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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
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
12516 Shuai Chen
Jan C. van Ours
Symbolism Matters: The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization on Partnership Stability
We study the effect of marriage on the stability of formal partnerships exploiting same-sex marriage legalization in the Netherlands as a natural experiment. Same-sex marriage legalization allowed ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, 44-58.)
D78, J12, J15, J16, K36
12515 Fabio Berton
Stefano Dughera
Andrea Ricci
Unions and Firms' Investments: A Unified View
In this paper, we present a simple model in which a unionized and non-unionized firm optimally make investment decisions given their labor productivity. By allowing workers' organizations to have ...
(published as 'A simple model of holdup, union voice, and firm investments' in: S.W. Polachek, K. Tatsiramos, G. Russo and G. van Houten (eds.): Workplace productivity and management practices (Research in Labor Economics, 49), 2021, 67 - 84)
J51, O31, O32
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