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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
12530 Lídia Farré
Francesc Ortega
Selecting Talent: Gender Differences in Participation and Success in Competitive Selection Processes
We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious graduate fellowship program. All applications are scored remotely by expert reviewers ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (6), 1881-1913)
J3, J7
12529 Bernd Fitzenberger
Arnim Seidlitz
The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany
German social security records involve an indicator for part-time or full-time work. In 2011, the reporting procedure was changed suggesting that a fraction of worker recorded to be working full-time ...
(published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2020, 54, 1(2020))
J60, J31, C80
12527 Michael White
Alex Bryson
The Impact of High-Performance Work Systems on Employees: A Sectoral Comparison
Using nationally representative linked employer-employee surveys of workplaces with 50 or more employees we find the adoption of High-Performance Work Systems (HPWS) in the private sector is largely ...
(published in: Labour, 2024, 38 (1), 102-121)
I31, J45, M5
12526 Daniel Goller
Michael Lechner
Andreas Moczall
Joachim Wolff
Does the Estimation of the Propensity Score by Machine Learning Improve Matching Estimation? The Case of Germany's Programmes for Long Term Unemployed
Matching-type estimators using the propensity score are the major workhorse in active labour market policy evaluation. This work investigates if machine learning algorithms for estimating the ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101855)
J68, C21
12524 Plamen Nikolov
Alan Adelman
Do Pension Benefits Accelerate Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Rural China
Higher life expectancy and rapidly aging populations have led to the introduction of pension programs in developing countries in the last two decades. Using the introduction of a new public policy in ...
(updated version published as DP15742 . (published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 594 - 617).)
J14, H55, H75, J26, J24, D91, O12, N35, O10
12522 Lukas Kiessling
Pia Pinger
Philipp K. Seegers
Jan Bergerhoff
Gender Differences in Wage Expectations: Sorting, Children, and Negotiation Styles
This paper presents evidence from a large-scale study on gender differences in expected wages before labor market entry. Based on data for over 15,000 students, we document a significant and large ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 12522 )
D81, D84, I21, I23, J13, J30
12521 Krishna Regmi
Daniel J. Henderson
Labor Demand Shocks at Birth and Cognitive Achievement during Childhood
As epidemiological studies have shown that conditions during gestation and early childhood affect adult health outcomes, we examine the effect of local labor market conditions in the year of birth on ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, 101917)
J20, J21, I20, I30
12519 Paul Dolan
Grace Lordan
Climbing up Ladders and Sliding down Snakes: An Empirical Assessment of the Effect of Social Mobility on Subjective Wellbeing
We examine how intergenerational mobility affects subjective wellbeing (SWB) using data from the British Cohort Study. Our SWB measures encapsulates both life satisfaction and mental health, and we ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, 1023–1045)
D31, D63, I1,I14, J60
12518 Oded Stark
Krzysztof Szczygielski
The Likelihood of Divorce and the Riskiness of Financial Decisions
We link causally the riskiness of men's management of their finances with the probability of their experiencing a divorce. Our point of departure is that when comparing single men to married men, the ...
(published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2019, 85 (3), 209 - 229)
D21, D81, G32
12517 Michael White
Alex Bryson
High Performance Work Systems and Public Sector Workplace Performance in Britain
Using nationally representative surveys of workplaces with 50 or more employees we find the adoption of High-Performance Work Systems (HPWS) in the public sector are positively correlated with ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2021,73 (3), 1057-1076 )
J45, M5
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