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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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9332
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Augusto
Cerqua
Giorgio
Di Pietro
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Natural Disasters and University Enrolment: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
This paper uses the synthetic control method to look at how the L'Aquila earthquake affected subsequent enrolment at the local university. Such an issue is closely related to the economic ...
(revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (14), 1440-1457)
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A20, H84, C23
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9330
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E.
Glenn
Dutcher
Loukas
Balafoutas
Florian
Lindner
Dmitry
Ryvkin
Matthias
Sutter
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Strive to be First or Avoid Being Last: An Experiment on Relative Performance Incentives
We utilize a laboratory experiment to compare effort provision under optimal tournament contracts with different distributions of prizes which motivate agents to compete to be first, avoid being ...
(published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, 94, 39-56.)
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M52, J33, J24, D24, C90
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9329
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Resul
Cesur
Pinar
Mine
Gunes
Erdal
Tekin
Aydogan
Ulker
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The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide ...
(published as 'The value of socialized medicine: The impact of universal primary healthcare provision on mortality rates in 'in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 150, 74 - 93)
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I0, I1, I11, I13, I14, I18, J13, J14
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9328
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Jane
Greve
Marie Louise
Schultz-Nielsen
Erdal
Tekin
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Fetal Malnutrition and Academic Success: Evidence from Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
This paper examines the impact of potential fetal malnutrition on the academic proficiency of Muslim students in Denmark. We account for the endogeneity of fetal malnutrition by using the exposure to ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 60, 20 - 35)
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I12, I14, I24, J15
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9327
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Tommy
Bengtsson
Jonas
Helgertz
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The Long Lasting Influenza: The Impact of Fetal Stress during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Socioeconomic Attainment and Health in Sweden 1968-2012
The observation in the 1940s, that children to mothers having rubella in the first part of the pregnancy experienced elevated health risks in later life led to a growing interest into whether fetal ...
(published in: Demography, 2019, 56, 1389–1425)
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I14, N14
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9326
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Jérôme
Adda
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Economic Activity and the Spread of Viral Diseases: Evidence from High Frequency Data
Viruses are a major threat to human health, and - given that they spread through social interactions - represent a costly externality. This paper addresses three main issues: i) what are the ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131 (2), 891 - 941)
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I12, I15, I18, H51, C23
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9325
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Werner
Eichhorst
Anke
Hassel
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Are There Austerity?Related Policy Changes in Germany?
This paper assesses the existence and the extent of austerity-oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008-9 recession. In contrast to the intensive phase of labour market and welfare ...
(published in: Sotiria Theodoropoulou (ed.), Labour market reforms in the era of pervasive austerity: a European perspective, Bristol: Policy Press, 2018.)
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J21, J26, J68
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9324
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William
E.
Even
David
A.
Macpherson
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The Affordable Care Act and the Growth of Involuntary Part-Time Employment
This study tests whether the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased involuntary part-time (IPT) employment. Using data from the Current Population Survey between 1994 and ...
(revised version published in: ILR Review, 2019, 72 (4), 955-980)
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J22, J23, J32, J33, H25
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9323
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John
T.
Addison
Paulino
Teixeira
Katalin
Evers
Lutz
Bellmann
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Pacts for Employment and Competitiveness as a Role Model? Their Effects on Firm Performance
Pacts for employment and competitiveness are an integral component of the ongoing process of decentralization of collective bargaining in Germany, a phenomenon that has been hailed as key to that ...
(revised version published as 'Contract Innovation in Germany: An Economic Evaluation of Pacts for Competitiveness' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55(3), 500-526.)
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D22, J3, J41, J50, J53
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9322
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Maria
Ferreira Sequeda
Andries
de Grip
Rolf
Van der Velden
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Does Informal Learning at Work Differ between Temporary and Permanent Workers? Evidence from 20 OECD Countries
Several studies have shown that employees with temporary contracts have lower training participation than those with permanent contracts. There is, however, no empirical literature on the difference ...
(published in: Labour Economics,, 2018, 55, 18-40)
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E24, J24, J41
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