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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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5242
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Stephen
P.
Jenkins
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The British Household Panel Survey and its Income Data
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS ...
(published as: Chapter 4 , in: S.P. Jenkins: Changing Fortunes: Income Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Britain, Oxford University Press, 2011)
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C81, D31, I32
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5240
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Lorenzo
Cappellari
Konstantinos
Tatsiramos
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Friends' Networks and Job Finding Rates
We investigate the effect of social interactions on labor market outcomes using a direct measure of social contacts based on information about individuals’ three best friends and their ...
(substantially revised version published as 'With a Little Help from My Friend? Quality of Social Networks, Job Finding and Job Match Quality' in: European Economic Review, 2015, 78, 55-75)
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J64
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5239
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Dennis
T.
Yang
Xiaodong
Zhu
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Modernization of Agriculture and Long-Term Growth
This paper develops a two-sector model that illuminates the role played by agricultural modernization in the transition from stagnation to growth. When agriculture relies on traditional technology, ...
(published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2013, 60 (3), 367–382)
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O41, O33, N13
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5238
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Lina
Bergström
Maarten
van Ham
David
Manley
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Neighbourhood Choice and Neighbourhood Reproduction
Although we know a lot about why households choose certain dwellings, we know relatively little about the mechanisms behind neighbourhood choice. Most studies of neighbourhood choice only focus on ...
(published in: Environment and Planning A, 2011, 43 (6), 1381-1399)
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I30, J60, R23
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5237
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Kusum
Mundra
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Immigrant Networks and U.S. Bilateral Trade: The Role of Immigrant Income
This paper examines the role of immigrant networks on trade, particularly through the demand effect. First, we examine the effect of immigration on trade when the immigrants consume more of the goods ...
(published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 357-373)
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F22, F11, J10
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5235
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Tito
Boeri
Vincenzo
Galasso
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Is Social Security Secure with NDC?
The introduction of NDC public pension scheme in few European countries, such as Latvia, Sweden, Italy, and Poland, in the nineties was motivated, among other things, by the need (i) to ensure the ...
(published in: R. Holzmann, E. Palmer and D. Robalino (eds.), 2012, NDC Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World, Volume 2: Gender, Politics, and Financial Stability, Chapter 6. Financial Stability, Chapter 5. Washington D.C.: The World Bank & Swedish Social Insurance Agency)
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J26, J68
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5234
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Alberto
Bisin
Eleonora
Patacchini
Thierry
Verdier
Yves
Zenou
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Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration
We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 90, 146-164.)
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A14, J15
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5233
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Eswar
Prasad
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Financial Sector Regulation and Reforms in Emerging Markets: An Overview
This paper provides an overview of the complex conceptual and practical challenges that emerging market economies face as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These ...
(published in: Masahiro Kawai and Eswar Prasad (eds.), Financial Sector Reforms and Regulation in Emerging Markets, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2011, 3-24)
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G1, G2, E58, F36
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5232
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John
Gibson
Steven
Stillman
David
McKenzie
Halahingano
Rohorua
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Natural Experiment Evidence on the Effect of Migration on Blood Pressure and Hypertension
Over 200 million people live outside their country of birth and experience large gains in material well-being by moving to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2013, 22 (6), 655-672)
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C21, I12, J61
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5230
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Daniel
W.
Sacks
Betsey
Stevenson
Justin
Wolfers
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We ...
(published in: The World Bank (ed.). Development Challenges in a Post-Crisis World, 2012)
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O11, I31, I32
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