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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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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
Røed
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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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3716
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Michael
P.
Pflüger
Takatoshi
Tabuchi
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Trade and Location with Land as a Productive Factor
This paper is motivated by the fact that, contrary to its importance in practice, the role of land for production has received no attention in the new trade theory and the new economic geography. We ...
(published in revised form as 'The size of regions with land use for production ' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2010, 40 (6), 481 - 489)
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F12, F22, R12
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3715
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Andreas
Peichl
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The Benefits of Linking CGE and Microsimulation Models: Evidence from a Flat Tax Analysis
Mircrosimulation models (MSM) and Computable General Equilibrium models (CGE) have both been widely used in policy analysis. The combination of these two model types allows the utilisation of the ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2009, 12 (2), 301-329)
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D58, H2, J22
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3714
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Christian
Haefke
Marcus
Sonntag
Thijs
van Rens
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Wage Rigidity and Job Creation
Standard macroeconomic models underpredict the volatility of unemployment fluctuations. A common solution is to assume wages are rigid. We explore whether this explanation is consistent with the ...
(published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2013, 60, 887 - 899.)
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E24, E32, J31, J41, J64
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3713
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Kenneth
A.
Couch
Robert
W.
Fairlie
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Last Hired, First Fired? Black-White Unemployment and the Business Cycle
Past studies have tested the claim that blacks are the last hired during periods of economic growth and the first fired in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the ...
(published as 'Black-White Unemployment and the Business Cycle' in: Demography, 2010, 47 (1), 227-247)
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J15
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3712
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Marika
Karanassou
Hector
Sala
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The Rise and Fall of Spanish Unemployment: A Chain Reaction Theory Perspective
The evolution of Spanish unemployment has been quite idiosyncratic. The full employment levels of the early seventies were followed by unemployment rates that were the highest within the OECD ...
(published in: Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer (eds.), International Papers in Political Economy, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009)
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E22, E24, J21
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3711
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Deniz
Gevrek
Z. Eylem
Gevrek
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Nepotism, Incentives and the Academic Success of College Students
This study investigates the role of self-employed parents on their children's post-graduation plans and college success by using a unique data set from a private university in Turkey. We assembled ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (3), 581-591)
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J24
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