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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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1811
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Alois
Stutzer
Bruno
S.
Frey
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Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?
This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a
longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likely
for ...
(published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 326-347)
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D13, I31, J12
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1810
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Herwig
Immervoll
Henrik
Jacobsen
Kleven
Claus
Thustrup
Kreiner
Emmanuel
Saez
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Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis
This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in
the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue
neutral and ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007. 118 (516), 1-44)
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H20
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1809
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Wim
P.
Vijverberg
Joop
Hartog
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On Simplifying the Structure of Labour Demand: An Analysis of the DOT Data
We analyse the information in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to characterize the
structure of labour demand. Two dimensions, an intellectual factor and a dexterity factor
capture most ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42(13), 1747-1760)
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J21, J23, J31
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1808
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David
A.
Jaeger
M. Daniele
Paserman
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The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the
outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than
3,300 Palestinians ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2008, 98 (4), 1591-1604)
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C32, D71, D74, H56
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1807
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Don
J.
DeVoretz
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An Auction Model of Canadian Temporary Immigration for the 21st Century
Temporary Canadian immigration has grown beyond traditional programs for students,
caregivers and agricultural workers to include trade-related temporary visas under NAFTA
and the GATS. Several ...
(published in: International Migration, 2008, 46 (1), 3–17)
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F22, J61
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1806
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Federico
Biagi
Claudio
Lucifora
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Demographic and Education Effects on Unemployment in Europe: Economic Factors and Labour Market Institutions
We analyse the effects of demographic and education changes on unemployment rates in
Europe. Using a panel of European countries for the 1980-2000 period - disaggregated by
cohort, gender and ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(5), 1076-1101)
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E24, J31, J51, J65
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1805
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Charles
Grant
Winfried
Koeniger
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Redistributive Taxation and Personal Bankruptcy in US States
Both personal bankruptcy and redistributive taxes can insure households' consumption risk
and both vary considerably across US states. We derive sufficient conditions under which
more ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52 (3), 445-467)
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E21, E61, G18
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1804
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C. Simon
Fan
Xiangdong
Wei
Junsen
Zhang
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'Soft' Skills, 'Hard' Skills, and the Black/White Earnings Gap
This paper provides both a theoretical and an empirical investigation into the impact of job skill types on the black/white pay differentials. The theoretical analysis derives that the more ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55 (2), 1032-1053)
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J24, J31, J71
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1803
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Leo
Turcotte
John
Robst
Solomon
Polachek
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Medical Interventions among Pregnant Women in Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Insurance: A Propensity Score Analysis
We extend prior research on the effect of managed care on the receipt of four medical interventions for pregnant women: ultrasound, induction/stimulation of birth, electronic fetal monitor, and ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38 (13), 1513-1525)
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I10
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1802
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Caitlin
Knowles
Myers
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Discrimination as a Competitive Device: The Case of Local Television News
Local news offers a unique look not only at customer preferences but also at the strategic response of firms to these preferences. This paper uses a combination of ratings data and newly gathered ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2008, 8(1))
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J71
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1801
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Sascha
O.
Becker
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Introducing Time-to-Educate in a Job Search Model
Transition patterns from school to work differ considerably across OECD countries. Some countries exhibit high youth unemployment rates, which can be considered an indicator of the difficulty facing ...
(published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2006, 58 (1), 61–72)
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E24, J31, J41, J64
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1800
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L. Rachel
Ngai
Christopher
A.
Pissarides
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Structural Change in a Multi-Sector Model of Growth
We study a multi-sector model of growth with differences in TFP growth rates across sectors and derive sufficient conditions for the coexistence of structural change, characterized by sectoral labor ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (1), 429-443)
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O41, O14
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1799
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Bruce
Fallick
Charles
A.
Fleischman
James
B.
Rebitzer
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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster
In Silicon Valley's computer cluster, skilled employees are reported to move rapidly between competing firms. This job-hopping facilitates the reallocation of resources towards firms with superior ...
