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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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8192
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Zuzana
Brixiova Schwidrowski
Mthuli
Ncube
Zorobabel
Bicaba
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Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland
The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the ...
(revised version published in: World Development, 2015, 67 (3), 11 - 26)
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J11, J08, L26, O11
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8191
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Florencia
López Bóo
Maria
Eugenia
Canon
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Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter ...
(published in:Economics Letters, 2014, 124(1), 55-59)
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I2, J1, J7
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8189
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Takao
Kato
Naomi
Kodama
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Labor Market Deregulation and Female Employment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan
This paper provides novel evidence on the causal effect on female employment of labor market deregulation by using the 1985 amendments to the Labor Standards Law (LSL) in Japan as a natural ...
(revised version published as 'Deregulating Overtime Hours Restrictions on Women and Its Effects on Female Employment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (4), 804-821)
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J16, J78, J81, J82, J88
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8188
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Marike
Knoef
Jan
C.
van Ours
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How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, 1025-1061.)
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C41, C93, I38, J64
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8187
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Laura
Dague
Thomas
DeLeire
Lindsey
Leininger
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The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply
This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of non-elderly, non-disabled adults without dependent children ("childless adults"). We use ...
(published in: American Econonomic Review, 2017, 9 (2), 124 - 154)
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I13, J22
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8185
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Lutz
C.
Kaiser
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The Gender-Career Estimation Gap
The paper discusses gender differences with regard to the self- and reciprocal estimation of career expectations. Firstly, the theoretical background and the literature are identified. Within this ...
(published in: M. Connerley, J. Wu (eds.), The Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women, Springer 2016, 429-448)
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J16, J24, J4, J71, J78
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8184
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Antonio
Filippin
Paolo
Crosetto
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A Reconsideration of Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes
This paper reconsiders the wide agreement that females are more risk averse than males providing a leap forward in its understanding. Thoroughly surveying the experimental literature we first find ...
(published in: Management Science, 2016, 62 (11), 3138 - 3160)
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C81, C91, D81
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8183
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Ruohong
Cai
Shuaizhang
Feng
Mariola
Pytlikova
Michael
Oppenheimer
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Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage
While there is considerable interest in understanding the climate-migration relationship, particularly in the context of concerns about global climatic change, little is known about underlying ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2016, 79, 135-151.)
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Q54, J10
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8182
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Shahrouz
Abolhosseini
Almas
Heshmati
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The Main Support Mechanisms to Finance Renewable Energy Development
Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative ...
(published as 'Financing Renewable Energy Development' in: The Development of Renewable Energy Sources and its Significance for the Environment, 2015, 85-106)
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H23, L71, O13, O31, Q27, Q42
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8181
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Ming-Jen
Lin
Elaine
M.
Liu
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Does in utero Exposure to Illness Matter? The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Taiwan as a Natural Experiment
This paper uses the 1918 influenza pandemic in Taiwan as a natural experiment to test whether in utero conditions affect long-run developmental outcomes. Combining several historical and current ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, 152-163)
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I12, N35, I19
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