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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
9915 Monique de Haan
Edwin Leuven
Head Start and the Distribution of Long Term Education and Labor Market Outcomes
In this paper we investigate the effect of Head Start on long term education and labor market outcomes using data from the NLSY79. The contributions to the existing literature on the effectiveness of ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics 2020, 38 (3), 727–765)
H52, I21, J13, J24, J31
9914 Brian Bell
Stephen Machin
Minimum Wages and Firm Value
How does the value of a firm change in response to a minimum wage hike? The evidence we have to date is not well-suited to answer this question, principally because events that have been studied are ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36, 159-95)
J23, L25
9913 Daniel Baumgarten
Michael Kvasnicka
Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 136, 29-44)
E32, J23, L23, J68
9911 Katja Görlitz
Marcus Tamm
Information, Financial Aid and Training Participation: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
To increase employee participation in training activities, the German government introduced a large-scale training voucher program in 2008 that reduces training fees by half. Based on a randomized ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 138-148)
I22, D83, H52
9910 Barbara Broadway
Guyonne Kalb
Jinhu Li
Anthony Scott
Do Financial Incentives Influence GPs' Decisions to Do After-Hours Work? A Discrete Choice Labour Supply Model
This paper analyses doctors' supply of after-hours care, and how it is affected by personal and family circumstances as well as the earnings structure. We use detailed survey data from a large sample ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2017, 26 (12), e52-e66 )
I11, J22, J44, J21
9909 Stephen Bazen
Xavier Joutard
Brice Magdalou
An Oaxaca Decomposition for Nonlinear Models
The widely used Oaxaca decomposition applies to linear models. Extending it to commonly used nonlinear models such as duration models is not straightforward. This paper shows that the original ...
(published in: Journal of Economics and Social Measurement, 2017, 42 (2), 101-121)
C10, C18, C21
9908 Pedro Carneiro
Sokbae Lee
Daniel Wilhelm
Optimal Data Collection for Randomized Control Trials
In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator can be improved either by collecting data on additional individuals, or by collecting additional covariates that ...
(published in: Econometrics Journal, 2020, 23 (1), 1 - 31)
C55, C81
9907 Petri Böckerman
John Cawley
Jutta Viinikainen
Terho Lehtimäki
Suvi Rovio
Ilkka Seppälä
Jaakko Pehkonen
Olli Raitakari
The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables
The increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide has led to great interest in the economic consequences of obesity, but valid and powerful instruments for obesity, which are needed to estimate its ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2019, 28 (1), 65-77)
I10, J23, J31
9906 Vincenzo Galasso
Tommaso Nannicini
Persuasion and Gender: Experimental Evidence from Two Political Campaigns
This paper investigates the differential response of male and female voters to competitive persuasion in political campaigns. We implemented a survey experiment during the (mixed gender) electoral ...
(published online in: Public Choice, 5 August 2024)
D72, J16, M37
9905 Martin Halla
Harald Mayr
Gerald J. Pruckner
Pilar Garcia-Gomez
Cutting Fertility? The Effect of Cesarean Deliveries on Subsequent Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply
The incidence of Cesarean deliveries (CDs) has been on the rise. The procedure's cost and benefits are discussed controversially; in particular, since non-medically indicated cases seem widespread. ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 72, 102325)
I12, J13, J11, J22, J21
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