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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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1291
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Winfried
Koeniger
Marco
Leonardi
Luca
Nunziata
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Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality
In this paper we investigate the importance of labor market institutions such as unemployment insurance, unions, firing regulation and minimum wages for the evolution of wage inequality across ...
(revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (3), 340-356)
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E24, J31, J51, J65
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1290
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Kirsten
Daniel
W. Stanley
Siebert
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Does Employment Protection Reduce the Demand for Unskilled Labor?
Perhaps it does. We propose a model in which workers with little education or in the tails of the age distribution – the inexperienced and the old – have more chance of job failure (mismatch). ...
(published in: International Economic Journal, 2005, 19 (2), 197-222)
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J21, J83
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1288
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Monika
Merz
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Women's Hours of Market Work in Germany: The Role of Parental Leave
This paper investigates trends and changes in the structural composition of women’s weekly market hours worked in former West-Germany using aggregate time-series data from the German micro census ...
(published in: R. Goméz-Salvador et al. (eds.), Labour Supply and Incentive to Work in Europe, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)
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J13, J22
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1287
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Thomas
Fuchs
Ludger
Woessmann
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2007, 32 (2-3), 433-464)
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I28, J24, H52, L33
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1286
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Maarten
Lindeboom
Eddy
van Doorslaer
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Cut-Point Shift and Index Shift in Self-Reported Health
There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations or even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group comparisons and ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23 (6), 1083-1099)
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D30, D31, I10, I12
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1284
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Ludger
Woessmann
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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and ...
(published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 78 (1), 45-70)
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I21, J62, H52
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1282
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Francois
Fontaine
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Do Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?
This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers in large firms can be matched together through social networks or through more "formal" methods of search. We ...
(published in: Recherches Économique de Louvain / Louvan Economic Reivew, 2008, 74 (1), 5-31)
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E24, J64, J68, Z13
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1281
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Doreen
Au
Thomas
F.
Crossley
Martin
Schellhorn
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The Effect of Health Changes and Long-Term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians
Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the ...
(revised version published in: Health Economics, 2005, 14 (10), 999-1018)
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I12, J26
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1280
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Pernilla
Andersson Joona
Eskil
Wadensjö
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Why Do Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Have Such Low Incomes?
When studying income differences and income distribution, the self-employed are often excluded from the population studied. There are several good reasons for this, for example that incomes from ...
(published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economique de Bruxelles, 2006, 48 (1-2), 43-71)
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J15, J23, J61
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1279
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Vlad
Manole
Maurice
Schiff
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Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital
This paper examines the welfare implications associated with different degrees of diversity or similarity between migrants and natives under both migration and trade. We use a general equilibrium ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21 (2), 281–294 )
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F11, F16, F22, J61
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1278
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Alois
Stutzer
Bruno
S.
Frey
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Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox
People spend a lot of time commuting and often find it a burden. According to economics, the burden of commuting is chosen when compensated either on the labor or on the housing
market so that ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 110 (2), 339 - 366)
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D12, D61, R41
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1277
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Almas
Heshmati
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the ...
(published in: Nissanke and Thorbecke (eds.), The Impact of Globalization on the Worlds Poor, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2006)
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C23, D63, F15, O57
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1274
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Daniela
Del Boca
Silvia
Pasqua
Chiara
D.
Pronzato
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Why Are Fertility and Women's Employment Rates So Low in Italy? Lessons from France and the U.K.
According to the agenda for employment set by the EU in 2000 for the following ten years, the target for female employment was set at 60 per cent for the year 2010. While Northern and most ...
(published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (s1), 51-79)
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J2, C3, D1
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1273
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Axel
Heitmueller
Kirsty
Inglis
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Carefree? Participation and Pay Differentials for Informal Carers in Britain
A substantial proportion of working age individuals in Britain are looking after sick, disabled, and elderly people and combine work and caring responsibilities. Using the British Household Panel ...
(published as "The earnings of informal carers: Wage differentials and opportunity costs" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 821-841)
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J70, J31, J40, C23
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1272
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Saul
Estrin
Klaus
Meyer
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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on ...
