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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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5018
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Francis
Green
Stephen
Machin
Richard
J.
Murphy
Yu
Zhu
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The Changing Economic Advantage from Private School
Despite its relatively small size, the private school sector plays a prominent role in British society. This paper focuses on changing wage and education differentials between privately educated and ...
(published in: Economica, 2012, 79 (316), 658–679)
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I22, I29, J31
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5016
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Matthias
Sutter
Francesco
Feri
Martin
G.
Kocher
Peter
Martinsson
Katarina
Nordblom
Daniela
Glätzle-Rützler
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Social Preferences in Childhood and Adolescence: A Large-Scale Experiment
Social preferences have been shown to be an important determinant of economic decision making for many adults. We present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 146, 16-30.)
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C91, D63, D64
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5015
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Matthias
Sutter
Daniela
Glätzle-Rützler
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Gender Differences in Competition Emerge Early in Life
We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than ...
(largely extended version published in: Management Science, 2015, 61 (10), 2339-2354)
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C91, D03
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5013
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Anna
Batyra
Henri
R.
Sneessens
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Selective Reductions in Labor Taxation: Labor Market Adjustments and Macroeconomic Performance
We use a calibrated general equilibrium model with heterogeneous labor and search to evaluate the quantitative effects of various labor tax cut scenarios. The focus is on skill heterogeneity combined ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2010, 32 (4), 531–543)
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C68, E24, J64
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5012
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Roberto
Bande
Marika
Karanassou
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Spanish Regional Unemployment Revisited: The Role of Capital Accumulation
This paper provides new evidence for the evolution of regional unemployment rates in Spain over the 1980-2000 period. We argue that interactive dynamic systems of labour demand, wage setting, and ...
(published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (11), 1863 - 1883)
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R23, J64
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5011
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Marco
Leonardi
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The Effect of Product Demand on Inequality: Evidence from the US and the UK
This paper examines the relationship between product demand and the pattern of rising skill premia and rising employment of skilled workers in the US and the UK since the 1980s. If more skilled ...
(published: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, 221-147.)
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J21, J31
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5010
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
Stephen
J.
Trejo
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How Do Immigrants Spend Their Time? The Process of Assimilation
Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 507-530)
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J11, J22
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5009
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Panu
Poutvaara
Olli
Ropponen
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School Shootings and Student Performance
In this paper, we study how high school students reacted to the shocking news of a school shooting. The shooting coincided with national high-school matriculation exams. As there were exams both ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 51, 93-106)
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C21, J16, I19
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5008
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Dennis
T.
Yang
Vivian
Chen
Ryan
Monarch
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Rising Wages: Has China Lost Its Global Labor Advantage?
We document dramatic rising wages in China for the period 1978-2007 based on multiple sources of aggregate statistics. Although real wages increased seven-fold during the period, growth was uneven ...
(published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2010, 15 (4), 482-504)
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J31, J21, O5
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5007
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Volker
Grossmann
Thomas
M.
Steger
Timo
Trimborn
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Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy
The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 451-485)
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H20, O30, O40
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13011Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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