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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
4045 Carlo Altavilla
Floro Ernesto Caroleo
Unintended Effects of National-based Active Labour Market Policies
Labour market policies settled at national level imply a “one-size-fits-all” labour market strategy. This strategy might not sufficiently take into account region-specific economic structures. In ...
(published in: Regional Studies, 2011, iFirst)
C33, J64
4044 Benoît Mahy
François Rycx
Mélanie Volral
Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity in Different Working Environments
This paper investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different working environments. More precisely, it examines the interaction with: i) the skills of the workforce, using a ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011, 49 (3), 460 - 485)
J31, J24, M52
4042 Vincenzo Caponi
Cevat Burc Kayahan
Miana Plesca
The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions
So far the literature has found that the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on training decisions is ambiguous. On the one hand, the opportunity cost to train is lower during downturns, and thus ...
(revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Advances in Macroeconomics, , 2010, 10 (1), Article 28)
E32, J24
4041 Silvia Marchesi
Laura Sabani
Axel Dreher
Agency and Communication in IMF Conditional Lending: Theory and Empirical Evidence
We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency ...
(published as 'Read my lips: The role of information transmission in multilateral reform design ' in: Journal of International Economics. 2011, 84 (1), 86 - 98)
C23, D82, F33, N2
4040 David N.F. Bell
David G. Blanchflower
What Should Be Done about Rising Unemployment in the UK?
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as the current recessions deepens. It begins by trying to accurately date the ...
(published in two parts: 1) published as 'UK unemployment in the Great recessions' in: National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 214, R3-R25; 2) published as 'Underemployment in the UK in the Great Recession' in: National Institute Economic Review, 2011, 215, R1-R11)
J21
4039 Alexander K. Koch
Albrecht Morgenstern
Coordination under the Shadow of Career Concerns
To innovate, employees need to develop novel ideas and coordinate with each other to turn these ideas into better products and services. Work outcomes provide signals about employees' abilities to ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Topics in Theoretical Economics, 2010, 10 (1), Article 10)
D86, J30, L14, L20, M12, O30
4038 Guglielmo Maria Caporale
Thouraya Hadj Amor Essid
Christophe Rault
International Financial Integration and Real Exchange Rate Long-Run Dynamics in Emerging Countries: Some Panel Evidence
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three ...
(published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2011, 20 (6), 789 - 808)
E31, F0, F31, C15
4037 M. Ayhan Kose
Eswar Prasad
Kenneth Rogoff
Shang-Jin Wei
Financial Globalization and Economic Policies
We review the large literature on various economic policies that could help developing economies effectively manage the process of financial globalization. Our central findings indicate that policies ...
(published in: Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 5, The Netherlands: North-Holland, 2010, 4283-4362.)
F02, F21, F36, F4
4036 James P. Smith
Re-Constructing Childhood Health Histories
This paper provides evidence about the quality of retrospective childhood health histories given to respondents in the HRS and the PSID. Even though information on early life health events is ...
(published in: Demography 46(2):387-403, May 2009)
H0, J0
4034 Andries de Grip
Maarten Lindeboom
Raymond Montizaan
Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game
This paper assesses the impact of a dramatic reform of the Dutch pension system on mental health, savings behavior and retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 1–25)
I12, J08, J14, J26
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