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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
5657 Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll
Network Effects on Migrants' Remittances
This paper explores the existence of network effects in migrants’ remittance behavior. In this study, networks are defined as groups of immigrants from the same country that live in the same ...
(published as 'Immigrant Networks and Remittances: Cheaper Together?' in: World Development, 2018 111 (C), 225-245)
J61, F22, O15, A14, E21
5656 Alexander M. Danzer
Peter Dolton
Total Reward in the UK in the Public and Private Sectors
Recent controversy has surrounded the relative value of public and private sector remuneration. We define a comprehensive measure of Total Reward (TR) which includes not just pay, but pensions and ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (4), 584-594)
J33, J45, H55, J31
5655 Elisabeth Fevang
Simen Markussen
Knut Rřed
The Sick Pay Trap
In most countries, employers are financially responsible for sick pay during an initial period of a worker's absence spell, after which the public insurance system covers the bill. Based on a ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (2), 305-336)
C14, C41, H55, I18, J23
5654 Ulrich Kaiser
Hans Christian Kongsted
Thomas Rřnde
Labor Mobility, Social Network Effects, and Innovative Activity
We study the mapping between labor mobility and industrial innovative activity for the population of R&D active Danish firms observed between 1999 and 2004. Our study documents a positive ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 110, 91–105 )
O33, O34, C23
5653 Thomas Hintermaier
Winfried Koeniger
Debt Portfolios
We provide a model with endogenous portfolios of secured and unsecured household debt. Secured debt is collateralized by owner-occupied housing whereas unsecured debt can be discharged according to ...
(revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2016, 8 (4), 103-141)
E21, D91
5652 Arnaud Chevalier
Subject Choice and Earnings of UK Graduates
Using a survey of a cohort of UK graduates, linked to administrative data on higher education participation, this paper investigates the labour market attainment of recent graduates by subject of ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1187-1201)
I22, J31
5650 Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Jingzhou Meng
China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few ...
(published in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2013, 22 (79), 109-130.)
F22, J24, N35, O15, O24, O53
5649 Andrea Ichino
Elly-Ann Lindström
Eliana Viviano
Hidden Consequences of a First-Born Boy for Mothers
We show that in the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy are less likely to work in a typical week and work fewer hours than women with first-born girls. The puzzle is why ...
(published in: Economic Letters, 2014, 123 (3), 274–278)
E24, J13, J22, J23
5647 Luis Diaz-Serrano
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions
This paper analyses whether the different powers and resources at the disposal of local and regional governments across Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to ...
(published as 'Decentralization, Subjective Well-Being and the Perception of Institutions' in: Kyklos, 2012, 65 (2), 179-193)
H11, H77
5646 Liam Delaney
Colm P. Harmon
Cathy Redmond
Parental Education, Grade Attainment and Earnings Expectations among University Students
While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (6), 1136-1152)
I21, J62, C81
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