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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
11679 Alpaslan Akay
Alexandra Brausmann
Slobodan Djajic
Murat Güray Kirdar
Purchasing-Power-Parity and the Saving Behavior of Temporary Migrants
How does saving behavior of immigrants respond to changes in purchasing power parity between the source and host countries? We examine this question by building a theoretical model of joint ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 134, 103682.)
F22, J61
11675 Anders Frederiksen
Takao Kato
Nina Smith
Working Hours and Top Management Appointments: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
By combining Danish registry data covering the population of Danish workers with the Danish Labor Force Survey (DLFS) which provides detailed data on working hours, we provide fresh evidence and ...
(revised version published online as 'Working Hours, Top Management Appointments, and Gender: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024)
M5
11674 Daniel Jones
Mirco Tonin
Michael Vlassopoulos
Paying for What Kind of Performance? Performance Pay and Multitasking in Mission-Oriented Jobs
How does pay-for-performance (P4P) impact productivity, multitasking, and the composition of workers in mission-oriented jobs? These are central issues in sectors like education or healthcare. We ...
(substantially revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, 480-507)
C91, M52, J45
11672 Alan B. Krueger
Orley Ashenfelter
Theory and Evidence on Employer Collusion in the Franchise Sector
In this paper we study the role of covenants in franchise contracts that restrict the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the same franchise chain in suppressing competition ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (S), S324-S348)
J42, J41, J63
11669 Kalena E. Cortes
Hans Fricke
Susanna Loeb
David S. Song
Too Little or Too Much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text Messaging Experiment
Text-message based parenting programs have proven successful in improving parental engagement and preschoolers' literacy development. The tested programs have provided a combination of (a) general ...
(published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2021, 16 (2), 209-232)
I21, I24, J18
11668 Francesco Amodio
Jieun Choi
Giacomo De Giorgi
Aminur Rahman
Bribes vs. Taxes: Market Structure and Incentives
Firms in developing countries often avoid paying taxes by making informal payments to tax officials. These bribes may raise the cost of operating a business, and the price charged to consumers. To ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics 2022, 50 (2), 435-453)
D22, D40, H26, H71, O12
11667 Philippe Ruh
Stefan Staubli
Financial Incentives and Earnings of Disability Insurance Recipients: Evidence from a Notch Design
Most countries reduce Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for beneficiaries earning above a specified threshold. Such an earnings threshold generates a discontinuous increase in tax liability – a ...
(revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019, 11(2), 269-300)
H53, H55, J14, J21
11666 Jonneke Bolhaar
Nadine Ketel
Bas van der Klaauw
Caseworker's Discretion and the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs
In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct a field experiment that generates exogenous variation in the assignment to ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 183, 104080)
C93, I38, J64, J08
11663 Anne Nolan
Alan Barrett
The Role of Self-Employment in Ireland's Older Workforce
A feature of employment at older ages that has been observed in many countries, including Ireland, is the higher share of self-employment among older labour force participants. This pattern of higher ...
(published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, 100201)
D14, H55, J14, J26
11662 J. David Brown
John S. Earle
Mee Jung Kim
Kyung Min Lee
High-Growth Entrepreneurship
Analyzing data on all U.S. employers in a cohort of entering firms, we document a highly skewed size distribution, such that the largest 5% account for over half of cohort employment at firm birth ...
(published as 'Start-Ups, Job Creation, and Founder Characteristics' in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, 28 (6), 1637–1672)
D22, J24, L25, L26
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