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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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8233
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Niaz
Asadullah
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The Effect of Islamic Secondary School Attendance on Academic Achievement
Using unique survey data on rural secondary school children, this paper evaluates the relative quality of Islamic secondary schools (i.e. madrasahs) in Bangladesh. Students attending registered ...
(published in: Singapore Economic Review, 2016, 61 (4), 1550052-01)
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D04, I21, O15
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8232
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Stijn
Baert
Eddy
Omey
Dieter
Verhaest
Aurélie
Vermeir
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Mister Sandman, Bring Me Good Marks! On the Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Academic Achievement
This study assesses the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement. We survey college students about their sleep quality by means of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) before ...
(revised version published in: Social Science and Medicine , 2015, 130, 91 - 98)
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I10, J24, I23
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8231
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Francisca
M.
Antman
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Spousal Employment and Intra-Household Bargaining Power
This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014 21(6), 560-563)
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J12, J16, D13, O15
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8230
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Ang
Sun
Yaohui
Zhao
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Divorce, Abortion and Children's Sex Ratio: The Impact of Divorce Reform in China
This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 120, 53-69)
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D13, J12, J13, J16
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8229
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Kamila
Cygan-Rehm
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Teenage Pregnancies and Births in Germany: Patterns and Developments
We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) and from the German Mikrozensus. Following the international literature we ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46(28), 3503-3522)
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J13, Z18, I00
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8228
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Guglielmo
Barone
Alessio
D'Ignazio
Guido
de Blasio
Paolo
Naticchioni
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Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives' Political Preferences
We analyze the impact of immigration on voting. Using Italian municipality data and IV estimation strategy, we find that immigration generates a sizable causal increase in votes for the centre-right ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 136, 1-14)
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D72, P16, J61
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8227
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Li
Hao
Daniel
Houser
Lei
Mao
Marie Claire
Villeval
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A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness
Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk, ambiguity, and competitiveness. Our subjects include migrants and non-migrants. We find ...
(Revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 131, 126-140)
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C93, D03, D63, J61
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8226
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Ilhom
Abdulloev
Ira
N.
Gang
Myeong-Su
Yun
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Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation
Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors – ...
(published in: European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26 (4), 509–526 )
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J01, J16, O15
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8225
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Alina
Botezat
Friedhelm
Pfeiffer
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The Impact of Parents Migration on the Well-being of Children Left Behind: Initial Evidence from Romania
Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of ...
(published as 'The Impact of labour migration on left-behind children's educational and psychosocial outcomes: Evidence from Romania' in: Population, Space and Place 2020, 26 (1), e2277)
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I12, I21, J13
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8224
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David
J.
Bjerk
Caleb
Mason
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The Market for Mules: Risk and Compensation of Cross-Border Drug Couriers
This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the economics of cross-border drug smuggling. Our results reveal that loads are generally quite large (median 30 kg), but with substantial variance within ...
(published in: International Review of Law and Economics, 2014, 39, 58-72.)
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K42
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