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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
11174 Mehtabul Azam
Are Urban-Rural Welfare Differences Growing in India?
Using data from the large scale consumption expenditure surveys collected by Indian National Sample Survey Organization, we examine the urban-rural welfare gap in India in 1983, 1993-94, 2004-05, and ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Accounting for growing urban-rural welfare gaps in India' in: World Development, 2019, 122, 410-432)
I32
11173 Frédéric Docquier
Aysit Tansel
Riccardo Turati
Do Emigrants Self-Select along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54 (2), 388-422.)
F22, O15, J61, Z10
11172 Simone Bertoli
Elie Murard
Migration and Co-Residence Choices: Evidence from Mexico
Household composition is traditionally regarded as exogenous in economic analyses. The migration literature typically assumes that the migration of a household member is not associated with further ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, Article 102330)
F22, J12
11171 Julia Bredtmann
Klaus Nowotny
Sebastian Otten
Linguistic Distance, Networks and Migrants' Regional Location Choice
This paper analyzes the interaction between migrant networks and linguistic distance in the location choice of migrants to the EU at the regional level. We test the hypothesis that networks and the ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, Article 101863)
F22, J61, R23
11170 Matteo Bobba
Luca Flabbi
Santiago Levy Algazi
Labor Market Search, Informality and Schooling Investments
We develop a search and matching model where firms and workers are allowed to form matches (jobs) that can be formal or informal. Workers optimally choose the level of schooling acquired before ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2022, 63 (1), 211-226.)
J24, J3, J64, O17
11169 Marco Caliendo
Steffen Künn
Robert Mahlstedt
Mobility Assistance Programmes for Unemployed Workers, Job Search Behaviour and Labour Market Outcomes
The appealing idea of geographically relocating unemployed job seekers from depressed to prosperous regions and hence reducing unemployment leads to industrialised countries offering financial ...
(substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 15011)
J61, J68, D04, C21
11166 Jeffrey A. Groen
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia
Snooze or Lose: High School Start Times and Academic Achievement
Many U.S. high schools start classes before 8:00 A.M., yet research on circadian rhythms suggests that students' biological clocks shift to later in the day as they enter adolescence. Some school ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 72, 204–218)
I12, I20, J22
11165 Jacek Liwiński
Francesco Pastore
Are School-Provided Skills Useful at Work? Results of the Wiles Test
We test for the signalling hypothesis versus human capital theory using the Wiles test (1974) in a country which has experienced a dramatic increase in the supply of skills. For this purpose, we ...
(published in: Research in Higher Education, 2021, 62 (1), 72-97)
I26, J24, J31
11164 Abdurrahman B. Aydemir
Hakki Yazici
Intergenerational Education Mobility and the Level of Development: Evidence from Turkey
This paper provides two contributions to the study of intergenerational mobility. First, we render a thorough characterization of education mobility in Turkey at the national level, including a ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 116, 160-185)
J6, I2, R0
11162 Marco Bertoni
Stephen Gibbons
Olmo Silva
School Choice during a Period of Radical School Reform: Evidence from the Academy Programme
Education policy worldwide has sought to incentivize school improvement and facilitate pupil-school matching by introducing reforms that promote autonomy and choice. Understanding the way in which ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2020, 35 (104), 739- 795)
I21, H75
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