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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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6234
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Alan
Fuchs
Hendrik
Wolff
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Concept and Unintended Consequences of Weather Index Insurance: The Case of Mexico
Recently, Weather Index Insurance (WII) has received considerable attention as a tool to insure farmers against weather related risks, particularly in developing countries. Donor organizations, local ...
(published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, 93 (2), 505–511)
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Q11, Q14, O13, G22
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6233
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Martin
Kahanec
Renáta
Králiková
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Pulls of International Student Mobility
Economic theory suggests that high-skilled immigration generally has positive effects on the receiving economy. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled ...
(shortened version published as 'Higher Education Policy and Migration: The Role of International Student Mobility' in: CESifo DICE Report, 2012, 9(4), 20-27)
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I23, I28, J21, J24, J61, J68
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6232
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Krzysztof
Karbownik
Michal
Myck
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Mommies' Girls Get Dresses, Daddies' Boys Get Toys: Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish Household Budgets' Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the ...
(revised published as 'Who gets to look nice and who gets to play? Effects of child gender on household expenditures' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15(3), 925-944)
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J13, J12, J16, J22
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6231
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Veronica
Amarante
Marco
Manacorda
Edward
Miguel
Andrea
Vigorito
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Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and Program Data
There is limited empirical evidence on whether unrestricted cash social assistance to poor pregnant women improves children's birth outcomes. Using program administrative micro-data matched to ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8 (2), 1 - 43)
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J88, I38, J13
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6230
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Hartmut
Lehmann
Tiziano
Razzolini
Anzelika
Zaiceva
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Job Separations and Informality in the Russian Labor Market
In the years 2003-2008 the Russian economy experienced a period of strong and sustained growth, which was accompanied by large worker turnover and rising informality. We investigate whether the ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 257-290)
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J64, J65, P50
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6229
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Elena
G. F.
Stancanelli
Arthur
van Soest
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Retirement and Home Production: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Existing studies show that individuals who retire replace some private consumption by home production, but do not consider joint behaviour of couples. Here we analyze the causal effect of retirement ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 600-605)
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J22, J26, J14
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6228
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Arnab
K.
Basu
Nancy
H.
Chau
Zahra
Siddique
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Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Compliance and Informality
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 1-53)
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J3, J6, O17
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6227
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Magnus
Carlsson
Dan-Olof
Rooth
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Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap
Ethnic minorities have lower wages compared to the ethnic majority in most EU-countries. However, to what extent these wage gaps are the result of prejudice toward ethnic minority workers is ...
(published in: Industrial Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (1), 227-252 )
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J64, J71
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6226
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Randall
K. Q.
Akee
Arjun
S.
Bedi
Arnab
K.
Basu
Nancy
H.
Chau
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Transnational Trafficking, Law Enforcement and Victim Protection: A Middleman Trafficker's Perspective
We explore three hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human trafficking market – the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers, the relative bargaining strength of traffickers and ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 349-386)
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K42, R23, O15
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6225
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Roger
Wilkins
Mark
Wooden
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Gender Differences in Rates of Job Dismissal: Why Are Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs?
Empirical studies have consistently reported that rates of involuntary job separation, or dismissal, are significantly lower among female employees than among males. Only rarely, however, have the ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2013, 52 (2), 582-608)
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J16, J63, J71
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