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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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5776
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Donald
O.
Parsons
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Mandated Severance Pay and Firing Cost Distortions: A Critical Review of the Evidence
Severance pay mandates are an appealing job displacement insurance strategy in developing countries, which have only modest government administrative capacities, but they carry the threat of adverse ...
(published in: Robert Holzmann and Milan Vodopivec (eds.), Reforming Severance Pay: An International Perspective, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012, 121-157)
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J08, J65, J33
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5775
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Agnieszka
Kanas
Barry
R.
Chiswick
Tanja
van der Lippe
Frank
van Tubergen
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Social Contacts and the Economic Performance of Immigrants: A Panel Study of Immigrants in Germany
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined the impact of social contacts on immigrant occupational status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2012, 46 (3), 680-709)
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F22, J61, Z13
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5774
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Simon
Gächter
Esther
Kessler
Manfred
Königstein
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The Roles of Incentives and Voluntary Cooperation for Contractual Compliance
Efficiency under contractual incompleteness often requires voluntary cooperation in situations where self-regarding incentives for contractual compliance are present as well. Here we provide a ...
(revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 2025, 28 (1), 75-106 )
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C70, C90
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5773
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Sascha
O.
Becker
Ludger
Woessmann
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Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide
We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man's impact on God's grace, ...
(published as 'Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide 'in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100(3), 377-391)
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Z12, N33
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5772
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Erik
Plug
Dinand
Webbink
Nicholas
G.
Martin
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Sexual Orientation, Prejudice and Segregation
This paper examines whether gay and lesbian workers sort into tolerant occupations. With information on sexual orientation, prejudice and occupational choice taken from Australian Twin Registers, we ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (1), 123-159)
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J15, J24, J71
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5771
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Francesca
Francavilla
Gianna
Claudia
Giannelli
Gabriela
Grotkowska
Mieczyslaw
Socha
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Use of Time and Value of Unpaid Family Care Work: A Comparison between Italy and Poland
This study provides a comparison of the size and value of unpaid family care work in two European member States, Italy and Poland. Using the Italian and Polish time use surveys, both the opportunity ...
(published as 'Dressing a ghost: size and value of unpaid family care' in: Applied Economics, 2019, 51 (28), 3015-3030 (authored by Francesca Francavilla and Gianna Gludia Giannelli))
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E01, E26, J13, J14, J16, J22
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5770
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Saul
Estrin
Tomasz
Mickiewicz
Ute
Stephan
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For Benevolence and for Self-Interest: Social and Commercial Entrepreneurial Activity across Nations
We conceptualise social entrepreneurship as a source of social capital which, when present in the environment, enhances commercial entrepreneurship. We also argue that social entrepreneurship should ...
(published in: Entrepreneurship and Practice, 2013, 37 (3), 479-504)
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L26
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5768
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Bernhard
Michel
François
Rycx
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Productivity Gains and Spillovers from Offshoring
Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This article contributes to the growing literature that tests empirically whether ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, 2014, 22(1), 73-85)
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F0, O0
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5766
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Joachim
Wagner
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Exports, Imports and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises
This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new ...
(published in: Open Economies Review, 2012, 23 (5), 747-765)
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F14
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5765
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Jesús
Fernández-Huertas Moraga
Hillel
Rapoport
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Tradable Immigration Quotas
International migration is maybe the single most effective way to alleviate poverty at a global level. When a given host country allows more immigrants in, this creates costs and benefits for that ...
(Published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 115, 94-108)
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F22, F5, H87, I3, K33, O19
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12998Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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