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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
5276 David de la Croix
Olivier Pierrard
Henri R. Sneessens
Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter
This paper re-examines the effects of population aging and pension reforms in an OLG model with labor market frictions. The most important feature brought about by labor market frictions is the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (1), 104-124)
E24, H55, J26, J64
5275 Pedro Carneiro
James J. Heckman
Edward Vytlacil
Estimating Marginal Returns to Education
This paper estimates the marginal returns to college for individuals induced to enroll in college by different marginal policy changes. The recent instrumental variables literature seeks to estimate ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 110 (6), 2754-2781)
J31
5273 Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza
Fernando Rios-Avila
Domestic Violence and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Mixed-Race Developing Country
This study investigates the heterogeneous effects of domestic violence over labor markets in an ethnically fragmented country such as Bolivia. Among developing countries, Bolivia “excels” in having ...
(published as 'The effect of intimate partner violence on labor market decisions: Evidence from a multi-ethnic country' in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, 44 (1), 75 - 92 )
J15, J71
5272 Kristin J. Kleinjans
Arthur van Soest
Nonresponse and Focal Point Answers to Subjective Probability Questions
We develop and estimate a panel data model explaining the answers to questions about subjective probabilities, using data from the US Health and Retirement Study. We explicitly account for ...
(published as 'Rounding, Focal Point Answers and Nonresponse to Subjective Probability Questions' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29 (4), 567 - 585)
C81, D84
5271 David Manley
Maarten van Ham
Neighbourhood Effects, Housing Tenure, and Individual Employment Outcomes
This paper investigates whether individuals living in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of unemployment are less likely to enter work if they are unemployed and more likely to lose their job if ...
(published in: Van Ham M., Manley D., Bailey N., Simpson L., Maclennan D. (eds.), Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives, Springer Dordrecht, 2012, 147-173 )
I30, J60, R23
5270 Rodrigo R. Soares
Igor Viveiros
Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
This paper explores the experience of information sharing, coordination, and integration of actions of the Civil and Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP ...
(published in: Economía: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2017, 17 (2), 29-63)
H11, K00, K42
5268 Martin Huber
Michael Lechner
Conny Wunsch
How to Control for Many Covariates? Reliable Estimators Based on the Propensity Score
We investigate the finite sample properties of a large number of estimators for the average treatment effect on the treated that are suitable when adjustment for observable covariates is required, ...
(published as 'The Performance of Estimators Based on the Propensity Score' in: Journal of Econometrics, 2013, 175 (1), 1-21)
C21
5267 Steffen Huck
Imran Rasul
Matched Fundraising: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in which donations are matched by a lead donor. In conjunction with the Bavarian ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (5-6), 351-362)
C93, D12, D64
5264 Steffen Huck
Dorothea Kübler
Jörgen W. Weibull
Social Norms and Economic Incentives in Firms
This paper studies the interplay between economic incentives and social norms in firms. We introduce a general framework to model social norms arguing that norms stem from agents’ desire for, or peer ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 83 (2), 173-185)
D23
5263 David Neumark
Detecting Discrimination in Audit and Correspondence Studies
Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear identical to employers. Correspondence studies address this criticism by using ...
(published in: JHR Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47 (4), 1128 - 1157)
J7
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