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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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7337
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Andreas
Landmann
Markus
Frölich
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Can Microinsurance Help Prevent Child Labor? An Impact Evaluation from Pakistan
Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. We show how reducing vulnerability can affect child labor and schooling. We exploit the extension of a health and ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 51-59)
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I13, J20, J82, O12
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7336
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Gustavo
Adolfo
Garcia
Catia
Nicodemo
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Job Search Channels, Neighborhood Effects and Wages Inequality in Developing Countries: The Colombian Case
This paper analyses the relationship between social networks and the job search behaviour of individuals. Networking is not only based on friends and relatives but also on neighbourhood. The ...
(published in: Developing Economies, 2015, 53 (2), 75 - 99)
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J64, J31, J24, P23, J6, J7, J0
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7335
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Solomon
Polachek
Tirthatanmoy
Das
Rewat
Thamma-Apiroam
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Heterogeneity in the Production of Human Capital
We derive a tractable nonlinear earnings function which we estimate separately for each individual in the NLSY79 data. These estimates yield five important parameters for each individual: three ...
(published as 'Micro and Macro Implications of Heterogeneity in the Production of Human Capital' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123(6), 1410-1455 )
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J24, J29, J31, J39
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7334
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Matteo
Cervellati
Paolo
Vanin
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"Thou Shalt Not Covet ...": Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values
This paper proposes a theory of the relationship between prohibitions and temptation. In presence of self-control problems, moral values may increase individual material welfare (and utility) by ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 103, 15-28)
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D03, K42, Z13
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7333
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Yoon
Y.
Cho
Maddalena
Honorati
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Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries: A Meta Regression Analysis
This paper provides a synthetic and systematic review on the effectiveness of various entrepreneurship programs in developing countries. We adopt a meta-regression analysis using 37 impact evaluation ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 28, 110-130)
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O12, O16, J24
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7331
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Andriana
Bellou
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Male Wage Inequality and Marital Dissolution: Is There a Link?
After almost a century-long pattern of rising marital instability, divorce rates leveled off in 1980 and have been declining ever since. The timing of deceleration and decline in the rates of marital ...
(published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, 50 (1), 40-71 (winner of Robert Mundell Prize, 2017))
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J11, J12, J31
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7330
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Lukas
Inderbitzin
Stefan
Staubli
Josef
Zweimüller
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Extended Unemployment Benefits and Early Retirement: Program Complementarity and Program Substitution
This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement and social welfare. The trade-off of optimal UI between consumption smoothing ...
(revised version published in: American Economics Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8(1), 1-37)
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J14, J26, J65
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7329
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David
Autor
David
Dorn
Gordon
H.
Hanson
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Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets
We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125(584), 621–646)
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F16, J21, J23, O33
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7328
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Beatriz
Fabiola
López Ulloa
Valerie
Moller
Alfonso
Sousa-Poza
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How Does Subjective Well-Being Evolve with Age? A Literature Review
This literature review provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical research in several disciplines on the relation between ageing and subjective well-being, i.e., how subjective well-being ...
(published in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2013, 6 (3), 227-246)
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J14, J28
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7327
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Yuhao
Ge
Hartmut
Lehmann
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The Costs of Worker Displacement in Urban Labor Markets of China
This paper analyzes the costs of job loss in China, using unique new data from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China (RUMIC) data set for the year 2009. We investigate conventional labor market ...
(puplished in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2013, 2, Article 4)
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J64, J65, P50
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