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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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4825
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Andreas
Peichl
Nico
Pestel
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Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany
Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method ...
(substantially revised version available as: IZA DP 5926)
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D31, D63, I0, I31
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4824
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Miles
Corak
Darren
Lauzon
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Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Time-in-Term
This paper adopts the technique of DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) to decompose differences in the distribution of PISA test scores in Canada, and assesses the relative contribution of differences ...
(abridged version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28 (2), 189-198)
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I22
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4822
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Iris
BenDavid-Hadar
Adrian
Ziderman
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A New Model for Equitable and Efficient Resource Allocation to Schools: The Israeli Case
This paper sets out a new budget allocation formula for schools, designed to achieve a more equitable distribution of educational achievement. In addition to needs-based elements, the suggested ...
(published in: Education Economics, 2011, 19 (3), 341-362)
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I22
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4821
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Filipe
Almeida-Santos
Yekaterina
Chzhen
Karen
A.
Mumford
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Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain
We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the ...
(published in: Research In Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 35-60)
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J24, J31, J41
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4820
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Axel
Dreher
Stephan
Klasen
James
Raymond
Vreeland
Eric
Werker
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The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 62 (1), 157-191)
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O19, O11, F35
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4819
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Miles
Corak
Patrizio
Piraino
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers
We find that about 40% of a cohort of young Canadian men has been employed with an employer for whom their father also worked; and six to nine percent have the same employer in adulthood. The ...
(slightly revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (1), 37-68)
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J62, J64
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4817
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Graziella
Bertocchi
Andrea
Guerzoni
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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa
We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Peace Research, 2012, 49 (6), 769-783)
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O43, H11, N17
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4816
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Xiaodong
Gong
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The Added Worker Effect and the Discouraged Worker Effect for Married Women in Australia
This paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners' job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market ...
(published as 'The Added Worker Effect for Married Women in Australia' in: Economic Record, 2011, 87 (278), 414-426)
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C23, J20, J60
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4814
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Miles
Corak
Lori
Curtis
Shelley
Phipps
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Economic Mobility, Family Background, and the Well-Being of Children in the United States and Canada
This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We ...
(published in: Timothy M. Smeeding et al. (eds.), Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2011. Parts also published (Miles Corak only) as 'Chasing the Same Dream, Climbing Different Ladders'. Washington: PEW Charitable Trusts, 2010)
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J62, J13, I3
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4812
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Christian
Grund
Jan
Höcker
Stefan
Zimmermann
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Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments: Evidence from the NBA
We empirically explore the relevance of risk taking behavior in tournaments. We make use of data from the NBA season 2007/2008 and measure risk taking by the fraction of three-point shots. Current ...
(revised version published as 'Incidence and Consequences of Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments - Evidence from the NBA' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (2), 1489–1501)
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M5
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12997Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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