(published in: Review of Economic and Statistics, 2006, 88(3), 472-481)
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R12, L63, O3, J63, J48
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1798
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Ansgar
H.
Belke
Bernhard
Herz
Lukas
Vogel
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Structural Reforms and the Exchange Rate Regime: A Panel Analysis for the World versus OECD Countries
We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The ...
(published in: International Finance, 2006, 9 (3), 317-342)
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D78, E52, E61
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1797
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Alessandro
Cigno
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A Constitutional Theory of the Family
The paper re-examines the idea that a family can be viewed as a community governed by a self-enforcing constitution, and extends existing results in two directions. First, it identifies circumstances ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 259-289)
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C72, D02, D13, D71, D74, D91, H55, J13, J14
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1795
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
Mathias
Sinning
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Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Tobit Models
In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by ...
(published in: Applied Economics , 2010, 42 (12), 1569-1575)
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C24, J31
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1794
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Dorothea
Kübler
Wieland
Müller
Hans-Theo
Normann
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Job Market Signaling and Screening: An Experimental Comparison
We analyze the Spence education game in experimental markets. We compare a signaling and a screening variant, and we analyze the effect of increasing the number of competing employers from two to ...
(published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2008, 64 (1), 219-236)
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C35, I2, J24, P3, P52
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1793
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Francesco
Pastore
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To Study or to Work? Education and Labour Market Participation of Young People in Poland
This paper proposes Heckprobit estimates of the determinants of labour market participation of a sample of young (15-30) Poles, controlling for the sample selection bias caused by excluding those in ...
(published in: Eastern European Economics, 2012, 50 (3), 49-78)
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C35, I2, J24, P3, P52
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1791
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Fabio
Schiantarelli
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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence
The main purpose of this paper is to provide a critical overview of the recent empirical contributions that use cross country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a ...
(published in: N. Loayza and L. Serven (eds): The Microeconomic Underpinning of Growth, The World Bank, 2010)
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D24, K20, L10, L51, O31, O40, O57
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1790
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James
J.
Heckman
Salvador
Navarro
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Dynamic Discrete Choice and Dynamic Treatment Effects
This paper considers semiparametric identification of structural dynamic discrete choice models and models for dynamic treatment effects. Time to treatment and counterfactual outcomes associated with ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 136 (2), 341-396)
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C31
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1789
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Jasmin
Kantarevic
Stéphane
Mechoulan
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Birth Order, Educational Attainment and Earnings: An Investigation Using the PSID
Whether siblings of specific birth order perform differently has been a longstanding open empirical question. We use the family tree structure of the PSID to examine two claims found in the ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41(4), 755-777)
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I2, J1
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1788
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Jonathan
Gardner
Andrew
J.
Oswald
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Do Divorcing Couples Become Happier By Breaking Up?
Divorce is a leap in the dark. This paper investigates whether people who split up actually become happier. Using the British Household Panel Survey, we are able to observe an individual's level of ...
(published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, (Statistics in Society), 2006, 169 (2), 319-336)
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J12, I3
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1786
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Francois
Fontaine
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Why Are Similar Workers Paid Differently? The Role of Social Networks
We provide a matching model where identical workers are embedded in ex-ante identical social networks. Job arrival rate is endogenous and wages are bargained. We study the evolution of networks over ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2008, 32(12), 3960-3977)
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E24, J64, J68
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1785
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Richard
Blundell
Pierre-André
Chiappori
Thierry
Magnac
Costas
Meghir
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Collective Labour Supply: Heterogeneity and Nonparticipation
We present identification and estimation results for the "collective" model of labour supply in which there are discrete choices, censoring of hours and nonparticipation in employment. We derive the ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2007, 74 (2), 417-445)
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D11, D12, D13, D70, J22
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1784
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Boris
Kralj
Jasmin
Kantarevic
Darrel
Weinkauf
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'Taxing' Doctors: The Impact of Income Caps on the Provision of Medical Services
Income cap or threshold systems rely on incentives that encourage physicians to limit medical expenditures, but little is known about how physicians respond to these incentives. Conceptually, the ...
