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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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4617
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Susan
Pozo
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New Evidence on the Role of Remittances on Health Care Expenditures by Mexican Households
Using Mexico's 2002 wave of the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH), we find that international remittances raise health care expenditures. Approximately 6 pesos of every ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 69-98.)
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F24, I1
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4616
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Thitima
Puttitanun
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Gender Differences in Native Preferences towards Undocumented and Legal Immigration: Evidence from San Diego
The literature has noted that native views about legal as opposed to undocumented immigration in the U.S. differ. Furthermore, native views about immigration are known to vary by gender. Yet, most ...
(published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, 29 (1), 31-45)
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J61, F22
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4614
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Melanie
Khamis
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Is Informal Sector Work an Alternative to Workfare Benefits? The Case of Pre-Program Expansion and Economic Crisis
Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the Argentine labor market at the outset of the 2001 economic crisis. This paper tests ...
(published in: Review of Development Economics, 2012, 16 (4), 579–593)
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J42, J48, O17
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4613
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Massimiliano
Bratti
Roberto
Leombruni
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Local Human Capital Externalities and Wages at the Firm Level: The Case of Italian Manufacturing
We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level (blue collars and white collars), Population Census information on the local stock ...
(revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 161-175)
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J24, J31, I20
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4611
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Alexander
Mosthaf
Thorsten
Schank
Claus
Schnabel
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Low-Wage Employment versus Unemployment: Which One Provides Better Prospects for Women?
This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3:21)
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J30, J60, C33
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4610
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
Gerard
A.
Pfann
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Markets for Reputation: Evidence on Quality and Quantity in Academe
We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by one’s peers and others. The central questions are: 1) Does the quantity of exposures raise reputation ...
(published as 'Reputation and Earnings: The Roles of Quality and Quantity in Academe' in: Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50 (1), 1 - 16)
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L14, J31
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4608
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Ron
Leung
Marco
Stampini
Désiré
Vencatachellum
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Does Human Capital Protect Workers against Exogenous Shocks? South Africa in the 2008-2009 Crisis
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 and 2009 has taken its toll on the South African economy. The economy contracted for the first time since 1998, and entered recession during the fourth ...
(substantially revised version published in: South African Journal of Economics, 2014, 82(1), 99-116)
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J2, E3
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4607
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Patrick
A.
Puhani
Katja
Sonderhof
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The Effects of a Sick Pay Reform on Absence and on Health-Related Outcomes
We evaluate the effects of a reduction in sick pay from 100 to 80% of the wage. Unlike previous literature, apart from absence from work, we also consider effects on doctor/hospital visits and ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (2), 285-302)
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I18, J58, J83
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4606
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Xavier
D'Haultfoeuille
Arnaud
Maurel
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Inference on a Generalized Roy Model, with an Application to Schooling Decisions in France
This paper considers the identification and estimation of an extension of Roy's model (1951) of occupational choice, which includes a non-pecuniary component in the decision equation and allows for ...
(published as 'Inference on an Extended Roy Model, with an Application to Schooling Decisions in France' in: Journal of Econometrics, 2013, 174 (2), 95–106)
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C14, C25, J24
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4605
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Joachim
Wagner
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Offshoring and Firm Performance: Self-Selection, Effects on Performance, or Both?
This paper uses unique new data for German manufacturing enterprises from matched regular surveys and a special purpose survey to investigate the causal effect of relocation of activities to a ...
(published in: Review of World Economics, 2011, 147 (2), 217-247)
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F23
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