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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
12260 Brigitte Hochmuth
Britta Kohlbrecher
Christian Merkl
Hermann Gartner
Hartz IV and the Decline of German Unemployment: A Macroeconomic Evaluation
This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the Hartz IV reform in Germany, which reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We use a model with ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 127, 2021, 104114)
E24, E00, E60
12257 Oliver Krebs
Michael P. Pflüger
On the Road (Again): Commuting and Local Employment Elasticities in Germany
This paper uses the quantitative spatial model with heterogeneous locations linked by costly goods trade, migration and commuting developed in Monte et al. (2018) to address the workings of local ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics 2023, 99, 103874)
F12, F14, R13, R23
12255 Michael Nesbitt
Robert J. Oxoby
Meagan Potier
An Empirical and Qualitative Assessment of Terrorism Sentencing Decisions in Canada since 2001: Shifting Away from the Fundamental Principle and Towards Cognitive Biases
In this paper, we take a comprehensive and multidisciplinary look at terrorism sentencing decisions over a 17-year period, between September 2001 when the ATA was first conceived of and September ...
(published as 'Terrorism Sentencing Decisions in Canada Since 2001: Shifting away from the Fundamental Principle and towards Cognitive Biases' in: UBC Law Review, 2019, 52 (2), Article 5)
K14, K15
12254 Artjoms Ivlevs
Roswitha M. King
To Europe or Not to Europe? Migration and Public Support for Joining the European Union in the Western Balkans
For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54(2), 559–584)
F22, F24, J61, O52
12251 Varun Gauri
Julian C. Jamison
Nina Mazar
Owen Ozier
Motivating Bureaucrats through Social Recognition: External Validity — A Tale of Two States
Bureaucratic performance is a crucial determinant of economic growth, but little real-world evidence exists on how to improve it, especially in resource-constrained settings. We conducted a field ...
(published in: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2021, 163, 117-131)
C93, D73, D91, I18, L38, O35
12250 Luigino Bruni
Vittorio Pelligra
Tommaso G. Reggiani
Matteo Rizzolli
The Pied Piper: Prizes, Incentives, and Motivation Crowding-In
In mainstream business and economics, prizes such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom are understood as special types of incentives, with the peculiar features of being awarded in public, and of ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Business Ethics, 2020, 166(3), 643-658 )
B1, D03, J33
12249 Elisabeth Grewenig
Philipp Lergetporer
Katharina Werner
Ludger Woessmann
Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences?
The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters' preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates' policy ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 523-543)
D72, D83, H52, J13, I28, P16
12248 Xiahai Wei
Tony Fang
Yang Jiao
Jiahui Li
Language Premium Myth or Fact: Evidence from Migrant Workers of Guangdong, China
Using unique matched employer-employee data from China, we discover that migrant workers in the manufacturing industry who are proficient in the local dialect earn lower wages than those who are not. ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2019, 40, 356–386.)
J32, J61, R23
12246 Ying Ge
Tony Fang
Yeheng Jiang
Access to Imported Intermediates and Intra-Firm Wage Inequality
We use Chinese firm-level data from the World Bank Investment Climate Survey to examine the link between importing intermediates and intra-firm wage inequality. Our results show that intermediate ...
(published in: World Economy, 2019, 42 (8), 2364-2384.)
F16, F63, F66
12244 Giam Pietro Cipriani
Tamara Fioroni
Endogenous Demographic Change, Retirement and Social Security
In this paper, we analyse the effects of demographic change on a PAYG pension system, financed with a defined contribution scheme. In particular we examine the relationship between retirement, ...
(published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2021, 25 (3), 609-631)
J13, H2, H8, H55
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