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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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4594
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Pierre-André
Chiappori
Sonia
Oreffice
Climent
Quintana-Domeque
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Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Characteristics in the Marriage Market
We construct a matching model on the marriage market along more than one characteristic, where individuals have preferences over physical attractiveness (proxied by anthropometric characteristics) ...
(revised version published as 'Fatter Attraction: Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Matching on the Marriage Market' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120 (4), 659-695. )
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D1, J1
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4593
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Olena
Y.
Nizalova
Maria
Vyshnya
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Evaluation of the Impact of the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine
This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2010, Volume 19 (Supplement 1), 107–125)
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I12, I18
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4592
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Mario
Centeno
Alvaro
A.
Novo
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When Supply Meets Demand: Wage Inequality in Portugal
Wage inequality in Portugal increased over the last quarter of century. The period from 1982 to 1995 witnessed strong increases in both upper- and lower-tail inequality. A shortage of skills combined ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3 (23) )
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J3, D3, O3
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4591
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Gianna
Claudia
Giannelli
Ursula
Jaenichen
Claudia
Villosio
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Have Labour Market Reforms at the Turn of the Millennium Changed Job Durations of the New Entrants? A Comparative Study for Germany and Italy
According to the aims of the labour market reforms of the 90s implemented in many European countries, workers may stay at their first job for a shorter time, but should be able to switch jobs easily. ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2012, 33, 143 - 172 )
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J62, J64, J68, K31, C41
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4590
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
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The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on ...
(published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 625-645)
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J15, J24, J31, J61, J62, N31, N32, Z12
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4589
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Sue
Bridgewater
Lawrence
M.
Kahn
Amanda
H.
Goodall
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Substitution between Managers and Subordinates: Evidence from British Football
We use data on British football managers and teams over the 1994-2007 period to study substitution and complementarity between leaders and subordinates. We find for the Premier League (the highest ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18(3), 275-286)
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J24, M51
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4588
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Jay
Stewart
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Tobit or Not Tobit?
Time-use surveys collect very detailed information about individuals' activities over a short period of time, typically one day. As a result, a large fraction of observations have values of zero for ...
(published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2013, 38(3), 263-290)
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C24, J22
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4587
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Elena
Cottini
Takao
Kato
Niels
C.
Westergård-Nielsen
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Adverse Workplace Conditions, High-Involvement Work Practices and Labor Turnover: Evidence from Danish Linked Employer-Employee Data
This paper contributes to the emerging strand of the empirical literature that takes advantage of new data on workplace-specific job attributes and voluntary employee turnover to shed fresh insights ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 872-880)
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M5, J63, J81, J28, J5
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4585
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Petter
Lundborg
Anders
Stenberg
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Nature, Nurture and Egalitarian Policy: What Can We Learn from Molecular Genetics?
This brief paper draws attention to molecular genetic research which may provide a new dimension to our understanding of how socioeconomic outcomes are generated. In particular, we provide an ...
(published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (3), 320-330)
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J62, H50
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4584
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Subhayu
Bandyopadhyay
Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Howard
J.
Wall
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Biofuel Subsidies: An Open-Economy Analysis
We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal ...
(published in: Economics and Politics, 2013, 25 (2), 181-199)
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F1, H2, O1
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