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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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2237
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Claudia
Senik
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Is Man Doomed to Progress?
This paper is dedicated to the empirical exploration of the welfare effect of expectations and progress per se. Using ten waves of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, a panel household survey ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (1), 140-152)
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D31, D9, I31, Z13
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2236
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Simon
Gächter
Benedikt
Herrmann
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The Limits of Self-Governance in the Presence of Spite: Experimental Evidence from Urban and Rural Russia
We report evidence from public goods experiments with and without punishment which we conducted in Russia with 566 urban and rural participants of young and mature age cohorts. Russia is interesting ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (2), 193-210)
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H41, C91, D23, C72
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2235
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John
H.
Pencavel
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Earnings Inequality and Market Work in Husband-Wife Families
Constructing pseudo-panel data from successive Current Population Surveys, this paper analyzes earnings inequality in husband and wife families over the life cycle and over time. Particular attention ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 1-37)
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J31, J22, D63
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2234
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Stephen
Machin
Sandra
McNally
Olmo
Silva
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New Technology in Schools: Is There a Payoff?
Despite its high relevance to current policy debates, estimating the causal effect of Information Communication Technology (ICT) investment on educational standards remains fraught with difficulties. ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (522), 1145-1167)
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H52, I20, I28, J24
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2233
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Jonathan
Gardner
Andrew
J.
Oswald
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Money and Mental Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study of Medium-Sized Lottery Wins
One of the famous questions in social science is whether money makes people happy. We offer new evidence by using longitudinal data on a random sample of Britons who receive medium-sized lottery wins ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (1), 49-60)
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D1, I3
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2232
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Laszlo
Goerke
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Earnings-Related Severance Pay
In an efficiency wage economy, lump-sum severance pay from which shirkers can be excluded raises employment. However, severance payments are usually related to wages. It is shown that ...
(published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (4), 651-672)
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J32, J41, J65
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2230
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Brian
Krogh
Graversen
Peter
Jensen
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A Reappraisal of the Virtues of Private Sector Employment Programmes
In this paper, we evaluate the employment effects of Danish active labour market programmes aimed at welfare benefit recipients. We estimate an econometric model with treatment effects and discrete ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (3), 546-569)
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I38, J64, J68
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2229
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Paola
Giuliano
Antonio
Spilimbergo
Giovanni
Tonon
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Genetic, Cultural and Geographical Distances
This paper investigates how the measures of genetic distance between populations, which have been used in anthropology and historical linguistics, can be used in economics. What does the correlation ...
(published as 'Genetic Distance, Transportation Costs, and Trade' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2014, 14 (1), 179-198)
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Z10, F10
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2228
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Ken
Clark
Joanne
Lindley
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Immigrant Labour Market Assimilation and Arrival Effects: Evidence from the UK Labour Force Survey
We estimate models of earnings and employment outcomes for a sample of white and non-white male immigrants drawn from the Labour Force Survey between 1993 and 2002. Immigrants who arrived to enter ...
(revised version published as 'Immigrant assimilation pre and post labour market entry: evidence from the UK Labour Force Survey' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (1), 175-198)
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J23, J7
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2227
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Charles
Bellemare
Bruce
S.
Shearer
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Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment
The, often observed, positive correlation between incentive intensity and risk has been explained in two ways: the presence of transaction costs as determinants of contracts and the sorting of ...
( published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 108 (3), 345-348)
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J33, M52, C93
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2226
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José
Ramón
García
Hector
Sala
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The Tax System Incidence on Unemployment: A Country-Specific Analysis for the OECD Economies
This paper provides a detailed analysis on the incidence of the tax structure on the labor market. To do so it goes beyond the traditional examination of the ‘level’ effect of the fiscal wedge and ...
(published in: Economic Modelling, 2008, 25 (6), 1232-1245)
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E24, E62
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2225
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Matteo
Cervellati
Piergiuseppe
Fortunato
Uwe
Sunde
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Consensual and Conflictual Democratization
We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where heterogeneous individuals can get involved in predation activities. The features of ...
(revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2012, 12 (1), Article 33)
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H10, O20, N10
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2224
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Augustin
de Coulon
François-Charles
Wolff
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The Location of Immigrants at Retirement: Stay/Return or ‘Va-et-Vient’?
In this paper, we investigate the location choice of immigrants when retiring. In a context where labour considerations no longer matter, the location decisions are expected to depend not only on a ...
(published as: "Location intentions of immigrants at retirement: stay/return or go "back and forth?", in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (26), 3319-33)
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J26, O15, R23
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2223
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Marcel
Neutel
Almas
Heshmati
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Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships: A Cross Country Evidence
In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of ...
(published in: Vandana Sjajan (ed.), Globalization and Income Inequality, The ICFAI University Press: Hyderabad, 2010)
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C43, F15, O57
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2221
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René
Böheim
Andrea
Weber
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The Effects of Marginal Employment on Subsequent Labour Market Outcomes
We analyse the consequences of starting a wage subsidised job, “marginal employment”, for unemployed workers. Marginal employment is a type of wage subsidy paid to unemployed workers and they do not ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2011, 12 (2), 165 - 181)
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J22, J64
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2220
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Jens
Suedekum
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Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy
We introduce a simple oligopolistic trade model with international transportation costs, and analyze the profitability and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to ...
(published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2008, 164 (3), 477-508)
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F12, F23, L13, L52
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2219
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Paul
Frijters
Michael A.
Shields
Stephen
Wheatley Price
Jenny
Williams
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Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples
Passive smoking is a major public health issue. This paper documents the main risk factors that determine children’s exposure to passive smoke, and then uses econometric techniques to provide a new ...
(revised version published in: Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-Statistics In Society, 174 (1) 2011, 195-212)
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D1, I1
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2218
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Maarten
C.M.
Vendrik
Geert
Woltjer
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Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison
A central finding in happiness research is that a person’s income relative to the average income in her social reference group is more important for her life satisfaction than the absolute level of ...
(published as 'Happiness and loss aversion: Is utility concave or convex in relative income?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1423-1448)
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I31, D6
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2217
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Nauro
F.
Campos
Cheng
Hsiao
Jeffrey
B.
Nugent
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Crises, What Crises?
Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types ...
(published as 'Crises, What Crises? New Evidence on the Relative Roles of Political and Economic Crises in Begetting Reforms' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46 (10), 1670-1691)
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H11, K20, E32, O40
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2214
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Stephen
Gibbons
Stephen
Machin
Olmo
Silva
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Choice, Competition and Pupil Achievement
Choice and competition in education have found growing support from both policy makers and academics in the recent past. Yet, evidence on the actual benefits of market-oriented reforms is at best ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (4), 912-947)
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I20, H70, R5
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2213
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Jens
Ludwig
Jeffrey
R.
Kling
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Is Crime Contagious?
Understanding whether criminal behavior is “contagious” is important for law enforcement and for policies that affect how people are sorted across social settings. We test the hypothesis that ...
(published in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2007, 50 (3), 491-518 )
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H43, I18, J23
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2212
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Carmel
U.
Chiswick
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The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation
Expanding on the concept of ethnic human capital, the paper distinguishes between cultural assimilation compatible with persistent ethnic groups and assimilation through intermarriage and other ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (4), 859 - 880)
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J11, J15, J24, Z13
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2211
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Anne
C.
Gielen
Marcel
Kerkhofs
Jan
C.
van Ours
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Performance Related Pay and Labor Productivity
This paper uses information from a panel of Dutch firms to investigate the labor productivity effects of performance related pay (PRP). We find that PRP increases labor productivity at the firm level ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 291-301)
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C41, H55, J64, J65
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2210
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Robert
A.
Hart
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Piece Work Pay and Hourly Pay over the Cycle
This paper investigates the relative cyclical behavior of the pay of piece workers and hourly paid workers. It uses a unique data set of blue-collar workers in British engineering between 1926 and ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(5), 1006-1022)
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E32, J31, J33
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2209
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Michèle
Belot
John
Ermisch
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Friendship Ties and Geographical Mobility: Evidence from the BHPS
A common finding in analyses of geographic mobility is a strong association between past movement and current mobility, a phenomenon that has given rise to the so called ‘mover-stayer model’. We ...
