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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
9642 Binnur Balkan
Semih Tumen
Immigration and Prices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
We exploit the regional variation in the unexpected (or forced) inflow of Syrian refugees as a natural experiment to estimate the impact of immigration on consumer prices in Turkey. Using a ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29(3), 657-686)
C21, E31, J46, J61
9641 Nancy H. Chau
Yu Qin
Weiwen Zhang
Leader Networks and Transaction Costs: A Chinese Experiment in Interjurisdictional Contracting
Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where subprovincial governments freely traded land conversion quotas, and investigate the ...
(published as 'Leader Networks and Interjurisdictional Contracting in Land Conversion Quotas' in: Land Economics, 2024, 100 (3), 568-587)
H11, H77, P35, R52, D23
9640 Sylvie Démurger
Xiaoqian Wang
Remittances and Expenditure Patterns of the Left Behinds in Rural China
This paper investigates how private transfers from internal migration in China affect the expenditure behaviour of families left behind in rural areas. Using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in ...
(published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 177-190)
O15, J22, R23, D13, O53
9639 Joyce J Chen
Katrina Kosec
Valerie Mueller
Temporary and Permanent Migrant Selection: Theory and Evidence of Ability-Search Cost Dynamics
The migrant selection literature concentrates primarily on spatial patterns. This paper illustrates the implications of migration duration for patterns of selection by integrating two workhorses of ...
(published in: Review of Development Economics, 2019, 23 (4), 1477-1519)
J61, O15
9638 Rafael Dix-Carneiro
Rodrigo R. Soares
Gabriel Ulyssea
Local Labor Market Conditions and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization
This paper estimates the effect of local labor market conditions on crime in a developing country with high crime rates. Contrary to the previous literature, which has focused exclusively on ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4), 158-195)
F16, J23, J24, K42
9637 Niaz Asadullah
Saizi Xiao
Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh
Subjective Well-being in China, 2005-2010: The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location
We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness ...
(published in: China Economic Review, 2018, 48, 83–101)
O12, I30, I31
9636 Milena Nikolova
Boris Nikolaev
Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most ...
(published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18, 1593 - 1623)
I31, I39, P20
9635 Boris Hirsch
Elke J. Jahn
Michael Oberfichtner
The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labour Markets
Using administrative data for West Germany, this paper investigates whether part of the urban wage premium stems from fierce competition in thick labour markets. We first establish that employers ...
(substantially revised version coauthored with Alan Manning published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57, S111-S136)
R23, J42, J31
9633 Lixin Cai
Kostas Mavromaras
Peter J. Sloane
Low Paid Employment in Britain: Estimating State-Dependence and Stepping Stone Effects
Using 18 waves of the British Household Panel Study, this paper examines state dependence and stepping stone effects of low pay. A distinguishing feature is that five types of transition- not in the ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (2), 283 - 326)
J24, J31, I21
9632 Petri Böckerman
Per Skedinger
Roope Uusitalo
Seniority Rules, Worker Mobility and Wages: Evidence from Multi-Country Linked Employer-Employee Data
We construct a multi-country employer-employee data to examine the consequences of employment protection. We identify the effects by comparing worker exit rates between units of the same firm that ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 48-62)
K31, J63, J32, J08, L51
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