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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
7302 Luca Colombo
Herbert Dawid
Mariacristina Piva
Marco Vivarelli
Does Easy Start-Up Formation Hamper Incumbents' R&D Investment? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the implications that complementary assets needed for the formation of start-ups – proxied by the ease of access to financial resources – ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49, 513-531.)
O31, L26
7301 Silvia Mendolia
Ian Walker
The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2014, 23 (9), 1146-1158)
I18, I28
7300 Redzo Mujcic
Paul Frijters
Still Not Allowed on the Bus: It Matters If You're Black or White!
We employ a natural field experiment to study the extent and nature of racial discrimination in Queensland, Australia. Mimicking the historical case of Rosa Parks who was denied seating in a bus ...
(published as 'The Colour of a Free Ride' in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (634), 970–999)
C93, J15, J71, D03
7299 Mark W. Nichols
Mehmet S. Tosun
The Impact of Legalized Casino Gambling on Crime
We examine the impact of legalized casino gambling, including Indian casinos, on crime. Using county-level data between 1994 and 2009, the impact that casino legalization had on crime is examined. ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2017, 66, 1-15.)
H71, L83
7298 Aaron K. Chatterji
Kenneth Y. Chay
Robert W. Fairlie
The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (3), 507-561 )
J15, L26
7296 Heather Antecol
Ozkan Eren
Serkan Ozbeklik
The Effect of Teach for America on the Distribution of Student Achievement in Primary School: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Using data from a randomized experiment and fixed effect quantile regression (FEQR), we look at the effects of having a TFA teacher on test scores across the entire achievement distribution of ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 37, 113-125)
C21, I21, I28, J24
7294 Mirco Tonin
Michael Vlassopoulos
Sharing One's Fortune? An Experimental Study on Earned Income and Giving
In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 66, 112-118)
D64, J39
7293 Yoram Weiss
Junjian Yi
Junsen Zhang
Hypergamy, Cross-Boundary Marriages, and Family Behavior
We study the rise in marriages between residents of HK and China following the handover of HK to China in 1997. Cross-boundary marriages accounted for almost half the marriages registered in HK in ...
(revised version published as 'Cross-border marriage costs and marriage behavior: Theory and Evidence' in: International Economic Review, 2018. 59 (2), 757 -784)
F22, J11, J12
7291 Alexander Hijzen
Sébastien Martin
The Role of Short-Time Work Schemes during the Global Financial Crisis and Early Recovery: A Cross-Country Analysis
There has been a strong interest in short-time work (STW) schemes during the global financial crisis. Using data for 23 OECD countries for the period 2004 Q1 to 2010 Q4, this paper analyses the ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2:5)
J23, J65, J68
7290 David C. Ribar
Is Leaving Home a Hardship?
Nest-leaving – the transition of young adults from their parents' homes to other living arrangements – is a major life-course milestone. Although the causes of nest-leaving have been extensively ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal 2015, 81(3), 598-618)
J12, J13
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