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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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6238
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Stephane
Mahuteau
Matloob
Piracha
Massimiliano
Tani
Matias
Vaira-Lucero
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Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurship
This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants' probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy change consists of stricter ...
(published in: International Migration, 2014, 52(2), 53 - 65)
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C34, J24, J61
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6237
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Carl
Lin
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Decomposing Excess Returns in Stochastic Linear Models
We present a theorem helpful in estimating the mean and variance of a linear function with arbitrary multivariate randomness in its coefficients and variables. We derive a generalized decomposition ...
(revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118(1), 143-147)
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G14, J31, J38
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6236
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Ilhom
Abdulloev
Ira
N.
Gang
John
Landon-Lane
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Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan
How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 205-227)
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O17, J61, P23
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6235
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Stefan
Eriksson
Dan-Olof
Rooth
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Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
In this paper, we use unique data from a field experiment in the Swedish labor market to investigate how past and contemporary unemployment affect a young worker's probability of being invited to a ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (3), 1014-1039)
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J64
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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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