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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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8239
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Robert
Dur
Robin
Zoutenbier
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Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany
We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2015, 16(3), 343-366)
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H1, J45, M5
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8238
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Mirco
Tonin
Michael
Vlassopoulos
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Are Public Sector Workers Different? Cross-European Evidence from Elderly Workers and Retirees
The public sector employs a large share of the labor force to execute important functions (e.g. regulation and public good provision) in an environment beset by severe agency problems. Attracting ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4:11, 2015)
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D64, H83, J45
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8236
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David
Gill
Victoria
L.
Prowse
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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis
In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124 (6), 1619-1676)
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C92, C73, D83
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8235
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Miriam
Gensowski
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Personality, IQ, and Lifetime Earnings
Talented individuals are seen as drivers of long-term growth, but how do they realize their full potential? In this paper, I show that even in a group of high-IQ men and women, lifetime earnings are ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 170-183)
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J24, I24, J16
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8234
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Alfonso
Flores-Lagunes
Troy
Timko
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Does Participation in 4-H Improve Schooling Outcomes? Evidence from Florida
We examine the effect of participation in 4-H, the largest youth development program in the United States, on standardized test scores. We do this by utilizing grade-level longitudinal data on ...
(published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 97 (2), 414–434)
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I21, I28, H52
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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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