(published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2008, 41(4), 1262-1284)
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I10, I18
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1783
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Takao
Kato
Woochan
Kim
Ju Ho
Lee
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Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Chaebols in Korea: Evidence from New Panel Data
This paper provides the first rigorous econometric estimates on the pay-performance relations for executives of Korean firms with and without Chaebol affiliation. To do so, we have assembled for the ...
(published in: Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2007, 15 (1), 36-55)
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M52, M12, G30, G15, J33, O53
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1782
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
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High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena
This conceptual paper, prepared for a United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Migration and Development, is concerned with the international mobility of high-skilled workers, previously referred to as ...
(published in: T.R. Shastri (ed.), Emigration: Economic Implications, Icfai University Press, India, 2007, 84-95)
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F22, J61, J31, O15
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1780
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John
T.
Addison
Lutz
Bellmann
Thorsten
Schank
Paulino
Teixeira
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The Demand for Labor: An Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data from the German LIAB. Will the High Unskilled Worker Own-Wage Elasticity Please Stand Up?
This paper uses matched employee-employer LIAB data to provide panel estimates of the structure of labor demand in Germany, 1993-2002, distinguishing between highly skilled, skilled, and unskilled ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2008, 29 (2), 114-137)
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F15, J23, J31, O33, F15
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1779
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Daniela
Del Boca
Daniela
Vuri
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Labor Supply and Child Care Costs: The Effect of Rationing
In Italy the participation of women has not increased very much in the last few decades relative to other developed countries and it is still among the lowest in Europe. The female employment rate ...
(published as 'The mismatch between employment and child care in Italy: the impact of rationing' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20(4), 805-832 )
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J2, C3, D1
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1778
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Thierry
Lallemand
François
Rycx
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Establishment Size and the Dispersion of Wages: Evidence from European Countries
We investigate how the wage distribution differs among small and large establishments in four European countries. Findings show that within-establishment wage dispersion rises with size because large ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2006, 52 (4), 309-336)
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J21, J31
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1777
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Christine
Harbring
Bernd
Irlenbusch
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How Many Winners Are Good to Have? On Tournaments with Sabotage
From an employer's perspective a tournament should induce agents to exert productive activities but refrain from destructive ones. We experimentally test the predictive power of a tournament model ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65 (3), 682-702)
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D23, J33, L23, C72
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1774
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David
Neumark
Junfu
Zhang
Brandon
Wall
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Employment Dynamics and Business Relocation: New Evidence from the National Establishment Time Series
We analyze and assess new evidence on employment dynamics from a new data source – the National Establishment Time Series (NETS). The NETS offers advantages over existing data sources for studying ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 39-83)
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J2, C8, L0
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1773
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Robert
Breunig
Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Xiaodong
Gong
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Improving the Modeling of Couples' Labour Supply
We study the work hours of Australian couples, using a neoclassical labour-supply model in which couples choose from a small, realistic set of possible wife-husband working hour combinations We ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2008, 84(267), 466-485)
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C51, D10, J22
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1772
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Ira
N.
Gang
Myeong-Su
Yun
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Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
We use the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo to examine economic deprivation among Serbs and Albanians. Economic deprivation is measured by per ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34(4), 754-773)
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I32, O12, J15
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1771
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Jackline
Wahba
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The Influence of Market Wages and Parental History on Child Labour and Schooling in Egypt
This paper examines the influence of adult market wages and having parents who were child labourers on child labour, when this decision is jointly determined with child schooling, using data from ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (4), 823-852)
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J13, J20, O15
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1770
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Hartmut
Lehmann
Norberto
Pignatti
Jonathan
Wadsworth
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The Incidence and Cost of Job Loss in the Ukrainian Labor Market
We examine the effects of economic transition on the pattern and costs of worker displacement in Ukraine, using the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) for the years 1992 to 2002. ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (2), 248-271)
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J64, J65, P50
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1769
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Jordi
Brandts
Arno
Riedl
Frans
van Winden
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Competition and Well-Being
This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environment where people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no competition, the presence of ...
