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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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4231
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Boris
Hirsch
Marion
König
Joachim
Möller
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Is There a Gap in the Gap? Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap
In this paper, we investigate regional differences in the gender pay gap both theoretically and empirically. Within a spatial oligopsony model, we show that more densely populated labour markets are ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 60 (4), 412-439)
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J16, J42, J71
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4230
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Martin
Kahanec
Anzelika
Zaiceva
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Lessons from Migration after EU Enlargement
The Eastern enlargement of the EU was an institutional impetus to the migration potential in Europe. While the overall numbers of migrants from the new member states in the EU15 increased between ...
(published in: M. Kahanec and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2009, 3-45)
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F22, J61
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4229
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Adriana
Barone
Niall
O'Higgins
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Fat and Out in Salerno and Province: Adolescent Obesity and Early School Leaving in Southern Italy
In this paper, we focus on the causes and consequences of adolescent obesity from an economic perspective. The paper examines the determinants of obesity and its role in influencing early school ...
(revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (1), 44-57)
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I12, I21, J13
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4228
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Klara
Sabirianova
Peter
Steve
Buttrick
Denvil
Duncan
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Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries
In this paper we use a panel of 189 countries to describe the salient trends that have emerged in national personal income tax systems spanning the twenty five year period from 1981 to 2005. Using ...
(published in: National Tax Journal, 2010, 63 (3), 447-478)
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C8, E62, H2, H87, N10, O1
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4227
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Sandra
Cavaco
Denis
Fougère
Julien
Pouget
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Estimating the Effect of a Retraining Program on the Re-Employment Rate of Displaced Workers
In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44 (1), 261-287.)
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C41, J24, J64, J68
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4226
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Roger
Bandick
Holger
Görg
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Foreign Acquisition, Plant Survival, and Employment Growth
This paper analyses the effect of foreign acquisition on survival probability and employment growth of target plant using data on Swedish manufacturing plants during the period 1993-2002. An ...
(published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2010, 43(2), 547-573)
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F23, L23
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4225
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Alpaslan
Akay
Peter
Martinsson
Haileselassie
Medhin
Stefan
T.
Trautmann
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Attitudes toward Uncertainty among the Poor: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
We looked at risk and ambiguity attitudes among Ethiopian peasants in one of the poorest regions of the world and compared their attitudes to a standard Western university student sample elicited by ...
(revised version published in: Theory and Decision, 2012, 73 (3), 453-464 )
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D81, C93, O12
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4224
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Riccardo
Rovelli
Anzelika
Zaiceva
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Transition Fatigue? Cross-Country Evidence from Micro Data
The transition process has had different distributional impacts across different interest groups and countries. These have led to differences in the support for transition. In this paper, we study ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Did Support for Economic and Political Reforms Increase During the Post-Communist Transition, and If So, Why?' in: The Economics of Transition, 2013, 21 (2), 193-240.)
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O57, A13, P26, P36
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4222
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Stefanie
Behncke
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How Do Shocks to Non-Cognitive Skills Affect Test Scores?
This paper investigates the extent to which test performance is affected by shocks to non-cognitive skills. 440 students took a low stakes mathematics test. About half of them were exposed to ...
(published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 107/108, 155 - 173)
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C15, C21, C93, I20
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4221
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Susanne
Prantl
Alexandra
Spitz-Oener
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How Does Entry Regulation Influence Entry into Self-Employment and Occupational Mobility?
We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and occupational mobility. We exploit the German reunification as a natural ...
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (4), 769-802)
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J24, J62, K20, L11, L51, M13
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