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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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3770
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Nicola
Lacetera
Mario
Macis
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Motivating Altruism: A Field Study
This paper analyzes the effects of a legislative provision that grants a one-day paid leave of absence to blood donors who are employees in Italy. The analysis is based on a unique dataset with the ...
(published as 'Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2013, 29(6), 1384-1420)
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D12, D64, I18
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3769
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Helena
Holmlund
Sandra
McNally
Martina
Viarengo
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Does Money Matter for Schools?
There is considerable disagreement in the academic literature about whether raising school expenditure improves educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (6), 1154-1164)
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I21, H52
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3767
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Gesine
Stephan
André
Pahnke
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The Relative Effectiveness of Selected Active Labour Market Programmes and the Common Support Problem
For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the employment prospects of participants. First, our results show that different matching ...
(revised version published as 'The Relative Effectiveness of Selected Active Labor Market Programs: An Empiriccal Investigation for Germany' in: Manchester School, 2011, 79(6), 1262-1293)
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J68, J64, J65
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3766
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Ruth
Uwaifo Oyelere
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Understanding Low Average Returns to Education in Africa: The Role of Heterogeneity across Education Levels and the Importance of Political and Economic Reforms
Until very recently, the conventional wisdom was that the return to education was very high in Africa. However, some recent analysis point to low average returns to education in some African ...
(revised version published as 'Have returns to education changed in Nigeria? Uncovering the role of democratic reforms' in: Journal of African Economies, 2011, 20 (5), 737-780)
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J08, O12, O15, P5
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3765
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Lorenzo
Cappellari
Stephen
P.
Jenkins
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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain
We model the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey, waves 1–15. First, we discuss definitions of social assistance benefit ...
(Revised version: IZA DP 4457)
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I38, C33, C35
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3764
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Pieter
Bevelander
Ravi
Pendakur
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Electoral Participation as a Measure of Social Inclusion for Natives, Immigrants and Descendants in Sweden
Three decades ago, Sweden extended municipal and county voting privileges to non-citizen residents arguing that it would increase political influence, interest and self-esteem among foreign citizens. ...
(revised version published as 'Voting and social inclusion in Sweden' in: International Migration, 2011, 49 (4), 67 - 92)
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D72, J15, J61
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3763
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Mikael
Elinder
Henrik
Jordahl
Panu
Poutvaara
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Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and ...
(published as 'Promises, Policies and Pocketbook Voting' in: European Economic Review, 2015, 75, 177–194)
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C21, D72, H50
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3762
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Alexander
M.
Danzer
Hulya
Ulku
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Determinants of Integration and its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants: A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin
Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and ...
(revised version published as 'Integration, Social Networks and Economic Success of Immigrants' in: Kyklos, 2011, 64 (3), 342-365)
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O15, J15, C25, D10
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3760
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Blaise
Melly
Patrick
A.
Puhani
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Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records
We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years ...
(published under revised title in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (4), 918-944)
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J31, J45, L33
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3759
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Abdurrahman
B.
Aydemir
Wen-Hao
Chen
Miles
Corak
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Intergenerational Education Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants
We analyze the intergenerational education mobility of Canadian men and women born to immigrants. A detailed portrait of Canadians is offered, as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility ...
(published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2013, 39 (S1), S107-S122)
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F22, I20, J62
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12982Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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