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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
6820 Kai Liu
Kjell G. Salvanes
Erik Ø. Sørensen
Good Skills in Bad Times: Cyclical Skill Mismatch and the Long-Term Effects of Graduating in a Recession
We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 3-17.)
E32, J31, J62
6819 Frank M. Fossen
Tobias J. M. Büttner
The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees
We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity ...
(revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 37, 66-84)
J23, J24, J31, I20, L26
6818 Ruud Gerards
Andries de Grip
Maaike Witlox
"Employability-Miles" and Worker Employability Awareness
This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46, 952-965)
J24, M53
6817 Asako Ohinata
Jan C. van Ours
Young Immigrant Children and their Educational Attainment
We analyze the determinants of reading literacy, mathematical skills and science skills of young immigrant children in the Netherlands. We find that these are affected by age at immigration and ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 116, 288-290.)
I21, J15
6816 Thomas J. Kniesner
W. Kip Viscusi
James P. Ziliak
Willingness to Accept Equals Willingness to Pay for Labor Market Estimates of the Value of Statistical Life
Our research clarifies the conceptual linkages among willingness to pay for additional safety, willingness to accept less safety, and the value of statistical life (VSL). We present econometric ...
(published in: the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2014, 48 (3), 187-205)
C23, I10, J17, J28, K00
6815 Paolo Masella
Stephan Meier
Philipp Zahn
Incentives and Group Identity
This paper investigates in a principal-agent environment whether and how group membership influences the effectiveness of incentives and when incentives can have “hidden costs”, i.e., a detrimental ...
(published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 86, 12-25)
C91, D03, Z13
6814 Nicola Lacetera
Mario Macis
Sarah S. Stith
Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S.
In an attempt to alleviate the shortfall in organs and bone marrow available for transplants, many U.S. states passed legislation providing leave to organ and bone marrow donors and/or tax benefits ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 33, 43-56)
D64, H41, I12, J18, K32
6812 Nezih Guner
Ezgi Kaya
Virginia Sánchez-Marcos
Gender Gaps in Spain: Policies and Outcomes over the Last Three Decades
We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work, and if they work they ...
(published in: SERIEs - Journal of Spanish Economic Association, 2014, 5,(1), 61-103.)
J16, J21, J22, J24
6811 Zoe McLaren
Coping with Intra-Household Job Separation in South Africa's Labor Market
In the context of South Africa's pervasive poverty and mass unemployment, households provide an important private safety net for the unemployed. Using new South African Labour Force Survey panel ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 67 (4), 757–798)
J22, O15
6810 Marco Caliendo
Jens Hogenacker
The German Labor Market after the Great Recession: Successful Reforms and Future Challenges
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1(3), 1-24 )
J26, J38, J68
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