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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
12048 Esther Mirjam Girsberger
Romuald Meango
Hillel Rapoport
Regional Migration and Wage Inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). We exploit unique data from a unified labour force ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2020, 48 (2), 385-404)
F22, J61, O15
12046 James J. Heckman
The Race between Demand and Supply: Tinbergen's Pioneering Studies of Earnings Inequality
Understanding inequality and devising policies to alleviate it was a central focus of Jan Tinbergen's lifetime research. He was far ahead of his time in many aspects of his work. This essay places ...
(published in: De economist, 2019, 167, 243–258)
B31, D31, D33, D63, I24, J20, P21
12043 Marco Caliendo
Carsten Schröder
Linda Wittbrodt
The Causal Effects of the Minimum Wage Introduction in Germany: An Overview
In 2015, Germany introduced a statutory hourly minimum wage that was not only universally binding but also set at a relatively high level. We discuss the short-run effects of this new minimum wage on ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2019, 20 (3), 257-292)
J22, J23, J31, J38
12042 Olga Demidova
Alena Kolyagina
Francesco Pastore
Marshallian vs Jacobs Effects: Which One Is Stronger? Evidence for Russia Unemployment Dynamics
This paper is devoted to the study of diversification and specialization influence on one of the main indicators of Russian labour market, the unemployment growth. The purpose of the work is to find ...
(published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2020, 55, 244-258.)
J64, L16, L25, L52, R23
12041 Tymon Sloczynski
Average Gaps and Oaxaca's Blinder Decompositions: A Cautionary Tale about Regression Estimates of Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes
In this paper I demonstrate, both theoretically and empirically, that the interpretation of regression estimates of between-group differences in economic outcomes depends on the relative sizes of ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73 3), 705–729)
C21, I24, J15, J31, J71
12039 Michael C. Knaus
Michael Lechner
Anthony Strittmatter
Machine Learning Estimation of Heterogeneous Causal Effects: Empirical Monte Carlo Evidence
We investigate the finite sample performance of causal machine learning estimators for heterogeneous causal effects at different aggregation levels. We employ an Empirical Monte Carlo Study that ...
(published in: Econometrics Journal, 2021, 24 (1), 134-161)
C21
12038 Bruce D. Meyer
Nikolas Mittag
Misreporting of Government Transfers: How Important Are Survey Design and Geography?
Recent studies linking household surveys to administrative records reveal high rates of misreporting of program receipt. We use the FoodAPS survey to examine whether the findings of these studies of ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 230-253)
C81, D31, I32, I38
12036 Alessio Muscillo
Paolo Pin
Tiziano Razzolini
Francesco Serti
Does "Network Closure" Beef up Import Premium?
We investigate whether network closure in the supply chain can explain the heterogeneity observed in import premia. Using unique panel data on trade flows among beef farms in the Italian region of ...
(substantially revised version published in: Social Networks, 2023, 73, 89-103.)
D22, D85, F10, F14, L14, O13
12035 David Audretsch
Marian Hafenstein
Alexander S. Kritikos
Alexander Schiersch
Firm Size and Innovation in the Service Sector
A rich literature links knowledge inputs with innovative outputs. However, most of what is known is restricted to manufacturing. This paper analyzes whether the three aspects involving innovative ...
(published as 'Microfirms and innovation in the service sector' in: Small Business Economics, 2020, 55 (4), 997-1018)
L25, L60, L80, O31, O33
12034 Joshua S. Gans
Andrew Leigh
Martin Schmalz
Adam Triggs
Inequality and Market Concentration, When Shareholding Is More Skewed Than Consumption
Economic theory suggests that monopoly prices hurt consumers but benefit shareholders. But in a world where individuals or households can be both consumers and shareholders, the impact of market ...
(published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019, 35 (3), 550 - 563)
D42, D43, D61, D63
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