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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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9107
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Eric
D.
Gould
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Explaining the Unexplained: Residual Wage Inequality, Manufacturing Decline, and Low-Skilled Immigration
This paper investigates whether the increasing "residual wage inequality" trend is related to manufacturing decline and the influx of low-skilled immigrants. There is a vast literature arguing that ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (619), 1281–1326)
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J31
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9106
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Dominique
Meurs
Patrick
A.
Puhani
Friederike
von Haaren
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Number of Siblings and Educational Choices of Immigrant Children: Evidence from First- and Second-Generation Immigrants
We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and educational decisions and distinguishing particularly between first- and ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15 (4), 1137–1158)
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J13, J15, J24
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9105
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Graziella
Bertocchi
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The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence ...
(Julian Simon Lecture at the 12th IZA Annual Migration Meeting in Dakar, revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 5,1-19)
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F22, J15, O15
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9104
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Rainald
Borck
Michael
P.
Pflüger
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Green Cities? Urbanization, Trade and the Environment
This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the ...
(published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59:4, 743-766)
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F18, Q50, R11, R12
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9103
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Daniel
L.
Millimet
Ian
K.
McDonough
Thomas
B.
Fomby
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Financial Literacy and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households
Food insecurity is one of the most, if not the most, significant, nutrition-related public health issue confronted in the US. Unfortunately, we know very little about the determinants of food ...
(published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100, 1224-1249)
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I12, I18
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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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