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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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11388
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Yusi
Ouyang
Abebe
Shimeles
Erik
Thorbecke
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Revisiting Cross-Country Poverty Convergence in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries ...
(published in: World Development, 2019, 117 (C), 13 - 28)
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O10, O55
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11387
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Bohdan
Kukharskyy
Michael
P.
Pflüger
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Time Is on My Side: Relational Contracts and Aggregate Welfare
This paper develops a simple general equilibrium model which establishes a link between the patience of economic agents and the well-being of nations. We show that firms in long-term oriented ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2019, 71 (3), 709 - 732)
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D23, L14, L22, L23, O10
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11386
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Eliav
Danziger
Leif
Danziger
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The Optimal Graduated Minimum Wage and Social Welfare
This paper analyzes the effects of introducing a graduated minimum wage in a model with optimal income taxation in which a government seeks to maximize social welfare. It shows that the optimal ...
(published in: Transitions through the Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 46), Emerald Publishing, 2018, 55-72.)
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D60, H21, J30
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11385
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Ragui
Assaad
Rana
Hendy
Moundir
Lassassi
Shaimaa
Yassin
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Explaining the MENA Paradox: Rising Educational Attainment, Yet Stagnant Female Labor Force Participation
Despite rapidly rising female educational attainment and the closing if not reversal of the gender gap in education, female labor force participation rates in the MENA region remain low and stagnant, ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2018, 8 (17))
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J16, J21, J22, J82
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11382
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Marianne
Bertrand
Patricia
Cortes
Claudia
Olivetti
Jessica
Pan
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Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women
In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88 (4), 1936 - 1978)
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J12, J16
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11381
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Sarah
Bana
Kelly
Bedard
Maya
Rossin-Slater
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The Impacts of Paid Family Leave Benefits: Regression Kink Evidence from California Administrative Data
Although the United States provides unpaid maternity and family leave to qualifying workers, it is the only OECD country without a national paid leave policy, making wage replacement a pivotal issue ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, 2020, 39 (4), 888-929)
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I18, J13, J16, J18
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11379
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José
Azar
Ioana
E.
Marinescu
Marshall
Steinbaum
Bledi
Taska
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Concentration in US Labor Markets: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data
Using data on the near-universe of online US job vacancies collected by Burning Glass Technologies in 2016, we calculate labor market concentration using the Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) for each ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101886)
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J21, J23, J42, K21, L11
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11378
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John
T.
Addison
Paulino
Teixeira
Philipp
Grunau
Lutz
Bellmann
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Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and agency temps. We report inter al. that works councils are associated with a higher ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2019, 2 (1), 24-46.)
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J21, J23, J41, J48, J51, J63, K31
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11374
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Samuel
Lüthi
Stefan
C.
Wolter
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Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof?
Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut ...
(published in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 156, Article number: 3 (2020))
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E24, E32, I21, J18, J44
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11373
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Alex
Bryson
Francis
Green
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Do Private Schools Manage Better?
There is a perception among some commentators and policy analysts that leadership and managerial practices in private schools are superior to those in state schools. Analysing a survey of workplaces ...
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2018, 243, R17-R26)
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I21
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