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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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4539
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Magnus
Lofstrom
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Does Self-Employment Increase the Economic Well-Being of Low-Skilled Workers?
Low-skilled workers do not fare well in today's skill intensive economy and their opportunities continue to diminish. Given that individuals in this challenging skill segment of the workforce are ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (4), 933-952)
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J15, J16, J31, L26
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4538
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Peder
J.
Pedersen
Torben
Dall
Schmidt
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Happiness in Europe: Cross-Country Differences in the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being
The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household Panel to analyse the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and ...
(published as 'Happiness in Europe: Cross-country differences in the determinants of satisfaction with main activity' in: Journal of Socio Economics, 2011, 40 (5), 480 - 489)
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C23, D31, I31, J28
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4537
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Hadi
Salehi
Esfahani
Kamiar
Mohaddes
M. Hashem
Pesaran
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Oil Exports and the Iranian Economy
This paper develops a long run growth model for a major oil exporting economy and derives conditions under which oil revenues are likely to have a lasting impact. This approach contrasts with the ...
(published in: Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2013, 53 (3), 221-237)
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C32, C53, E17, F43, F47, Q32
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4536
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David
Gill
Victoria
L.
Prowse
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A Structural Analysis of Disappointment Aversion in a Real Effort Competition
We develop a novel computerized real effort task, based on moving sliders across a screen, to test experimentally whether agents are disappointment averse when they compete in a real effort ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (1), 469-503)
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C91, D03
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4535
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
Stefan
Bender
Alfredo
R.
Paloyo
Christoph
M.
Schmidt
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Evaluating the Labor-Market Effects of Compulsory Military Service
We identify the causal effect of compulsory military service on conscripts’ subsequent labor-market outcomes by exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during ...
(published in European Economic Review 56(4):814–829)
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J31
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4534
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Albert
Bollard
David
McKenzie
Melanie
Morten
Hillel
Rapoport
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25 (1), 132 - 156)
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O15, F22, J61
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4533
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James
J.
Heckman
Seong
Hyeok
Moon
Rodrigo
Pinto
Peter
A.
Savelyev
Adam
Yavitz
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The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program
This paper estimates the rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, an early intervention program targeted toward disadvantaged African-American youth. Estimates of the rate of return ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (1-2), 114-128)
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D62, I22, I28
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4532
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Robert
Dur
Joeri
Sol
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Social Interaction, Co-Worker Altruism, and Incentives
Social interaction with colleagues is an important job attribute for many workers. To attract and retain workers, managers therefore need to think about how to create and preserve high-quality ...
(published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69 (2), 293-301)
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D86, J41, M50
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4529
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Indraneel
Dasgupta
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Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism
In developing societies, social norms typically ascribe differential weights to paternal, maternal and communal (or state) contributions to children's expenses. Individuals internalize these ...
(published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2011, 2 (1), Article 2)
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H23, H31, I38, J16
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4528
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Francesc
Ortega
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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government
This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, 10 (1), Article 26)
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F22, I2, J62
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