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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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7183
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Christine
Binzel
Dietmar
Fehr
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Social Distance and Trust: Experimental Evidence from a Slum in Cairo
While strong social ties help individuals cope with missing institutions, trade is essentially limited to those who are part of the social network. We examine what makes the decision to trust a ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 103, 99-106)
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C72, C93, D82, O12
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7182
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Lex
Borghans
Huub
Meijers
Bas
ter Weel
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The Importance of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Measuring IQ
This research provides an economic model of the way people behave during an IQ test. We distinguish a technology that describes how time investment improves performance from preferences that ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 34 (1), 17-28)
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J20, J24
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7181
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Nikolay
Angelov
Per
Johansson
Erica
Lindahl
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Is the Persistent Gender Gap in Income and Wages Due to Unequal Family Responsibilities?
We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and ...
(published as 'Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Pay' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34 (3), 545–579)
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J21, D13, C21
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7180
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Patrick
Kline
Enrico
Moretti
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Place Based Policies with Unemployment
Many countries have policies aimed at creating jobs in depressed areas with high unemployment rates. In standard spatial equilibrium models with perfectly competitive labor and land markets, local ...
(shorter version published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 238-243)
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J6
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7179
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Resul
Cesur
Erdal
Tekin
Aydogan
Ulker
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious ...
(pubished in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (600), 330 - 362)
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I0, I12, I15, I18, O10, O13, Q42, Q48, Q53
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7178
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David
Autor
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The "Task Approach" to Labor Markets: An Overview
An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace "tasks" between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in ...
(published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2013, 46 (3), 185-199)
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J23, J24, J30, J31, O31, O33
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7177
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Reto
Odermatt
Alois
Stutzer
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Smoking Bans, Cigarette Prices and Life Satisfaction
The consequences of tobacco control policies for individual welfare are difficult to assess. We therefore evaluate the impact of smoking bans and cigarette prices on subjective well-being by ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, 176-194)
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D03, D62, I18, K32
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7176
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Quamrul
Ashraf
Oded
Galor
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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Despite the importance attributed to the effects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 528-533)
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N30, O10, O50, Z10
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7175
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Kristian
Behrens
Giordano
Mion
Yasusada
Murata
Jens
Suedekum
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Spatial Frictions
The world is replete with spatial frictions. Shipping goods across cities entails trade frictions. Commuting within cities causes urban frictions. How important are these frictions in shaping the ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2017, 97(1), 40-70.)
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F12, R12
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7174
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Andy
Dickerson
Steven
McIntosh
Christine
Valente
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Do the Maths: An Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics in Africa
This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst primary school children. There is a significant difference in maths test scores in ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2015, 46, 1–22)
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O15, I20
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