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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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9102
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Graziella
Bertocchi
Arcangelo
Dimico
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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior
We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, 90-105)
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I15, J12, N37, O10
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9101
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Rudi
Rocha
Claudio
Ferraz
Rodrigo
R.
Soares
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Human Capital Persistence and Development
This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation induced by a state-sponsored settlement policy that attracted a pool of immigrants ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (4), 105-136)
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O15, O18, N36
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9100
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Vladimir
Gimpelson
Daniel
Treisman
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Misperceiving Inequality
Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in ...
(published in: Economics and Politics, 2018, 30 (1), 27 - 54)
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D31, D63, D83, H24, H54, I30
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9099
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Dorothée
Boccanfuso
Alexandre
Larouche
Mircea
Trandafir
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Quality of Higher Education and the Labor Market in Developing Countries: Evidence from an Education Reform in Senegal
While many studies examine the effect of primary education quality on labor market outcomes in developing countries, little is known about the effects at higher levels. We exploit the ...
(published in: World Development, 2015, 74, 412-424)
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I21, O15, O55
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9097
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Alex
Bryson
John
Forth
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The UK's Productivity Puzzle
The 2008 Great Recession was notable in the UK for three things: the enormity of the output shock; the muted unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which ...
(published in: Askenazy, P., Bellmann, L., Bryson, A. and Moreno-Galbis, E. (eds.) The Productivity Puzzle across Europe: Oxford University Press, 2016)
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D22, E22, E23, E24, J23, J24, J3
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9096
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Alex
Bryson
John
Forth
Lucy
Stokes
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Does Worker Wellbeing Affect Workplace Performance?
This paper uses linked employer-employee data to investigate the relationship between employees' subjective well-being and workplace performance in Britain. The analyses show a clear, positive and ...
(published in: Human Relations, 2017, 70 (8), 1017-1037)
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J28
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9095
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Michael
C.
Burda
Katie
R.
Genadek
Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
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Not Working at Work: Loafing, Unemployment and Labor Productivity
Using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) 2003-12, we estimate time spent by workers in non-work while on the job. Non-work time is substantial and varies positively with the local unemployment rate. ...
(part of this paper published as 'Unemployment and Effort at Work' in: Economica, 2020, 87 (347), 662 - 681)
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J22, E24
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9094
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Kai
Liu
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Insuring against Health Shocks: Health Insurance and Household Choices
This paper provides empirical evidence on the role of public health insurance in mitigating adverse outcomes associated with health shocks. Exploiting the rollout of a universal health insurance ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 45, 16 - 32)
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D1, O1, I1
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9093
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Seonghoon
Kim
Belton
M.
Fleisher
Jessica
Ya
Sun
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The Long-term Health Effects of Fetal Malnutrition: Evidence from the 1959-1961 China Great Leap Forward Famine
We report evidence of long-term adverse health impacts of in utero exposure to malnutrition based on survivors in their 50s who were born during the China Famine that occurred in the years 1959-1961. ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2017, 26 (10), 1264 - 1277 )
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I10, I12, J14
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9090
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Simen
Markussen
Knut
Røed
Ragnhild
Camilla
Schreiner
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Can Compulsory Dialogues Nudge Sick-Listed Workers Back to Work?
We evaluate the impacts of a compulsory dialogue meeting for long-term sick-listed workers in Norway. The meeting is organised by the local social security administration after around six months of ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (610), 1276-1303)
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C21, H51, H55, I38, J22
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