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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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5473
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Mirco
Tonin
Ann-Sofie
Kolm
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In-Work Benefits and Unemployment
In-work benefits are becoming an increasingly relevant labour market policy, gradually expanding in scope and geographical coverage. This paper investigates the equilibrium impact of in-work benefits ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2011, 18 (1), 74-92)
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J21, J38, H24
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5472
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Elke
Holst
Andrea
Schäfer
Mechthild
Schrooten
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that ...
(published as "Gender and Remittances: Evidence from Germany" in: Feminist Economics, 2012, 18 (2), 201-229)
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F22, J16, D13
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5471
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Ralitza
Dimova
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Good and Bad Institutions: Is the Debate Over? Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence from the Textile Industry
Using firm-level data from nine developing countries we demonstrate that (a) certain institutions like restrictive labour market regulations that are considered to be bad for economic growth might be ...
(published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38(1), 109-126)
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D02, D23, D24
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5470
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Stephan
Kampelmann
François
Rycx
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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration: The Case of Occupations
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also ...
(published as 'The Dynamics of Task-biased Technological Change: The Case of Occupations' in: Brussels Economic Review, 2013, 56 (2))
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J21, J24, J31
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5468
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Lena
Edlund
Cecilia
Machado
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Pill Power: The Prequel
Goldin and Katz [2002], in an influential paper, argued that giving unmarried minors access to the contraceptive Pill was instrumental for women's professional advancement, because such access ...
(published as 'How the other half lived: Marriage and emancipation in the age of the Pill' in: European Economic Review. 2015, 80, 295 - 309)
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J13, J24
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5467
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Matloob
Piracha
Amrita
Saraogi
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Motivations for Remittances: Evidence from Moldova
This paper explores the factors that account for the receipt of remittances across households in Moldova who have migrants abroad. Unlike most of the existing literature, we approach our research ...
(published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2012, 40 (4), 467-491)
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F22, F24
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5466
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Anders
Björklund
Markus
Jäntti
John
E.
Roemer
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Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden
Equality of opportunity is an ethical goal with almost universal appeal. The interpretation taken here is that a society has achieved equality of opportunity if it is the case that what individuals ...
(revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39, 675-696)
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D31, D63, J62, C14
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5465
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Dennis
T.
Yang
Junsen
Zhang
Shaojie
Zhou
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Why Are Saving Rates So High in China?
In this paper, we define "The Chinese Saving Puzzle" as the persistently high national saving rate at 34-53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the past three decades and a surge in the saving ...
(published in: Joseph Fan and Randall Morck (eds.), 2012, Capitalizing China. University of Chicago Press, 249-282)
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D91, E21, J10
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5464
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Christian
Grund
Andreas
Schmitt
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Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction
We investigate the effects of works councils on employees’ wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of a German representative ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (3), 299-310)
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M5, J30, J53
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5462
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Pedro
Goulart
Arjun
S.
Bedi
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The Impact of Interest in School on Educational Success in Portugal
Notwithstanding increased educational expenditure, Portugal continues to record poor educational outcomes. Underlining the weak expenditure-educational success link, a large body of work in ...
(revised version published as 'Interest in School and Educational Success in Portugal' in: Journal of Educational Research, 2017, 110 (6), 589 - 603)
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J24
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