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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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9971
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Alexander
M.
Danzer
Robert
Grundke
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Coerced Labor in the Cotton Sector: How Global Commodity Prices (Don't) Transmit to the Poor
This paper investigates the economic fortunes of coerced vs. free workers in a global supply chain. To identify the differential treatment of otherwise similar workers we resort to a unique exogenous ...
(published as 'Export price shocks and rural labor markets: The role of labor market distortions' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 145, 102464)
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J47, J43, F16, O13, Q12
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9970
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Christophe
Jalil
Nordman
Faly
Rakotomanana
François
Roubaud
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Informal versus Formal: A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Madagascar
Little is known about the informal sector's income structure vis-à-vis the formal sector, despite its predominant economic weight in developing countries. While most of the papers on this topic are ...
(published in: World Development, 2016, 86, 1–17)
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J21, J23, J24, J31, O17
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9969
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Giam Pietro
Cipriani
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Aging, Retirement and Pay-As-You-Go Pensions
In this paper we consider the effects of population aging on a pay-as-you-go financed defined contributions pension scheme. We show that when retirement decisions are endogenous, aging increases the ...
(published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2018, 22, 1173-1183)
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J13, H55
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9968
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Philipp
Lergetporer
Guido
Schwerdt
Katharina
Werner
Ludger
Woessmann
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Information and Preferences for Public Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
The electorates' lack of information about the extent of public spending may cause misalignments between voters' preferences and the size of government. We devise a series of representative survey ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 167, 138-157)
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H11, D83, D72, H52, I22, P16
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9967
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Tomer
Blumkin
Leif
Danziger
Eran
Yashiv
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Optimal Unemployment Benefit Policy and the Firm Productivity Distribution
This paper provides a novel justification for a declining time profile of unemployment benefits that does not rely on moral hazard or consumption-smoothing considerations. We consider a simple search ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance 2017, 24, 36-59)
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J64, J65
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9966
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Werner
Eichhorst
Regina
Konle-Seidl
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Evaluating Labour Market Policy
Labour market institutions are deemed to have a great influence on the level and structure of employment. This holds for regulation on employment protection, minimum wages or tax/benefit systems as ...
(published in: Bent Greve (ed.), Handbook of Social Policy Evaluation, 2017, Chapter 18)
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J08, J65, J68
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9965
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Claire
A.
Boeing-Reicher
Vincenzo
Caponi
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Public Wages, Public Employment, and Business Cycle Volatility: Evidence from U.S. Metro Areas
Based on data from a cross section of U.S. metro areas, we show that public employment correlates negatively with business cycle volatility, hinting at a stabilizing effect of public employment, ...
(published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2024, 54, 101232)
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E32, E63, J21
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9963
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John
Forth
Alex
Bryson
Anitha
George
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Explaining Cross-National Variation in Workplace Employee Representation
Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace ...
(published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 23 (4), 415-433 )
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J51, J53, J83
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9962
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Ronald
Bachmann
Hanna
Frings
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Monopsonistic Competition, Low-Wage Labour Markets, and Minimum Wages: An Empirical Analysis
This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (51), 5268-5286 )
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J42, J31, J38
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9961
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Lawrence
M.
Kahn
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Permanent Jobs, Employment Protection and Job Content
Using Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data for 21 countries, I study the impact of employment protection laws (EPL) on job content. Economic theories predict ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2018, 57 (3), 569-638)
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J31, J42
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