(published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 2009, 172 (2), 427-442)
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J61, Z13
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2208
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Andrew
J.
Oswald
Nattavudh
Powdthavee
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Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges
Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This paper argues that economists are wrong to do so. It provides longitudinal evidence ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (5-6), 1061-1077)
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D1, I3, I31, K0
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2207
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Andrea
Ichino
Enrico
Moretti
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Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism and the Earning Gap
In most Western countries illness-related absenteeism is higher among female workers than among male workers. Using the personnel dataset of a large Italian bank, we show that the probability of an ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 183-218)
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J7, M5
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2206
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Menzie
D.
Chinn
Robert
W.
Fairlie
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ICT Use in the Developing World: An Analysis of Differences in Computer and Internet Penetration
Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, 2010, 18 (1), 153 - 167)
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O30, L96
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2205
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Thomas
Dohmen
Armin
Falk
David
B.
Huffman
Uwe
Sunde
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Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Prevalence, Behavior and Success
Experimental evidence has convincingly shown the existence of reciprocal inclinations, i.e., a tendency for people to respond in-kind to hostile or kind actions. Little is known, however, about: (i) ...
(published in: The Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 592 - 612)
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D63, J3, J6
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2204
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Tuomas
Pekkarinen
Roope
Uusitalo
Sari
Pekkala Kerr
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility: Evidence from the Finnish Comprehensive School Reform
Many authors have recently suggested that the heterogeneity in the quality of early education
may be one of the key mechanisms underlying the intergenerational persistence of earnings. This paper ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, 965-973)
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D31, J62, I20
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2203
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Giorgio
Brunello
Simona
Lorena
Comi
Daniela
Sonedda
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Income Taxes and the Composition of Pay
According to the standard principal-agent model, the optimal composition of pay should balance the provision of incentives with the individual demand for insurance. Do income taxes alter this ...
(published as 'Income Taxes and the Composition of Pay: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 58 (3), 297 - 322)
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J33, H24
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2202
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Alberto
Chong
Jose
C.
Galdo
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Does the Quality of Training Programs Matter? Evidence from Bidding Processes Data
We estimate the effect of training quality on earnings using a Peruvian program, which targets disadvantaged youths. The identification of causal effects is possible because of two attractive ...
(updated version published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (6), 970-986 )
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I38, H43, C13, C14
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2201
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Robert
W.
Fairlie
Harry
A.
Krashinsky
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Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited
A large body research shows a positive relationship between wealth and entrepreneurship and interprets the relationship as providing evidence of liquidity constraints. Recently, however, the ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (2), 279-306)
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J01
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2200
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Rafael
Lalive
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How Do Extended Benefits Affect Unemployment Duration? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 142 (2), 785-806)
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C41, J64, J65
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2199
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Gil
S.
Epstein
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Extremism within the Family
This paper considers an economic analysis of intergenerational transition of ethnic and social trait. We consider the level of social traits chosen by parents and its effect on their children's ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 707-715)
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F22, J1, D1
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2198
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Spyros
Konstantopoulos
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Fixed and Mixed Effects Models in Meta-Analysis
The last three decades the accumulation of quantitative research evidence has led to the development of systematic methods for combining information across samples of related studies. Although a few ...
(published in: J. Osborne (ed.), Best Practices in Quantitative Methods. Sage, 2007)
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C02
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2196
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M. Hashem
Pesaran
Allan
Timmermann
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Testing Dependence among Serially Correlated Multi-Category Variables
The contingency table literature on tests for dependence among discrete multi-category variables is extensive. Existing tests assume, however, that draws are independent, and there are no tests that ...
(published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2009, 104 (485), 325-337)
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C12, C22, C42, C52
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2194
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Etienne
Lehmann
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A Search Model of Unemployment and Inflation
In this paper, I introduce money in the standard labor-matching model (Mortensen and Pissarides 1999, Pissarides 2000). A double coincidence problem makes Fiat Money necessary as a medium of ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (1), 245-266.)
