F01, F60, H11
12996 Elif Kara
Mirco Tonin
Michael Vlassopoulos
Class Size Effects in Higher Education: Differences across STEM and Non-STEM Fields
In recent years, many countries have experienced a significant expansion of higher education enrolment. There is a particular interest among policy makers for further growth in STEM subjects, which ...
(substantially revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, 102104)
I21, I23, I28
12995 Cristina Bellés Obrero
Emma Duchini
Who Benefits from General Knowledge?
While vocational education is meant to provide occupational-specific skills that are directly employable, their returns may be limited in fast-changing economies. Conversely, general education should ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 85, 102122)
I26, I28, J24
12994 Dany Bahar
Prithwiraj Choudhury
Hillel Rapoport
Migrant Inventors and the Technological Advantage of Nations
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the migrants' receiving countries. We find that countries are 25 to 60 percent more likely ...
(published in: Research Policy, 2020, 49 (9), 103947)
O31, O33, F22
12993 Peter Eibich
Thomas Siedler
Retirement, Intergenerational Time Transfers, and Fertility
Retired parents might invest time into their adult children by providing childcare. Such intergenerational time transfers can have important implications for family decisions. This paper estimates ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 124, 1-41)
J13, J14, J22, J26
12992 Brice Corgnet
Simon Gächter
Roberto Hernán González
Working Too Much for Too Little: Stochastic Rewards Cause Work Addiction
People are generally assumed to shy away from activities generating stochastic rewards, thus requiring extra compensation for handling any additional risk. In contrast with this view, neuroscience ...
(revised version published online as 'No rest for the weary: Pay uncertainty reduces engagement in recovery' in: Journal of Applied Psychology, 2025 )
C92, D87, D91, M54
12991 Maria De Paola
Roberto Nistico
Vincenzo Scoppa
Fertility Decisions and Employment Protection: The Unintended Consequences of the Italian Jobs Act
We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on fertility decisions. Using data from the Italian Labor Force Survey for the years 2013-2018, we analyze how the propensity to have a ...
(published as 'Employment protection and fertility decisions: the unintended consequences of the Italian Jobs Act' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (108), 735 - 773)
J13, J65, J41, M51, C31
12989 Alexander Paul
Dorthe Bleses
Michael Rosholm
Efficient Targeting in Childhood Interventions
Many targeted childhood interventions such as the Perry Preschool Project select eligible children based on a risk score. The variables entering the risk score and their corresponding weights are ...
(published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 September 2023)
I18, I28, I38
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