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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
9551 Sinem H. Ayhan
Selin Pelek
State Dependence in Welfare Benefits in a Non-Welfare Context
This study contributes to the ongoing debate about welfare dependency centered on the western societies through an empirical analysis, within the context of a developing country. It examines state ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66 (3), 711-735)
I30, I38, J18, C23
9549 Kathleen Mullen
Stefan Staubli
Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance (DI) programs is the elasticity of DI claiming with respect to benefit generosity. Yet, in many countries, ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, 49-63)
H55, J14, J22
9545 Carmen Camacho
Fabio Mariani
Luca Pensieroso
Illegal Immigration and the Shadow Economy
We build a general equilibrium model in which both illegal immigration and the size of the informal sector are endogenously determined. In this framework, we show that indirect policy measures such ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, 1050-1080)
O17, F22, J61
9544 Silvia Mendolia
Alex Tosh
Oleg Yerokhin
Ethnic Diversity and Trust: New Evidence from Australian Data
This paper investigates the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic and linguistic heterogeneity and the formation of an individual's local and general trust. A wide literature across economics and ...
(published in Economic Record, 2016, 92 (299): 648-665.)
J15, Z10
9542 Maurice Schiff
Ability Drain
Is ability drain (AD) economically significant? That immigrants or their children founded over 40% of the Fortune 500 US companies suggests it is. Moreover, brain drain (BD) induces a brain gain ...
(published as 'Ability drain: size, impact, and comparison with brain drain under alternative immigration policies' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 1337- 1354)
F22, J24, J61, O15
9541 Evans Jadotte
Xavier Ramos
The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti
We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances recipient country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region relative to its ...
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (12), 1810-1825. )
C39, F22, F24, J22
9540 Milena Nikolova
Monica Roman
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries
The fall of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe restored ordinary citizens' rights and freedoms and ended their political and social isolation. While the freedom of movement was quickly embraced, ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (3), 658 - 684 )
I30, I31, F22, P30, Z10
9539 Ken Clark
Stephen Drinkwater
Catherine Robinson
Self?Employment amongst Migrant Groups in England and Wales: New Evidence from Census Microdata
Self-employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self-employment and immigration is, ...
(revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 48 (4), 1047-1069)
J61, F22, J21
9538 Simone Bertoli
Vianney Dequiedt
Yves Zenou
Can Selective Immigration Policies Reduce Migrants' Quality?
Destination countries can adopt selective immigration policies to improve migrants' quality. Screening potential migrants on the basis of observable characteristics also influences their ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, 100-109)
F22, K37, J61
9537 Khalid Sekkat
Ariane Szafarz
Ilan Tojerow
Women at the Top in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
This paper uses worldwide firm-level data to scrutinize the governance factors that favor gender diversity in leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is ...
(published as 'Female corporate owners and female CEOs' in: Economics Letters, 2023, 232, 111285)
O15, J71, G32, M51, D22
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