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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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3155
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Aslan
Zorlu
Jan
Latten
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Ethnic Sorting in the Netherlands
This paper examines the residential mobility behaviour of migrants and natives in the Netherlands using a rich administrative individual data file. The inclination to move and the choice of ...
(published in: Urban Studies, 2009, 46 (9), 1899-1923)
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J1, J6, R3
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3153
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John
de New
Mathias
Sinning
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Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (4), 715-733)
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F22, I31, Z13
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3151
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Eliane
El Badaoui
Eric
Strobl
Frank
Walsh
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Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty? Evidence from South Africa
We estimate the wage penalty associated with working in the South African informal sector. To this end we use a rich data set on non-self employed males that allows one to accurately distinguish ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2008, 56 (3), 683–710)
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J31, O17
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3150
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Leif
Danziger
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The Elasticity of Labor Demand and the Minimum Wage
We show that, contrary to widespread belief, low-pay workers do not generally prefer that the minimum wage rate be increased until the labor demand is unitary elastic. Rather, there exists a critical ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (3), 757-772)
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J38
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3149
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Stefanie
Behncke
Markus
Frölich
Michael
Lechner
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Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?
In many countries, caseworkers in a public employment office have the dual roles of counselling and monitoring unemployed persons. These roles often conflict with each other leading to important ...
(published in: Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (1), 67-92)
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J68, C31
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3147
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Pernilla
Andersson Joona
Eskil
Wadensjö
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The Employees of Native and Immigrant Self-Employed
Using unique register data for Sweden we can match self-employed persons to their employees. We analyze the national composition of the employees and ask if self-employed immigrants mainly employ ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 229 - 250)
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J15, J61
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3146
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Martin
Kahanec
Mariapia
Mendola
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Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain
The labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in advanced societies and their dependence on social relationships and membership in social networks are important empirical issues with significant ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 167-195 )
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J7, J15, J21
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3144
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René
Böheim
Ana Rute
Cardoso
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Temporary Agency Work in Portugal, 1995–2000
There is widespread belief that workers in temporary agency work (TAW) are subject to poorer working conditions, in particular pay, than comparable workers in the rest of the economy. The first aim ...
(published as 'Temporary help services employment in Portugal, 1995-2000' in: David H. Autor (ed.), Studies of Labor Market Intermediation. Chicago: Chicago Univ. Press and NBER, 2009, 520-560)
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D21, J31, J40
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3143
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Guido
Friebel
Wendelin
Schnedler
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Team Governance: Empowerment or Hierarchical Control
We investigate a team setting in which workers have different degrees of commitment to the outcome of their work. We show that if there are complementarities in production and if the team manager has ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, 78 (1-2), 1-13)
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M54, D86
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3142
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Clemens
Fuest
Andreas
Peichl
Thilo
Schaefer
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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
The success of the flat rate tax in Eastern Europe suggests that this concept could also be a model for the welfare states of Western Europe. The present paper uses a simulation model to analyse the ...
(revised version published as "Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany" in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2008, 15 (5), 620-636)
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D31, D60, H20
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3141
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Laszlo
Goerke
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Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts and Collective Wage Determination
Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts (UISAs) entitle workers to unemployment benefits at the expense of future pension payments. Therefore, such accounts make unemployment less attractive, ...
(published as 'The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts in the Presence of Collective Bargaining Contracts' in: W. Franz, H.-J. Ramser, M. Stadler (Hrsg.), Arbeitsverträge – Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Seminar Ottobeuren, Tübingen, 2008, 37, 199-226)
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J38, J51, J65, J68
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3140
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Martin
Kahanec
Mehmet
S.
Tosun
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Political Economy of Immigration in Germany: Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations
This paper examines resident foreigners’ interest in German citizenship. The study focuses on the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners, intergenerational ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2009, 43 (2), 263 - 291)
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F22, J15, J22
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3139
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David
G.
Blanchflower
Andrew
J.
Oswald
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What Makes a Young Entrepreneur?
This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on young people’s employment, attitudes and entrepreneurial behaviour. Among other sources, the paper uses the Eurobarometer ...
