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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
9988 Nikos Askitas
Big Data Is a Big Deal But How Much Data Do We Need?
The more conservative among us believe that "Big Data is a fad that will soon fade out" and they may in fact be partially right. By contrast, others – especially those who dispassionately note that ...
(published in: AStA Wirtschafts - und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 2016, 10, 113 - 125)
C55
9986 Abel Brodeur
Kerry Nield
Has Uber Made It Easier to Get a Ride in the Rain?
In New York City (NYC), it has been a common complaint that it is difficult to find a taxi in the rain. Using all Uber rides in NYC from April to September 2014 and January to June 2015, we show that ...
(published as 'An Empirical Analysis of Taxi, Lyft and Uber Rides: Evidence from Weather Shocks in NYC' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 152, 1-16)
D01, D03, L92, J22
9984 Simen Markussen
Knut Røed
Gendered Entrepreneurship Networks
In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits a remarkable persistence. We examine one particular source of persistence, ...
(revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373)
L26, M13, J16
9983 Giacomo De Giorgi
Anders Frederiksen
Luigi Pistaferri
Consumption Network Effects
In this paper we study the relevance and mechanics of consumption network effects. We use long panel data on the entire Danish population to construct a measure of consumption based on administrative ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (1), 130-163)
E21, D12, D85
9982 Christian Grund
Christine Harbring
Kirsten Thommes
Group (Re-)formation in Public Good Games: The Tale of the Bad Apple
We analyze how different previous roles as partners or strangers in public good games affect an individual's subsequent cooperation in a partner setting. We systematically vary a group's composition ...
(published in: Journal of Ecconomic Behavior & Organization 145 (2018), 306-319.)
C9, M5
9981 Eric Cardella
Briggs Depew
Testing for the Ratchet Effect: Evidence from a Real-Effort Work Task
The "ratchet effect" refers to a phenomenon where workers whose compensation is based on productivity strategically restrict their output, relative to their capability, because they rationally ...
(published as 'Output restriction and the ratchet effect: Evidence from a real-effort work task' in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 107, 182 - 202)
J30, J40, D70, D01, C92
9980 Stijn Baert
Simon Amez
No Better Moment to Score a Goal than Just Before Half Time? A Soccer Myth Statistically Tested
We test the soccer myth suggesting that a particularly good moment to score a goal is just before half time. To this end, rich data on 1,179 games played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa ...
(revised version published in: Plos One, 2018, 13 (3), e0194255)
L83, J44, Z00
9979 Massimiliano Bratti
Tommaso Frattini
Francesco Scervini
Grandparental Availability for Child Care and Maternal Employment: Pension Reform Evidence from Italy
In this paper, we exploit pension reform-induced changes in retirement eligibility requirements to assess the role of grandparental child care availability in the employment of women who have ...
(revised version published as "Grandparental availability for child care and maternal labor force participation: Pension reform evidence from Italy" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31(4), 1239–1277)
J13, J22
9978 Seth Gershenson
Should Value-Added Models Control for Student Absences?
Whether or not value-added models should control for contemporaneous student absences is theoretically ambiguous, as such absences are only partly outside of teachers' control. Teachers often feel ...
(published in: Teachers College Record, 2016, ID No. 21629.)
I2
9977 Marco Francesconi
James J. Heckman
Symposium on Child Development and Parental Investment: Introduction
This paper introduces the EJ Symposium on Child Development by reviewing the literature and placing the contributions of the papers in the Symposium in the context of a vibrant literature.
(published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126(596), F1-F27)
H43, I21, I24, J13, J24
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