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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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6738
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Simon
Burgess
Carol
Propper
Marisa
Ratto
Emma
Tominey
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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency
This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (605), F117 - F141)
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J33, J45, D23
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6737
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Pieter
Serneels
Marijke
Verpoorten
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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Economic Performance: Evidence from Rwanda
Important gaps remain in the understanding of the economic consequences of civil war. Focusing on the conflict in Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this ...
(published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2015, 59 (4), 555-592)
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O0, E2, O5
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6736
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Lisa
A.
Cameron
Manisha
Shah
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Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Cash transfer programs can provide important financial support for poor households in developing countries and are becoming increasingly common. However the potential for mistargeting of program ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (2), 381-415)
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O12, O15, I38
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6735
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Olivier
B.
Bargain
Kristian
Orsini
Andreas
Peichl
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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US: New Results
We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (3), 723-838)
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C25, C52, H31, J22
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6732
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Susana
Ferreira
Alpaslan
Akay
Finbarr
Brereton
Juncal
Cuñado
Peter
Martinsson
Mirko
Moro
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Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe
Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we analyse the ...
(published in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 88, 1-10)
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I31, Q51, Q53, Q54
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6731
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Sander
M.
Hoogendoorn
Mirjam
C.
van Praag
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Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the causal impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field ...
(revised version available here)
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J15, L25, C93, L26, M13, D83
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6730
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Martin
Biewen
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Additive Decompositions with Interaction Effects
This paper proposes a comprehensive, path-independent decomposition formula of changes into ceteris paribus effects and interaction effects. The formula implies a reassessment of sequential ...
(revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21 (9), 636-642)
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J31, J71, C02, D31
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6729
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Evelyn
L.
Lehrer
Yu
Chen
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Delayed Entry into First Marriage: Further Evidence on the Becker-Landes-Michael Hypothesis
In their pioneering research, Becker, Landes and Michael (1977) found that beyond age 30 there is a positive relationship between women's age at first marriage and marital instability. They ...
(published in: Demographic Research, 2013, 29 (20), 521-542)
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J12
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6728
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Christophe
Jalil
Nordman
François-Charles
Wolff
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On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal
In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two ...
(published in: Region et Developpement, 2012, 35, 151-176)
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J24, J31, O12
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6727
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Reza
Arabsheibani
Anita
Staneva
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Is There an Informal Employment Wage Premium? Evidence from Tajikistan
This paper defines informal sector employment and decomposes the difference in earnings distributions between formal and informal sector employees in Tajikistan for 2007. Using the quantile ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:1)
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C14, J21, J30
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