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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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10218
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Paul
Anand
Laurence
Roope
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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)
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D60, I31, J13
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10217
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
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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)
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C93, J15, J71
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10216
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Merle
Zwiers
Maarten
van Ham
David
Manley
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Trajectories of Neighborhood Change: Spatial Patterns of Increasing Ethnic Diversity
Western cities are increasingly ethnically diverse and in most cities the share of ethnic minorities is growing. Studies analyzing changing ethnic geographies often limit their analysis to changes in ...
(published in: Population, Space and Place, 2018, 24 (2), e2094)
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J15, O18, R23
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10214
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Uzi
Rebhun
Nadia
Beider
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Linguistic and Economic Adjustment among Immigrants in Israel
This paper analyzes the Hebrew language proficiency, probability of employment, and labor market earnings of immigrants in Israel. It uses the 2010/11 Immigrant Absorption Survey conducted by the ...
(published as 'Language Acquisition, Employment Status, and the Earnings of Jewish and non-Jewish Immigrants in Israel' in: International Migration, 2020, 58 (2), 205 - 232)
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F22, J15, J24, J61
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10213
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Simone
Bertoli
Ilse
Ruyssen
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Networks and Migrants' Intended Destination
Social networks are known to influence migration decisions, but connections between individuals can hardly be observed. We rely on individual-level surveys conducted by Gallup in 147 countries that ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 705–728)
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F22
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10212
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George
J.
Borjas
Joan
Monras
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The Labor Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks
The continuing inflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees into many European countries has ignited much political controversy and raised questions that require a fuller understanding of the ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2017, 32 (91), 361 - 413)
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J15, J61, J2
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10211
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Brian
Duncan
Hani
Mansour
Bryson
Rintala
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Weighing the Military Option: The Effects of Wartime Conditions on Investments in Human Capital
Military service is an important vehicle through which young Americans invest in their human capital. Using internal military data, we show that county-level exposure to U.S. combat casualties during ...
(published in Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (1), 264-282)
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I20, I22, I26, J22
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10208
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Samuel
R.
Bondurant
Jason
M.
Lindo
Isaac
D.
Swensen
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Substance Abuse Treatment Centers and Local Crime
In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using an identification strategy that leverages variation driven by ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 104, 124 - 133)
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I12, K14, K42
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10207
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Giovanni
Russo
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Job Design and Skill Developments in the Workplace
We investigate the relationship between job complexity and the skills development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS). The results suggest that ...
(published in: S. W. Polachek, K. Pouliakis, G. Russo, K. Tatsiramos (eds.), Skill Mismatch in Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, 45), Emerald Publishing, 2017, 409 - 445)
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J24
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10206
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Pedro
S.
Martins
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Should the Maximum Duration of Fixed-Term Contracts Increase in Recessions? Evidence from a Law Reform
Fixed-term contracts (FTCs) may be an important tool to promote hirings and employment, particularly in recessions or when permanent contracts are costly. Therefore, it may be useful to let some of ...
(published in: International Review of Law and Economics, 2021, 68, 106009)
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J23, J41, J63
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