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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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10664
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Simen
Markussen
Knut
Rřed
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Egalitarianism under Pressure: Toward Lower Economic Mobility in the Knowledge Economy?
Based on complete population data, with the exact same definitions of family class background and economic outcomes for a large number of birth cohorts, we examine post-war trends in ...
(revised version published as 'Economic Mobility under Pressure' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (4), 1844–1885,)
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J62, D63, J24
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10663
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Niels-Hugo
Blunch
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A Teenager in Love: Multidimensional Human Capital and Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana
I examine teenage pregnancy in Ghana, focusing on the role and interplay of Ghanaian and English reading skills, formal educational attainment, and adult literacy program participation. Pursuing ...
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54 (3), 557 - 573)
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I21, J24
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10661
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Daniel
Kühnle
Michael
Oberfichtner
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Does Early Child Care Attendance Influence Children's Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skill Development?
While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio-economic and non-native backgrounds in the short-run, it remains unclear whether such ...
(published as 'Does Starting Universal Childcare Earlier Influence Children's Skill Development?' in: Demography, 2020, 57 (1), 61-98.)
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J13, I21, I38
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10660
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Andrey
Launov
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Working Time Accounts and Turnover
Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms smoothing their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit ...
(substantially revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021, 123 (3), 1025 - 1056)
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J23, J63
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10659
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Alex
Bryson
Christine
Erhel
Zinaďda
Salibekyan
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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality: A Comparative Study for Britain and France
Using linked employer-employee data from two comparable surveys this article examines the links between non-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with ...
(published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, 27 (2), 113-129 )
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I31, J30, J81
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10658
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Holger
Görg
Aoife
Hanley
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Firms' Global Engagement and Management Practices
We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 155, 80–83)
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F2, L2, M2
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10657
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Luca
Gambetti
Julián
Messina
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Evolving Wage Cyclicality in Latin America
Examines the evolution of the cyclicality of real wages and employment in four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro-cyclical ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, (323), 709-726.)
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E24
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10656
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Francisco
H. G.
Ferreira
Sergio
Firpo
Julián
Messina
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Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10 ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 37-67)
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D31, J31
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10655
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David
McKenzie
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How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence
Jobs are the number one policy concern of policymakers in many countries. The global financial crisis, rising demographic pressures, high unemployment rates, and concerns over automation all make it ...
(published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2017, 32(2), 127-54)
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O15, J08, J68
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10653
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Melisa
Bubonya
Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
David
C.
Ribar
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The Bilateral Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Employment Status
This paper analyzes the bilateral relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status. We find that severe depressive symptoms are partially a consequence of economic inactivity. The ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 35, 96-106 )
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J01, J64, I14
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