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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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5076
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Thomas
J.
Kniesner
John
D.
Leeth
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Hedonic Wage Equilibrium: Theory, Evidence and Policy
We examine theoretically and empirically the properties of the equilibrium wage function and its implications for policy. Our emphasis is on how the researcher approaches economic and policy ...
(published in: Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2010, 5 (4), 229-299)
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J2, J3
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5075
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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The Effects of School Quality in the Origin on the Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants
The payoff to schooling among the foreign born in the US is only around one-half of the payoff for the native born. This paper examines whether this differential is related to the quality of the ...
(published in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 67-103)
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I21, J24, J31, J61, F22
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5073
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Alejandro
Hoyos
Hugo
R.
Nopo
Ximena
Peña
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different ...
(published in: 'New Century, Old Disparities. Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean', World Bank Publications, 2012)
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C14, D31, J16, O54
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5071
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Ruth
Uwaifo Oyelere
Willie
Belton
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Black-White Gap in Self-Employment in the U.S.: Do Cohort and Within Race Differences Exist?
In this paper we ask three questions: First, is there evidence of a Black-White gap in self-employment between 1994-2002 and could the inclusion of the White immigrant population be driving this ...
(revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 41 (1), 25-39)
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J10, J11, J15, L26
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5070
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Örn
B.
Bodvarsson
Jack
W.
Hou
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The Effects of Aging on Migration in a Transition Economy: The Case of China
China has been experiencing two major demographic sea changes since the late 1970s: (i) Internal migration, primarily rural-to-urban, on a scale that dwarfs all other countries at any time in ...
(substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 8351)
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J61, J11
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5068
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Carmel
U.
Chiswick
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How Economics Helped Shape American Judaism
This chapter discusses the strong impact of economic forces, and changes in the economic environment, on American Jewish observance and American Jewish religious institutions in the 20th century. ...
(published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 646-662)
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Z12, N32, J12
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5067
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Tilman
Brück
Patricia
Justino
Philip
Verwimp
Alexandra
Avdeenko
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Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys
The overall goal of the report is to increase the capacity of researchers and policy makers to identify comparatively, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by ...
(revised version published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 31 (1), 29-58.)
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C81, D74, F52, O12
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5065
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Oliver
Falck
Michael
Fritsch
Stephan
Heblich
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The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 755-766)
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H41, R11, J24
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5064
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Raj
Arunachalam
Manisha
Shah
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The Prostitute's Allure: Examining Returns to Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination
We estimate the earnings premium for beauty in an occupation where returns to physical attractiveness are likely to be important: commercial sex work. In the commercial sex market, perhaps more so ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2012, 12 (1))
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J01, J71
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5062
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Martin
Biewen
Andos
Juhasz
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Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany
We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe’s most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At ...
(revised version published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (4), 622-647)
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D31, C14, I30
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