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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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8009
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Charles
Courtemanche
Joshua
C.
Pinkston
Jay
Stewart
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Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data
We propose a new method for using validation data to correct self-reported weight and height in surveys that do not weigh and measure respondents. The standard correction from prior research ...
(published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2015, 19, 275–293)
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C18, I1
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8008
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Paula
Nagler
Wim
Naudé
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Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants
We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the World Bank's unique LSMSISA dataset. This dataset covers six countries over the ...
(published as 'Non-farm entrepreneurship in rural sub-Saharan Africa: New empirical evidence' in: Food Policy, 2017, 67, 175-191)
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Q12, O13, O55, M13, J43
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8007
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Olivier
B.
Bargain
Delphine
Boutin
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Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso
This paper explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. We focus on Burkina Faso, a country with a high prevalence of child labour and a high rate of migration. ...
(published as 'Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51 (7), 922-938)
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F24, I25, J22
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8005
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James
Albrecht
Aico
van Vuuren
Susan
Vroman
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Selection and the Measured Black-White Wage Gap Among Young Women Revisited
Derek Neal (JPE 2004) used the NLSY79 to show that the observed median log wage gap between young white and young black women in 1990 underestimated the true, selection-corrected gap, i.e., the gap ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 66-71)
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J15, J16, J31, J71
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8004
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Ilhom
Abdulloev
Gil
S.
Epstein
Ira
N.
Gang
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Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods ...
(published in: Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot & Jessie Bakens (eds) Economics on Cultural Diversity, 2015, Edward Elgar Pub: Cheltenham, UK, 52-77)
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J15
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8003
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Ilham
Haouas
Almas
Heshmati
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Can the UAE Avoid the Oil Curse by Economic Diversification?
Recent research conclude that the GCC economies have failed to address the oil curse. They are far behind other countries, especially those in the G7, which possess huge reserves of oil wealth but ...
(published in: International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017, 144, 7-23)
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C22, E20, L16, L71, O11, O53
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8001
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Jo
Ritzen
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
Caroline
Wehner
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Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy
Before the Great Recession, rising income inequality within the European Union member states has been considered to be one driver for an increasing Euroskepticism. Using rich data on attitudes ...
(completely revised version published as 'Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 16 (2), 539-576)
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D31, J31, O43, O52, P48, Z18
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8000
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James
J.
Heckman
Stefano
Mosso
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life ...
(published in: Annual Reviews of Economics, 2014, 6(1), 689-733)
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J13, I20, I24, I28
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7999
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Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Pia
Pinger
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A Validation Study of Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Conditions on the Third Generation Offspring's Economic and Health Outcomes Potentially Driven by Epigenetic Imprinting
At the crossroads of economics and human biology, this paper examines the extent to which pre-puberty nutritional conditions in one generation affect productivity-related outcomes in later ...
(revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 103-120)
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I12, J11
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7998
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Helmuth
Cremer
Kerstin
Roeder
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Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods
We show that once interfamily exchanges are considered, Becker's rotten kids mechanism has some remarkable implications that have gone hitherto unnoticed. Specifically, we establish that Cornes and ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 141-161)
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D13, D61, D64
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