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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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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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5461
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Mirco
Tonin
Michael
Vlassopoulos
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An Experimental Investigation of Intrinsic Motivations for Giving
This paper presents results from a modified dictator experiment aimed at distinguishing and quantifying the two intrinsic motivations for giving: warm glow and pure altruism. In particular, we ...
(published in: Theory and Decision, 2014, 76(1), 47-67)
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C91, D03, D64
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5459
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Frank
M.
Fossen
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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"
A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a "fresh start" after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover ...
(revised version published in: American Law and Economics Review, 2014, 16 (1), 269-312)
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K35, G33, L26
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13081Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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