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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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6192
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Graziella
Bertocchi
Arcangelo
Dimico
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout this period, despite evidence of convergence, the racial gap in attainment between ...
(revised version published as 'The Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2012, 40, 581-595)
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J15, I24, N31, O11
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6191
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Sarah
Brown
Karl
Taylor
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Household Finances and the 'Big Five' Personality Traits
We explore the relationship between household finances and personality traits from an empirical perspective. Specifically, using individual level data drawn from the British Household Panel Survey, ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2014, 45, 197-212)
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C24, D03, D14
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6190
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Michela
Braga
Daniele
Checchi
Elena
Meschi
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Institutional Reforms and Educational Attainment in Europe: A Long Run Perspective
In this paper we analyse the effects of changes in the institutional design of the educational system on school attainment. In particular, we test whether alternative reforms have increased the ...
(revised version published as 'Educational policies in a long-run perspective' in: Economic Policy, 2013, 28 (73), 45-100)
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I2
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6187
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Antonio
Filippin
Francesco
Guala
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Costless Discrimination and Unequal Achievements in a Labour Market Experiment
We investigate the emergence of discrimination in an experiment where individuals affiliated to different groups compete for a monetary prize, submitting independent bids to an auctioneer. The ...
(published in: Experimental Economics, 2013, 16(3), 285-305)
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J71, D44, C9
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6186
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Samuel
Bentolila
Juan
J.
Dolado
Juan
F.
Jimeno
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Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience
This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labor market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:4)
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H29, J23, J38, J41, J64
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6185
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Susanne
Link
Ludger
Woessmann
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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, 212-232)
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I20, O15, H75, I25
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6184
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Chunbing
Xing
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Changes in Job Structure and Rising Wage Inequality in Urban China, 1995-2007
We use household surveys from 1995, 2002, and 2007 to examine how changes in job structure contributed to China's rising urban wage inequality, considering three job characteristics: occupation, ...
(published in: Frontiers of Economics in China, 2012, 7 (2), 305-337)
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C21, J31, O15
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6183
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Ryo
Kambayashi
Takao
Kato
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Long-term Employment and Job Security over the Last Twenty-Five Years: A Comparative Study of Japan and the U.S.
Taking advantage of a recent relaxation of Japanese government's data release policy, we conduct a cross-national analysis of micro data from Japan's Employment Status Survey and its U.S. ...
(revised version published as 'Long-Term Employment and Job Security over the Past 25 Years: A Comparative Study of Japan and the United States' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (2), 359 -394 )
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J63, J64, J41
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6181
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Bart
Cockx
Muriel
Dejemeppe
Andrey
Launov
Bruno
Van der Linden
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Monitoring, Sanctions and Front-Loading of Job Search in a Non-Stationary Model
We develop and estimate a non-stationary job search model to evaluate a scheme that monitors job search effort and sanctions insured unemployed whose effort is deemed insufficient. The model reveals ...
(for substantially revised version please see IZA DP 10487)
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J64, J68, C41
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6180
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Alexander
Spermann
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The New Role of Temporary Agency Work in Germany
This paper reviews the development of temporary agency work after its deregulation in the context of the so-called Hartz reforms in Germany. The new role of agency work emerges from its enormous ...
(published in: Bouncken, Ricarda B. u. Lutz Bellmann u. Manfred Bornewasser (ed.), Die neue Rolle der Zeitarbeit in Deutschland, Beiträge zur Flexibilisierung, Band 3, München und Mering , 2012, 203-224.)
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I2, J2, J4
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13011Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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