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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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9662
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Tsunao
Okumura
Emiko
Usui
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Intergenerational Transmission of Skills and Differences in Labor Market Outcomes for Blacks and Whites
This paper investigates, theoretically and empirically, differences between blacks and whites in the U.S. concerning the intergenerational transmission of occupational skills and the effects on sons' ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, Special Issue on Inequality: Causes and Consequences, 2016, 43)
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J62, J24, J15
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9661
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Timothy
M.
Diette
Ruth
Uwaifo Oyelere
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Gender and Racial Differences in Peer Effects of Limited English Students: A Story of Language or Ethnicity?
There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2017, 6:2)
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I20, I21, J15, J24
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9659
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Claudia
Olivetti
Barbara
Petrongolo
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The Evolution of Gender Gaps in Industrialized Countries
Women in developed economies have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century, but remaining gender differences in pay and employment seem remarkably persistent. This paper ...
(published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2016, 8, 405-434.)
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E24, J16, J31
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9658
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Maria
De Paola
Michela
Ponzo
Vincenzo
Scoppa
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Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in the Italian Academia
We aim to investigate if men receive preferential treatment in promotions using the Italian system for the access to associate and full professor positions that is organized in two stages: first, ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3: 475-503.)
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J71, M51, J45, J16, D72, D78
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9656
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Francine
D.
Blau
Lawrence
M.
Kahn
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The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations
Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, which declined considerably over this period. By 2010, conventional ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55(3), 789-865)
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J16, J24, J31, J71
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9654
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Dieter
Verhaest
Elene
Bogaert
Jeroen
Dereymaeker
Laura
Mestdagh
Stijn
Baert
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Crowding Out in the Labour Market: Do Employers Lend a Hand?
We test the basic assumption underlying the job competition and crowding out hypothesis: that employers always prefer higher educated to lower educated individuals. To this end, we conduct a ...
(revised version published as 'Do Employers Prefer Overqualified Graduates? A Field Experiment' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2018, 57 (3), 351 - 388)
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I21, J24, M51
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9653
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Uttara
Balakrishnan
Johannes
Haushofer
Pamela
Jakiela
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How Soon Is Now? Evidence of Present Bias from Convex Time Budget Experiments
Empirically observed intertemporal choices about money have long been thought to exhibit present bias, i.e. higher short-term compared to long-term discount rates. Recently, this view has been called ...
(published in: Experimental Economics, 2020, 23, 294–321)
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C91, D90, O12
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9652
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Jane
Cooley
Fruehwirth
Sriya
Iyer
Anwen
Zhang
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Religion and Depression in Adolescence
The probability of being depressed increases dramatically during adolescence and is linked to a range of adverse outcomes. Many studies show a correlation between religiosity and mental health, yet ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127 (3), 1178–1209)
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I10, Z12
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9651
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Helmuth
Cremer
Kerstin
Roeder
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Social Insurance with Competitive Insurance Markets and Risk Misperception
This paper considers an economy where individuals differ in productivity and in risk. Rochet (1991) has shown that when private insurance markets offer full coverage at fair rates, social insurance ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 138-147.)
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H21, H51, D82
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9649
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Stijn
Baert
Suncica
Vujic
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Does It Pay to Care? Prosocial Engagement and Employment Opportunities
We investigate whether, why and when prosocial engagement has a causal effect on individual employment opportunities. To this end, a field experiment is conducted in which volunteering activities are ...
(revised version published as 'Does it Pay to Care? Volunteering and Employment Opportunities' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, 819 - 836.)
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C93, D64, J24, J71
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