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E24, E52, J64
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2193
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Bernd
Fitzenberger
Karsten
Kohn
Qingwei
Wang
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The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions
Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 141-165)
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J51
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2192
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Pablo
Brañas-Garza
Shoshana
Neuman
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Is Fertility Related to Religiosity? Evidence from Spain
The paper explores the relationship between religiosity and fertility among Catholics in Spain, thereby answering the question whether the two parallel trends of dramatic drops in fertility and in ...
(revised version published as 'Is Fertility Indeed Related to Religiosity? A Note on: 'Marital Fertility and Religion in Spain, 1985 and 1999' ' in: Population Studies, 2007, 60 (2), 219-224)
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Z12, J12, J13, D13
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2191
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Jérôme
Adda
Francesca
Cornaglia
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The Effect of Taxes and Bans on Passive Smoking
This paper evaluates the effect of excise taxes and bans on smoking in public places on the exposure to tobacco smoke of non-smokers. We use a novel way of quantifying passive smoking: we use data on ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2 (1), 1-32)
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I1
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2190
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Eric
I.
Knudsen
James
J.
Heckman
Judy
L.
Cameron
Jack
P.
Shonkoff
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Economic, Neurobiological and Behavioral Perspectives on Building America's Future Workforce
A growing proportion of the U.S. workforce will have been raised in disadvantaged environments that are associated with relatively high proportions of individuals with diminished cognitive and social ...
(published in: World Economics, 2006, 7 (3), 17 - 41)
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H43, I28, J13
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2189
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Albert
Saiz
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Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities
Is there a local economic impact of immigration? Immigration pushes up rents and housing values in US destination cities. The positive association of rent growth and immigrant inflows is pervasive in ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2007, 61(2), 345-371)
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J61, R23, R31
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2188
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John
H.
Pencavel
Luigi
Pistaferri
Fabiano
Schivardi
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Wages, Employment, and Capital in Capitalist and Worker-Owned Firms
Differences in wages, employment, and capital between worker-owned and capitalist enterprises are computed from a matched employer-worker panel data set from Italy, the market economy with the ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 60 (1), 23-44)
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J54, D21, L21
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2187
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Markus
Frölich
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Statistical Treatment Choice: An Application to Active Labour Market Programmes
Choosing among a number of available treatments the most suitable for a given subject is an issue of everyday concern. A physician has to choose an appropriate drug treatment or medical treatment for ...
(published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2008, 103 (482), 547-558)
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C13, C14
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2186
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Lawrence
M.
Kahn
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The Economics of College Sports: Cartel Behavior vs. Amateurism
This paper studies intercollegiate athletics in the context of the theory of cartels. Some point to explicit attempts by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to restrict output and ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21 (1), 209-226)
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L12, L44, I21
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2184
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James
J.
Heckman
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Contributions of Zvi Griliches
In this article, I summarize Griliches’ contributions to economics and to applied econometrics.
(published in: Annales d'Economie et Statistique, 2005 (Special issue in tribute to Zvi Griliches),79-80, 5 - 22)
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B31, D24, O33
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2183
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Pablo
Brañas-Garza
Shoshana
Neuman
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Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain
The paper examines intergenerational transmission of 'religious capital' from parents to their offspring, within an economic framework of a production function of 'religiosity' where parental inputs ...
(published in: Revista Internacional de Sociologia, 2011, 69 (3), 649-677 in English)
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Z12, J12, J13, D13
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2182
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Horst
Entorf
Martina
Lauk
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Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School: An International Comparison
This article analyses the school performance of migrants dependent on peer groups in different international schooling environments. Using data from the international OECD PISA test, we consider ...
(published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2008, 34(4), 633-654)
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I21
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2180
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Francine
D.
Blau
Lawrence
M.
Kahn
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Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980-2000
Using March Current Population Survey (CPS) data, we investigate married women’s labor supply behavior from 1980 to 2000. We find that their labor supply function for annual hours shifted sharply to ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25(3), 393-438)
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J16, J22
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