(published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge: 2009)
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J21
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3137
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James
Albrecht
Axel
Z.
Anderson
Susan
Vroman
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Search by Committee
We consider the problem of sequential search when the decision to stop searching is made by a committee. We show that a symmetric stationary equilibrium exists and is unique given that the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2010, 145(4), 1386-1407)
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D72, D83
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3136
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Kostas
Mavromaras
Seamus
McGuinness
Nigel
C.
O'Leary
Peter J.
Sloane
Yin
King
Fok
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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain
This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses unique information in the WERS and HILDA surveys on reported overskilling in the ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2010, 78(3), 219-238)
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J24, J31
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3135
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Mayssun
El-Attar
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Trust, Child Care Technology Choice and Female Labor Force Participation
In this paper we test the effect of trust on the choice of child care technology. We estimate individual-level trust as a latent attribute using survey questions on personal attitudes by applying the ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (4), 507-544)
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J13, J22, D10
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3134
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Joshua
Angrist
Daniel
W.
Lang
Philip
Oreopoulos
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Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner. This paper reports on a randomized field experiment involving two strategies designed to improve ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 136–63.)
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I21, I28, J24
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3133
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Jocelyn
A.
Lehrer
Vivian
L.
Lehrer
Evelyn
L.
Lehrer
Pamela
Oyarzun
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Sexual Violence in College Students in Chile
Young women's experiences of sexual victimization can have far-reaching consequences, including unwanted pregnancy and increased risk of psychological, sexual, and reproductive health difficulties; ...
(published in: International Family Planning Perspectives, 2007, 33(4), 168-175)
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J4, J16, I12, I18
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3132
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Arghya
Ghosh
Takao
Kato
Hodaka
Morita
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Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and Competitive Pressure
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous ...
(revised version published as 'Incremental innovation and competitive pressure in the presence of discrete innovation' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 135, 1-14)
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L10, L60, M50, O30
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3130
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David
G.
Blanchflower
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Entrepreneurship in the United States
In this paper I examine changes in self-employment that have occurred since the early 1980s in the United States. It is a companion paper to a recent equivalent paper relating to the UK. Data on ...
(published in: Annals of Finance, 2009, 5 (3-4), 361-396)
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J15
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3128
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Peter
Haan
Katharina
Wrohlich
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Optimal Taxation: The Design of Child Related Cash- and In-Kind-Benefits
This paper contributes to the debate about the optimal design of tax-transfer systems. Based on the theory of optimal taxation, combined with microsimulation and microeconometric techniques we derive ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2010, 11(3), 278-301)
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C23, C25, J22, J64
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3126
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Alessandra
Catozzella
Marco
Vivarelli
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The Catalysing Role of In-House R & D in Fostering the Complementarity of Innovative Inputs
The aim of this study is to test the possible catalysing role of in-house R&D in fostering the complementarity of innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third ...
(published in: Industry and Innovation, 2014, 21, 179-196 )
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O31
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3125
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John
S.
Earle
Álmos
Telegdy
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Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials Using LEED from Hungary, 1986–2003
Studies of public-private and foreign-domestic wage differentials face difficulties distinguishing ownership effects from correlated characteristics of workers and firms. This paper estimates these ...
(published in: Analysis of Firms and Employees - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (F. Andersson, S. Bender, J. Lane, K. Shaw, and T. von Wachter, eds.), NBER and University of Chicago, 2008.)
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D21, G34, J23, J31, L33, P31
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3124
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Hiroshi
Ono
Madeline
Zavodny
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Immigrants, English Ability and the Digital Divide
This study examines the extent and causes of inequalities in information technology (IT) ownership and use between natives and immigrants in the U.S., focusing on the role of English ability. The ...
(published in: Social Forces, 2008, 86 (4), 1455-1480)
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J61, F22, O33
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3123
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Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Maarten
Lindeboom
France
Portrait
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Long-Run Longevity Effects of a Nutritional Shock Early in Life: The Dutch Potato Famine of 1846–1847
Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few studies have demonstrated long-run effects on survival of early life nutrition, ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (5), 617-629)
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N33, J10, I10
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3121
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Charles
Bellemare
Luc
Bissonnette
Sabine
Kröger
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Flexible Approximation of Subjective Expectations Using Probability Questions: An Application to the Investment Game
We use spline interpolation to approximate the subjective cumulative distribution function of an economic agent over the future realization of a continuous (possibly censored) random variable. The ...
