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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
10231 Leo Feler
Mine Zeynep Senses
Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods
We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (4), 101 - 143)
F14, F16, H41, H70, R12, R23
10230 Björn Anders Gustafsson
Xiuna Yang
Earnings among Nine Ethnic Minorities and the Han Majority in China's Cities
This paper asks if economic growth and steps towards a market economy have affected earnings gaps between the Han and nine large urban ethnic minorities: Zhuang, Hui, Manchurian, Tujia, Uighur, Miao, ...
(published in Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, 2017, 22 (3), 525-546 )
J15, J31, J71, P23
10229 Joanna Tyrowicz
Lucas Van der Velde
Jan Svejnar
Effects of Labor Reallocation on Productivity and Inequality: Insights from Studies on Transition
From a theoretical perspective the link between the speed and scope of rapid labor reallocation and productivity growth or income inequality is ambiguous. Do reallocations with more flows tend to ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2017, 31 (3), 712-732)
D21, D24, D92, G21
10228 Luke Chicoine
Juan Carlos Guzman
Increasing Rural Health Clinic Utilization with SMS Updates: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Uganda
This paper examines an alternative to monitoring staff at a public health clinic in rural Uganda. The program sent SMS updates regarding confirmed attendance of clinic staff and activities to ...
(published in: World Development, 2017, 99, 419-430.)
I15, J13, O22
10227 Xavier Gine
Monica Martinez-Bravo
Marian Vidal-Fernandez
Are Labor Supply Decisions Consistent with Neoclassical Preferences? Evidence from Indian Boat Owners
This paper studies the labor supply of South Indian boat owners using daily labor participation decisions of 249 boat owners during seven years. We test the standard neoclassical model of labor ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2017, 142, 331-347)
J22, J31
10226 Elena Nikolova
Milena Nikolova
Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia
We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 49, 108 - 122 )
D02, N31, N41, P16
10223 Katharine G. Abraham
John C. Haltiwanger
L. Kristin Sandusky
James R. Spletzer
The Consequences of Long Term Unemployment: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
It is well known that the long-term unemployed fare worse in the labor market than the short-term unemployed, but less clear why this is so. One potential explanation is that the long-term unemployed ...
(published in: ILR Review, 2019, 72 (2), 266 - 299)
J64
10221 Bart Cockx
Eva Van Belle
Waiting Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth: No Point?
In Belgium school-leavers are entitled to unemployment benefits after a waiting period and eligible to intensified counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40 (4), 658-687 )
J64, J65, J68
10218 Paul Anand
Laurence Roope
The Development and Happiness of Very Young Children
The paper demonstrates how Sen's (1985) alternative approach to welfare economics can be used to shed light on the wellbeing of very young children. More specifically, we estimate versions of the ...
(published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47, 825 - 851)
D60, I31, J13
10217 Doris Weichselbaumer
Discrimination against Female Migrants Wearing Headscarves
Germany is currently experiencing a high influx of Muslim migrants. From a policy perspective, integration of migrants into the labor market is crucial. Hence, a field experiment was conducted that ...
(pubished in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73 (3), 600-627)
C93, J15, J71
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