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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
8250 Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll
Zoë Kuehn
Does Foreign Language Proficiency Foster Migration of Young Individuals within the European Union?
Speaking the language of the host country eases migrants' integration and tends to boost their economic success in the country of destination. However, the decision to acquire language skills may in ...
(published in: B.-A. Wickstroem and M. Gazzola (eds.), The Economics of Language Policy, MIT Press, 2016)
J61, I20, F22
8249 Martin Kahanec
Lucia Mýtna Kureková
Did Post-Enlargement Labor Mobility Help the EU to Adjust During the Great Recession? The Case of Slovakia
This paper evaluates the mobility patterns of Slovaks into the rest of the European Union (EU) following Slovakia's EU accession in 2004 and through the Great Recession. Combining information from ...
(published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2016, 1-34)
F22, J61
8248 Timothy J. Hatton
Public Opinion on Immigration: Has the Recession Changed Minds?
It is widely believed that the current recession has soured public attitudes towards immigration. But most existing studies are cross sectional and can shed little light on the economy-wide forces ...
(published as 'Immigration, Public Opinion and the Recession in Europe' in: Economic Policy, 2016, 86, 205-246)
D72, F22, J61
8247 Robert G. Valletta
Recent Extensions of U.S. Unemployment Benefits: Search Responses in Alternative Labor Market States
In response to the 2007-09 “Great Recession,” the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment benefits was increased from the normal level of 26 weeks to an unprecedented 99 weeks. I estimate the impact of ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014, 3 )
J64, J65
8246 Claus Thustrup Kreiner
Jakob R. Munch
Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen
Taxation and the Long Run Allocation of Labor: Theory and Danish Evidence
Inspired by Hayek (1945), we study the distortionary effects of taxation on labor mobility and the long run allocation of labor across different profitable opportunities. These effects are not well ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 74-86)
J62, H24
8245 Simen Markussen
Knut Røed
Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation
We evaluate a comprehensive activation program in Norway targeted at hard-to-employ social assistance claimants with reduced work capacity. The program offers a combination of tailored ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8 (1), 180–211)
C21, C26, H55, I30, J24
8244 Björn Anders Gustafsson
Shi Li
Hiroshi Sato
Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by ...
(published in China Economic Review, 2014, 30, 419-431)
C83, D31, I32, P36
8243 Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Christoph Lakner
Maria Ana Lugo
Berk Özler
Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be associated with faster economic growth, other kinds, arising from unequal ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64 (4), 800-827)
D31, D63, O40
8241 Björn Anders Gustafsson
Shi Li
Ludmila Nivorozhkina
Haiyuan Wan
Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium
Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering large parts of the two countries. The results from estimated earnings functions ...
(published in: China Economic Review, 2015, 35, 248-265)
J16, J31, J45, P23
8240 Aaron Sojourner
Brigham R. Frandsen
Robert J. Town
David C. Grabowski
Michelle M. Chen
Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes
This paper studies the effects of nursing home unionization on numerous labor, establishment, and consumer outcomes using a regression discontinuity design. We find negative effects of unionization ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (4), 771 - 806 )
J0, J5, D2
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