(published as "Competitive Rivalry, Social Disposition, and Subjective Well-Being: An Experiment" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (11-12), 1158-1167)
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A13, C92, D30, J50, M50
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1767
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Takao
Kato
Cheryl
Long
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Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges
This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54 (4), 945-983)
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M52, M12, J33, P31, P34, O16, G30, O53, G15
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1766
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Bernd
Fitzenberger
Astrid
Kunze
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Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among Young Workers
This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship ...
(published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2005, 21(3), 392-415)
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C21, J16, J24, J31, J62, J7
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1765
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Dale
T.
Mortensen
Éva
Nagypál
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More on Unemployment and Vacancy Fluctuations
Shimer (2005a) argues that the Mortensen-Pissarides equilibrium search model of unemployment explains only about 10% of the response in the job-finding rate to an aggregate productivity shock. Some ...
(published in: Review of Economic Dynamics 2007, 10 (3), 327-347)
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E24, E32, J41, J63, J64
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1764
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Luca
Flabbi
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Gender Discrimination Estimation in a Search Model with Matching and Bargaining
Gender wage differentials, conditional on observed productivity characteristics, have been
considered a possible indication of prejudice against women in the labor market. However,
there is no ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51(3), 745-783)
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C51, J7, J64
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1763
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Santiago
Budría
Pedro
T.
Pereira
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Educational Qualifications and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Europe
This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European
countries. We exploit the quantile regression technique to calculate returns to lower
secondary, upper ...
(published in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2011, 56 (19), 5-34)
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C29, D31, I21
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1762
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Manfred
Königstein
Marie Claire
Villeval
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The Choice of the Agenda in Labor Negotiations: Efficiency and Behavioral Considerations
The labor economics literature has shown that the "efficient bargaining" model, in which wage
and employment are negotiated simultaneously, is less frequently used on unionized markets
than the ...
(revised version published as 'Efficiency and Behavioral Considerations in Labor Negotiations' in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (4), 599-611.)
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C72, C78, C91, J51, J53
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1761
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Hyung-Jai
Choi
Jutta
M.
Joesch
Shelly
Lundberg
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Work and Family: Marriage, Children, Child Gender and the Work Hours and Earnings of West German Men
We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Living with a partner and living with a child ...
(published as 'Sons, daughters, wives, and the labour market outcomes of West German men' in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (5), 795-811)
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J22, J12, J13, J16
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1759
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Rita
K.
Almeida
Pedro
Carneiro
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Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labor and Firm Performance
This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm ...
(published as 'Enforcement of labor regulation and firm size' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37 (1), 28-46)
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J3, J6, O17
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1757
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Joachim
Wagner
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German Works Councils and Productivity: First Evidence from a Nonparametric Test
This paper presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand in hand with higher labor productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2008, 15 (9), 727-730)
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J50
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1756
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Josef
Falkinger
Volker
Grossmann
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Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with Two Elites
This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A ...
(published as 'Oligarchic Land Ownership, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101 (1), 206-215.)
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O10, H50
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1755
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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Computer Skills, Destination Language Proficiency and the Earnings of Natives and Immigrants
Using data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing in Australia, this paper investigates the determinants, and consequences for earnings, of computer use by both the native born and the ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (2), 129-157)
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F22, D13, J15, J24, J31, J61
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1754
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Jacob
K.
Goeree
Arno
Riedl
Aljaz
Ule
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In Search of Stars: Network Formation among Heterogeneous Agents
This paper reports the results of a laboratory experiment on network formation among heterogeneous agents. The experimental design extends the basic Bala-Goyal (2000) model of network formation with ...
(published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 67 (2), 445-466)
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C72, C91, C92, D01, D85
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1753
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Joop
Hartog
Aslan
Zorlu
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How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in The Netherlands?
We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by immigration officers. Such data are seldom available. We investigate the quality and ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (1), 219-246)
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I21, J31, J61
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