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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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3727
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Cristina
Blanco Perez
Xavier
Ramos
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Polarisation and Health
This paper examines the effect of income polarisation on individual health. We argue that polarisation captures much better the social tension and conflict that underlie some of the pathways linking ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (1), 171-185)
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D31, I1
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3726
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Libertad
González
Berkay
Özcan
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The Risk of Divorce and Household Saving Behavior
We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48 (2), 404-434)
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J12, D10, K36, E21, D91
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3725
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Francine
D.
Blau
Lawrence
M.
Kahn
Kerry
L.
Papps
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation among Immigrants: 1980-2000
We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (1), 43-58)
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D10, J16, J22, J24, J61
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3724
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Randolph
Luca
Bruno
Maria
Bytchkova
Saul
Estrin
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Institutional Determinants of New Firm Entry in Russia: A Cross Regional Analysis
We analyse a three-year panel data set of Russian firms spanning from 2000 to 2002 and we investigate the effect of regional institutional and economic factors on entry rates across time, industries ...
(substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 5504)
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D21, L26, P31
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3723
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Pedro
Raposo
Jan
C.
van Ours
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How Working Time Reduction Affects Employment and Earnings
December 1, 1996 Portugal introduced a new law on working hours which gradually reduced the standard workweek from 44 hours to 40 hours. We study how this mandatory working hours reduction affected ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 106 (1), 61-63)
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J22, J31, J63, J81
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3722
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Leo
Kaas
Stefan
Zink
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Human Capital Investment with Competitive Labor Search
We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (4), 520-534)
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I22, J24, J31
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3721
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Alari
Paulus
Andreas
Peichl
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Effects of Flat Tax Reforms in Western Europe on Income Distribution and Work Incentives
The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency effects of flat tax scenarios for ...
(revised version published as 'Effects of flat tax reforms in Western Europe' in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2009, 31 (5), 620-636)
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C81, D31, H24
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3719
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Anna
Piil
Damm
Marie Louise
Schultz-Nielsen
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The Construction of Neighbourhoods and its Relevance for the Measurement of Social and Ethnic Segregation: Evidence from Denmark
In this paper we propose a model for constructing neighbourhoods based on geo-referenced data and administrative data. The 431,233 inhabited hectare cells in Denmark are clustered into 9,404 small ...
(published in: Danish Journal of Economics, 2008, 146 (3), 241-263)
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I3, J61, R2
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3718
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Robert
W.
Fairlie
Alicia
Robb
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Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 375-395)
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J15, L26
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3717
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Elisabeth
Fevang
Snorre
Kverndokk
Knut
Rřed
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Informal Care and Labor Supply
Based on Norwegian register data we show that having a lone parent in the terminal phase of life significantly affects the offspring's labor market activity. The employment propensity declines by ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Labor Supply in the Terminal Stages of Lone Parents’ Lives' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (4), 1399-1422)
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J14, J22
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