(published separately as ‘Flexible Approximation of Subjective Expectations Using Probability Questions ‘in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2012, 30 (1), 125 - 131 and as ‘Bounding Preference Parameters under Different Assumptions about Beliefs: a Partial Identification Approach’ in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13, 334 - 345)
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C81, C10, D39
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3120
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Maria
Knoth
Humlum
Kristin
J.
Kleinjans
Helena
Skyt
Nielsen
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An Economic Analysis of Identity and Career Choice
Standard economic models which focus on pecuniary payoffs cannot explain why there are highly able individuals who choose careers with low pecuniary returns. Therefore, financial incentives are ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50 (1), 39-61)
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I21
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3117
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Andreas
Roider
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Risk, Delegation, and Project Scope
This paper studies a partial-contracting model where an agent may provide effort to increase a project’s scope before some later decisions have to be taken. Consistent with existing empirical ...
(revised version published as 'Delegation, Risk, and Project Scope ' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2009, 165 (2), 193-209)
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D86, D21, D23, G34, L14
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3114
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Marco
Caliendo
Alexander
S.
Kritikos
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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken
Support schemes for unemployed aiming for self-employment have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the “start-up subsidy” was added to the existing “bridging allowance”. In 2006 both ...
(published in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2009, 10(2), 189-213)
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J68, M13
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3112
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Pedro
S.
Martins
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Dismissals for Cause: The Difference That Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make
This paper provides evidence about the effects of dismissals-for-cause requirements, a specific component of employment protection legislation that has received little attention despite its potential ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 27(2), 257–279, 2009)
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E24, J64, J65
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3110
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Andrea
Ichino
Guido
Schwerdt
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
Josef
Zweimüller
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Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?
We use firm closure data from social security records for Austria 1978-1998 to investigate the effect of age on employment prospects. We rely on exact matching to compare workers displaced due to ...
(published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2017, 9, 14-29)
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J14, J65
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3109
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Robert
Pollak
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Family Bargaining and Taxes: A Prolegomenon to the Analysis of Joint Taxation
Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins by reviewing unitary and bargaining models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses the determinants of ...
(published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (2), 216-244)
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H21, H24, D13, J22
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3107
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Thomas
J.
Kniesner
W.
Kip
Viscusi
Christopher
Woock
James
P.
Ziliak
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Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life
Our research addresses fundamental long-standing concerns in the compensating wage differentials literature and its public policy implications: the econometric properties of estimates of the value of ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (1) , 74-87)
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I10, J17, J28, K00
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3106
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Sara
Connolly
Mary
Gregory
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Moving Down: Women’s Part-time Work and Occupational Change in Britain 1991–2001
The UK’s Equal Opportunities Commission has recently drawn attention to the ‘hidden brain drain’ when women working part-time are employed in occupations below those for which they are qualified. ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118(526), F52-F76)
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C23, C25, C33, C35, J16, J22, J62
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3105
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Takao
Kato
Hideo
Owan
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Market Characteristics, Intra-Firm Coordination, and the Choice of Human Resource Management Systems: Evidence from New Japanese Data
This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglected linkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of ...
(published as 'Market characteristics, intra-firm coordination, and the choice of human resource management systems: Theory and evidence' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, 80 (3), 375-396 )
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M5, L2, J53, D2
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3104
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Josef
Fersterer
Jörn-Steffen
Pischke
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. There is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and there ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 104 (4), 733-753)
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J24, J31
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3103
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Giorgio
Coricelli
Mateus
Joffily
Claude
Montmarquette
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Tax Evasion: Cheating Rationally or Deciding Emotionally?
The economic models of tax compliance predict that individuals should evade taxes when the expected benefit of cheating is greater than its expected cost. When this condition is fulfilled, the high ...
