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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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5845
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Arnab
K.
Basu
Nancy
H.
Chau
Ravi
Kanbur
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Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is more ...
(revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 1534 - 1573)
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J3, J6, O17
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5844
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Maria
Bigoni
Margherita
Fort
Mattia
Nardotto
Tommaso
G.
Reggiani
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Teams or Tournaments? A Field Experiment on Cooperation and Competition among University Students
This paper assesses the effect of two stylized and antithetic non-monetary incentive schemes on students’ effort. We collect data from a field experiment where incentives are exogenously imposed, ...
(revised version published as 'Cooperation or Competition? A Field Experiment on Non-Monetary Learning Incentives' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 15 (4), 1753-1792 )
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A22, C93, I20
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5843
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Nabanita
Datta Gupta
Kristin
J.
Kleinjans
Mona
Larsen
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The Effect of an Acute Health Shock on Work Behavior: Evidence from Different Health Care Regimes
We study how severe acute health shocks affect the probability of not working in the U. S. versus in Denmark. The results not only provide insight into how relative disease risk affects labor force ...
(published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2015, 136-137,44-51)
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I12, I18, J26
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5842
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Andrea
Bassanini
Eve
Caroli
Antoine
Rebérioux
Thomas
Breda
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Working in Family Firms: Less Paid but More Secure? Evidence from French Matched Employer-Employee Data
We study compensation packages in family and non-family firms. Using matched employer-employee data for a representative sample of French establishments, we first show that family firms pay on ...
(revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (2), 433-466)
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G34, J31, J33, J63, L26
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5841
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David
W.
Johnston
Wang-Sheng
Lee
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Explaining the Female Black-White Obesity Gap: A Decomposition Analysis of Proximal Causes
There exists remarkably large differences in body weights and obesity prevalence between black and white women in the US, and crucially these differences are a significant contributor to black-white ...
(published in: Demography, 2011, 48 (4), 1429-1450)
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I1, J11
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5840
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Armin
Falk
Florian
Zimmermann
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Preferences for Consistency
This paper studies how a preference for consistency can affect economic decision-making. We propose a two-period model where people have a preference for consistency because consistent behavior ...
(published as 'A Taste for Consistency and Survey Response Behavior' in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2013, 59 (1), 181–193)
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C91, D03, D64
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5839
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Lorraine
Dearden
John
Micklewright
Anna
Vignoles
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The Effectiveness of English Secondary Schools for Pupils of Different Ability Levels
'League table' information on school effectiveness in England generally relies on either a comparison of the average outcomes of pupils by school, e.g. mean exam scores, or on estimates of the ...
(published in: Fiscal Studies, 2011, 32(2), 225-244)
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I2
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5838
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Roberto
Bande
Marika
Karanassou
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The NRU and the Evolution of Regional Disparities in Spanish Unemployment
On both theoretical and empirical grounds, this paper provides evidence that refutes the natural rate of unemployment (NRU) hypothesis as an explanation of the evolution of regional disparities in ...
(published in: Urban Studies, 2013, 50 (10), 2044–2062)
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R23, J64
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5837
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Elke
J.
Jahn
Dario
Pozzoli
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Does the Sector Experience Affect the Pay Gap for Temporary Agency Workers?
It is a well-known fact that temporary agency workers have to accept high pay penalties. However, remarkably little is known about the remuneration of workers who are frequently employed in this ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 48-57)
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J30, J31, J42, J41
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5836
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Roberto
Golinelli
Riccardo
Rovelli
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Did Growth and Reforms Increase Citizens' Support for the Transition?
How did post-communist transformations affect people's perceptions of their economic and political systems? We model a pseudo-panel with 89 country-year clusters, based on 13 countries observed ...
(revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 30, 112-137)
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O11, O57, P2, P36, P52
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