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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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6327
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Oded
Galor
Stelios
Michalopoulos
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Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits
This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147(2), 759-780)
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O11, O14, O33, O40, J11, J13
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6326
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Michael
Fritsch
Alexander
S.
Kritikos
Alina
Rusakova
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Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany
Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after ...
(published in: DIW-Economic Bulletin, 2012, 3, 17-26.)
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L26, D22
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6325
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Alan
Barrett
Irene
Mosca
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Announcing an Increase in the State Pension Age and the Recession: Which Mattered More for Expected Retirement Ages?
In March of 2010, the Irish government announced that the age at which the state pension is paid would be raised to 66 in 2014, 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028. Also during 2010, the economic news became ...
(published as 'Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages' in: Economic and Social Review 2013, 44 (4), 447-472)
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H55, J26, D84
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6324
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Alan
Barrett
Irene
Mosca
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The Psychic Costs of Migration: Evidence from Irish Return Migrants
Within the economics literature, the "psychic costs" of migration have been incorporated into theoretical models since Sjaastad (1962). However, the existence of such costs has rarely been ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 483-506)
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F22, J61, I10
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6323
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Chiara
Criscuolo
Ralf
Martin
Henry
Overman
John
Van Reenen
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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro-econometric evaluation of their causal effects is rare. We exploit multiple changes in ...
(pubished as 'Some Causal Effects pubished as 'Some Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy' in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (1), 48–85of an Industrial Policy' in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (1), 48–85)
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H25, L52, L53, O47
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6322
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Michael
Gibbs
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Design and Implementation of Pay for Performance
A large, mature and robust economic literature on pay for performance now exists, which provides a useful framework for thinking about pay for performance systems. I use the lessons of the literature ...
(published in: C. R. Thomas and W. F. Shughart II (eds.), Oxford Handbook in Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press, 2013, 397-423)
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M52, J33, M12, L81
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6321
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Richard
Akresh
Damien
de Walque
Harounan
Kazianga
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Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso
We conducted a unique randomized experiment to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. ...
(published in: NBER African Successes: Human Capital, volume 2. 2016. Editors, S. Edwards, S. Johnson, D. Weil, University of Chicago Press.)
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I15, I38, J13, O15
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6320
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Anne
C.
Gielen
Jan
C.
van Ours
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at the same time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data ...
(published in: Economica, 2014, 81, 544–565)
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I31, J64
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6316
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Loukas
Balafoutas
Florian
Lindner
Matthias
Sutter
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Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage among competitors. Typically, sabotage is welfare-reducing, but from an individual's perspective an attractive alternative to exerting positive effort. Yet, ...
(revised version published in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (4), 425-441)
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C93, D03, L83, M51, M52
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6315
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Pedro
Carneiro
Rita
Ginja
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Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start
This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6 (4), 135-173)
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C21, I28, I38
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