(revised version published as "Cheating, Emotions, and Rationality: An Experiment on Tax Evasion" in: Experimental Economics, 2010, 13(2), 226-247)
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C91, C92, D87, H26
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3102
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Giorgio
Brunello
Margherita
Fort
Guglielmo
Weber
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“For One More Year with You”: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe
Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the ...
(published as 'Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe' in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 516 - 539 )
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J24
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3101
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Sara
Connolly
Mary
Gregory
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Part-time Employment Can Be a Life-time Setback for Earnings: A Study of British Women 1975–2001
Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61(S1), i76-97)
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C23, C25, C33, C35, J16, J22, J62
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3099
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Francesca
Francavilla
Gianna
Claudia
Giannelli
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The Relation between Child Labour and Mothers' Work: The Case of India
The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that has recently drawn much attention at the international level, that is, how to invest in women’s rights to advance ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (2), 232 - 257)
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J13, J22, O15, O18
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3097
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Ruth
Uwaifo Oyelere
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Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story
In the last two decades, the social and economic benefits of formal education in Sub-Saharan Africa have been debated. Anecdotal evidence points to low returns to education in Africa. Unfortunately, ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 128-139 )
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J24, I21, I29, O12
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3096
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Eric
D.
Gould
Eyal
Winter
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Interactions Between Workers and the Technology of Production: Evidence from Professional Baseball
This paper examines how the effort choices of workers within the same firm interact with each other. In contrast to the existing literature, we show that workers can affect the productivity of their ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2009, 91(1), 188–200)
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J2
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3095
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Jose
C.
Galdo
Jeffrey
A.
Smith
Dan
A.
Black
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Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
This paper addresses the selection of smoothing parameters for estimating the average treatment effect on the treated using matching methods. Because precise estimation of the expected counterfactual ...
(published in: Annales d'Economie et Statistique, 2008, 91-92, 189-216)
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C13, C14
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3094
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Rita
K.
Almeida
Pedro
Carneiro
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Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy: Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil
This paper studies the impact of an increase in the enforcement of labor regulations on unemployment and inequality, using city level data from Brazil. We find that stricter enforcement (affecting ...
(substantially revised and extended version available as IZA DP No. 5902)
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J23, J30, K31, D63
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3093
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Rachel
Connelly
Jean
Kimmel
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The Role of Nonstandard Work Hours in Maternal Caregiving for Young Children
This paper examines the effect of the timing of mothers’ daily work schedules on the amount of maternal caregiving she engages in on that same day. We look at total caregiving time on weekdays, early ...
(published as 'The Role of Non-standard Work Status in Parental Caregiving for Young Children ' in Eastern Economic Journal, 2011, 37 (2), 248-269 )
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J13, J22
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3090
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Tim
Callan
Arthur
van Soest
John
R.
Walsh
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Tax Structure and Female Labour Market Participation: Evidence from Ireland
How great an effect does the structure of income taxes have on women’s labour market participation? This issue is investigated using a discrete choice static labour supply model for married couples ...
(published in: Labour, 2009, 23(1), 1-35)
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H31, J22
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3088
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Bertil
Holmlund
Martin
Söderström
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Estimating Income Responses to Tax Changes: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach
Recent research on the behavioral effects of income taxes has to a large extent focused on the elasticity of taxable income with respect to the net-of-tax rate, i.e., one minus the marginal tax rate. ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2011, 11 (1))
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H24, H31, J22
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3087
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Nauro
F.
Campos
Menelaos
G.
Karanasos
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Growth, Volatility and Political Instability: Non-Linear Time-Series Evidence for Argentina, 1896–2000
What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly or indirectly, through volatility? This paper tries to answer such questions ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (1), 135-137)
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C14, O40, E23, D72
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3086
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Sonia
R.
Bhalotra
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Fatal Fluctuations? Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India
This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India and investigates likely mechanisms. A recent OECD-dominated literature shows that mortality at most ages is ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 93 (1), 7-19)
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I12, J10, O49
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3085
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Stefanie
Behncke
Markus
Frölich
Michael
Lechner
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Targeting Labour Market Programmes: Results from a Randomized Experiment
We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their ...
(published in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik / Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 145 (3), 221-268)
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J68
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