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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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8596
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Martin
McGuigan
Sandra
McNally
Gill
Wyness
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Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure
University fees have recently trebled in England, prompting fears that young people may be put off from participating in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2016, 10 (4), 482–519)
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I2
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8595
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Björn
Anders
Gustafsson
Ding
Sai
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Mapping and Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Length of Schooling: The Case of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
Disparities in length of schooling between the largest Muslim minority in China, the Hui, and the Han majority are investigated. We use household data collected in Ningxia autonomous region in 2007. ...
(published in: Social Indicators Research, 2015, 124 (2), 517-535.)
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I24, J15, P35
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8594
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Michael
Grimm
Anicet
Munyehirwe
Jörg
Peters
Maximiliane
Sievert
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A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda
More than 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity. The UN have proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. In recent years, Pico-Photovoltaic kits have become a lower cost ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31 (3): 631–649.)
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O13, O18, Q41
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8592
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Michael
A.
Clemens
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Does Development Reduce Migration?
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade ...
(published in: Robert E.B. Lucas, ed. (2014), International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development. London: Edward Elgar, Chap. 6, pp. 152–185.)
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F22, J61, O15
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8591
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Xi
Chen
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Commercial Plasma Donation and Individual Health in Impoverished Rural China
Blood collection following nonstandard operations largely increases the risks of infectious diseases through cross-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C ...
(published in: Health Economics Review, 2014, 4, Article 30)
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D1, I14, I18, J22, J24, J4
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8590
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Lauren
E.
Jones
Nicolas
R.
Ziebarth
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Successful Scientific Replication and Extension of Levitt (2008): Child Seats Are Still No Safer than Seat Belts
Using US fatality data from 1975 to 2003, Levitt (2008) shows that child safety seats do not significantly reduce fatalities for children aged two to six as compared to standard seat belts. Although ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31(5), 920-928)
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I18, I31, Z13, Q54
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8589
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Koen
Decancq
Dirk
Neumann
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Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data
We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure ...
(revised version published in: M. Adler, M. Fleurbaey (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy, OUP, 2016, 553-587)
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D31, D63, I30
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8588
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Melisa
Bubonya
Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Mark
Wooden
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A Family Affair: Job Loss and the Mental Health of Spouses and Adolescents
This study examines the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of family members. Estimates from fixed-effects panel data models, using panel data for Australia, provide little evidence ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 6, 6 (2017))
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I31, J10, J65
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8587
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Pierre-Carl
Michaud
Eileen
Crimmins
Michael
D.
Hurd
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The Effect of Job Loss on Health: Evidence from Biomarkers
The effect of job loss on health may play an important role in the development of the SES-health gradient. In this paper, we estimate the effect of job loss on objective measures of physiological ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 51, 194-203)
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I14, J10, J14
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8586
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Rodrigo
R.
Soares
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Gary Becker's Contributions in Health Economics
This short essay reviews Gary Becker's contributions and influence in health economics. It was originally prepared for the collection of short papers in honor of Gary Becker that is scheduled to ...
(published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, 81 (1), 51-57)
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I1, J1
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