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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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6793
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Maarten
van Ham
David
Manley
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Neighbourhood Effects Research at a Crossroads: Ten Challenges for Future Research
Neighbourhood effects research is at a crossroads since current theoretical and empirical approaches do not seem to be moving the debate forward. In this paper, we present a set of ten challenges as ...
(published in: Environment and Planning A, 2012, 44 (12), 2787-2793)
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I30, R23
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6792
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Claus
Schnabel
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Union Membership and Density: Some (Not So) Stylized Facts and Challenges
Surveying some recent data and the empirical literature from various disciplines, this paper attempts to shed some light on what we know and don't know about (trends in) unionization and its ...
(published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013, 19 (3), 255-272)
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J51
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6790
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Atila
Abdulkadiroglu
Joshua
Angrist
Parag A.
Pathak
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The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools
Parents gauge school quality in part by the level of student achievement and a school's racial mix. The importance of school characteristics in the housing market can be seen in the jump in house ...
(published in: Econometrica, 2014, 82 (1), 137 - 196)
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I21, I28, C21
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6789
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Sonja
C.
de New
Stefanie
Schurer
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Healthy Habits: The Connection between Diet, Exercise, and Locus of Control
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their decisions to exercise regularly, eat well, drink moderately, and avoid tobacco. Our primary goal is to assess the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 98, 1-28)
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I14, J3, C18
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6788
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Hendrik
Wolff
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Value of Time: Speeding Behavior and Gasoline Prices
Do drivers reduce speeds when gasoline prices are high? Previous research investigating this energy conservation hypothesis produced mixed results. We take a fresh look at the data and estimate a ...
(published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2014, 67(1), 71-88.)
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D70, J17, K32, Q26, R41
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6786
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Christoph
Wunder
Guido
Heineck
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Working Time Preferences, Hours Mismatch and Well-Being of Couples: Are There Spillovers?
We analyze how well-being is related to working time preferences and hours mismatch. Self-reported measures of life satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 244-252.)
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I31, J21, J22
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6785
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Ana
Isabel
Moreno-Monroy
Janneke
Pieters
Abdul
Azeez
Erumban
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Subcontracting and the Size and Composition of the Informal Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
This paper analyzes the relationship between formal sector subcontracting and the evolution of the informal sector using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises for ...
(published as 'Formal Sector Subcontracting and Informal Sector Employment in Indian Manufacturing' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3(22))
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O14, O17, L60
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6784
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Robert
M.
Sauer
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Does It Pay for Women to Volunteer?
This paper estimates the economic and non-economic returns to volunteering for prime-aged women. A woman's decision to engage in unpaid work, and to marry and have children, is formulated as a ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2015, 56(2), 537-564)
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C35, C53, C61, D91, J12, J13, J22, J24, J31, J64
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6783
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Jay
Bhattacharya
Christina
Gathmann
Grant
Miller
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The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis
Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian Mortality Crisis"). Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 232-60)
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I18, I15, P35, P36, P37
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6781
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Daniel
J.
Henderson
Subal
C.
Kumbhakar
Christopher
F.
Parmeter
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A Simple Method to Visualize Results in Nonlinear Regression Models
A simple graphical approach to presenting results from nonlinear regression models is described. In the face of multiple covariates, 'partial mean' plots may be unattractive. The approach here is ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (3), 578-581)
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C1, C13, C14
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12990Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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