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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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7844
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Hartmut
Lehmann
Anzelika
Zaiceva
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Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia
Informal activities impact countries' economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is not easy and it is crucial to provide a valid definition of it. This paper ...
(published in: Journal of International Development, 2015, 27 (4), 464 - 488)
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J31, J40, P23
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7842
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Sarah
Bohn
Todd
Pugatch
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U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice
We provide the first evidence on the causal effect of border enforcement on the full spatial distribution of Mexican immigrants to the United States. We address the endogeneity of border enforcement ...
(published in: Demography, 2015, 52 (5), 1543-1570)
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J15, J61
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7841
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Alfonso
Miranda
Yu
Zhu
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The Causal Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes in the UK
We investigate the extent to which deficiency at English as measured by English as Additional Language (EAL), contribute to the immigrant-native wage gap for female employees in the UK, controlling ...
(published as 'The Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants' Wage in the UK: Correcting for measurement error, endogenous treatment, and sample selection bias' in: Applied Economics Letters, 2021, 28 (5), 349-353 )
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J15, J31, J61, C21
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7840
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Lídia
Farré
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New Evidence on the Healthy Immigrant Effect
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the contribution of selective migration to the health advantage of immigrants upon arrival to the new destination (i.e. the Healthy Immigrant Effect). It ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (2), 365-394)
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J61, I14, C14
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7839
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Catia
Batista
Gaia
Narciso
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Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Do information flows matter for remittance behavior? We design and implement a randomized control trial to quantitatively assess the role of communication between migrants and their contacts abroad ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 203–219.)
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F22, J61, O15
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7838
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Magnus
Lofstrom
Steven
Raphael
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Incarceration and Crime: Evidence from California's Public Safety Realignment Reform
We evaluate the effect of perhaps the largest exogenous decline in a state's incarceration rate in U.S. history on local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that ...
(published in: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2016, 664 (1), 196-220 )
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K40, K42, H11
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7837
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Sonja
C.
de New
Mathias
Sinning
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Locus of Control and Savings
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth accumulation, savings rates, and portfolio choices. Locus of control is a ...
(published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2016, 73, 113-130)
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G02, G11, I31, R21
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7836
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Masaru
Sasaki
Fumio
Ohtake
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Corporate Sports Activity and Work Morale: Evidence from a Japanese Automobile Maker
This paper estimates the factors affecting the relationship between the wins and losses of corporate sports club teams and the work morale of employees, using an original survey of employees from a ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 2013, 6, 37-46)
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L62, M52, M54
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7835
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Damien
Échevin
Bernard
Fortin
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Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk of readmission. To do so, we exploit a major reform implemented in Quebec ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 36, 112-124)
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J33, I10, I12, I18, C41
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7833
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Sonia
R.
Bhalotra
Atheendar
Venkataramani
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Cognitive Development and Infectious Disease: Gender Differences in Investments and Outcomes
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of ...
(revised version available from authors)
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I38, J16, I12, I14, I15, I24, I25, H51
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