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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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9122
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Guido
Schwerdt
Ludger
Woessmann
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 56, 65-79)
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I20, J24, J31
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9121
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Benjamin
Elsner
Ingo
E.
Isphording
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A Big Fish in a Small Pond: Ability Rank and Human Capital Investment
We study the impact of a student's ordinal rank in a high school cohort on educational attainment several years later. To identify a causal effect, we compare multiple cohorts within the same school, ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35(3), 787-828 )
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I21, I23, J24
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9120
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Jürg
Schweri
Joop
Hartog
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Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis ...
(published as 'Do wage expectations predict college enrollment? Evidence from healthcare' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 141, 135 - 150 )
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I11, I21, J24, J31, D84
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9119
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Massimo
Anelli
Giovanni
Peri
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Peers' Composition Effects in the Short and in the Long Run: College Major, College Performance and Income
In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (618), 553-602)
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I21, J16, J24, J31, Z13
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9118
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Monique
de Haan
Pieter
A.
Gautier
Hessel
Oosterbeek
Bas
van der Klaauw
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The Performance of School Assignment Mechanisms in Practice
Theory points to a potential trade-off between two main school assignment mechanisms; Boston and Deferred Acceptance (DA). While DA is strategy-proof and gives a stable matching, Boston might ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131 (2), 388 - 455)
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C83, D47, I20
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9117
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Regina
T.
Riphahn
Caroline
Schwientek
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What Drives the Reversal of the Gender Education Gap? Evidence from Germany
We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on three outcomes, graduation from upper secondary school, any tertiary education, and ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (53), 5748-5775)
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I21, J16
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9116
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Lingguo
Cheng
Hong
Liu
Ye
Zhang
Zhong
Zhao
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The Heterogeneous Impact of Pension Income on Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme
This paper investigates the impact of pension income on living arrangements of the elderly. Taking advantage of a unique opportunity due to the recent establishment and expansion of the social ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31(1), 155-192 )
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J12, H55, I38
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9115
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Muriel
Dejemeppe
Catherine
Smith
Bruno
Van der Linden
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Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact Increase the Employment Rate of Older Workers in Belgium? A Macro-Econometric Evaluation
In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aiming at increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4 (17))
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J21, J26, H53, E32
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9113
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Andreas
Bernecker
Pierre
C.
Boyer
Christina
Gathmann
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Trial and Error? Reelection Concerns and Policy Experimentation during the U.S. Welfare Reform
We study the political economy of policy innovations during the U.S. welfare reform in 1996. Specifically, we investigate how reputation concerns among governors influence the decision to experiment ...
(revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (2), 26-57)
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I38, H11, H77, D78, D83
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9110
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Tor
Eriksson
Lei
Mao
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Saving Face and Group Identity
Are people willing to sacrifice resources to save one's and others' face? In a laboratory experiment, we study whether individuals forego resources to avoid the public exposure of the least performer ...
(revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 2017, 20 (3), 622-647)
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C92, D03, M52, Z13
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