(published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49 (1), 61-80)
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O13, O33, J21, F23
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1271
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Almas
Heshmati
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Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as ...
(published in: ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, 2005, 5 (1), 7-52 )
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C10, D31, D63, I30, N30
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1270
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Matthias
Kräkel
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Emotions and Incentives
We introduce a concept of emotions that emerge when workers compare their own performance with a given standard or with the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the ...
(published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214)
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J3, M5
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1269
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Sandra
E.
Black
Paul
J.
Devereux
Kjell
G.
Salvanes
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The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Among the perceived inputs in the “production” of child quality is family size; there is an extensive theoretical literature that postulates a tradeoff between child quantity and quality within a ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2), 669-700)
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I2, J1
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1268
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Jörn-Steffen
Pischke
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Labor Market Institutions, Wages, and Investment
Labor market institutions, via their effect on the wage structure, affect the investment decisions of firms in labor markets with frictions. This observation helps explain rising wage inequality in ...
(published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2005, 51 (1), 47-75)
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E22, E24, J23, J24, J31
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1267
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Almas
Heshmati
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The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality
This review covers a range of measures and methods frequently employed in empirical analysis of global income inequality and global income distribution. Different determinant factors along with ...
(published as "The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality: A Review of the Economic Literature" in: Journal of World-Systems Research, 2006, 12 (1), 61-107)
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C10, D31, D63, I30, N30
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1265
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
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High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe
Using individual data from the European Survey on Working Conditions (ESWC) covering all EU member states, this study aimed at contributing to our understanding of the effects of
High Performance ...
(published in: RWI-Mitteilungen, 2003/2004, 54/55 (1), 57-85)
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J24, J5, L23, M11
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1264
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John
T.
Addison
Clive
R.
Belfield
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Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
This paper uses a combination of workplace and matched-employee workplace data from the British 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions and firm-provided training ...
(published as 'Unions, Training, and Firm Performance' in: Journal of Labor Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 2007, 40 (4), 361-381)
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J24, J33, J51
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1263
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Almas
Heshmati
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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality
This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, ...
(revised version published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007)
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C10, D31, D63, I32, N30
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1262
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Aysit
Tansel
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Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey
The main objective of this paper is to examine the factors which explain the employment choice and the wage differentials in the public administration, state owned enterprises and the formal private ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53 (2), 453-477)
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J31, J45, J16
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1261
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Barry
Hirsch
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Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills
The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than are those of full-time workers. Measurable worker and job characteristics, including occupational skill requirements, account for much of ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (4), 525-551)
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J31, J24, J22
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1259
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Anders
Björklund
Donna
K.
Ginther
Marianne
Sundström
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Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden
It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (1), 183-201)
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J1, J12, I21
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1258
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Aysit
Tansel
H. Mehmet
Tasci
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Determinants of Unemployment Duration for Men and Women in Turkey
There are few studies on unemployment duration in developing countries. This is the first study on duration aspect of unemployment in Turkey. We use the results of the Household
Labor Force Surveys ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Hazard Analysis of Unemployment Duration by Gender in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey' in: Labour, 2010, 24 (4), 501-530 )
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J64, C41, J16
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1257
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Jungmin
Lee
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Outlier Aversion in Evaluating Performance: Evidence from Figure Skating
The quality of subjective performance evaluation is dependent on the incentive structures faced by evaluators, in particular on how they are monitored and themselves evaluated. Figure skating ...
(published as 'Outlier Aversion in Subjective Evaluation: Evidence From World Figure Skating Championships' in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9 (2), 141-159)
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D7, M5
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1255
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Aysit
Tansel
Fatma
Bircan
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Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey
This is the first study on private tutoring in Turkey. Private tutoring especially for the purpose of preparing for the competitive university entrance examination is an important, widespread ...
(revised version published as 'Demand for education in Turkey: A tobit analysis of private tutoring expenditures' in: Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25, 303-313)
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I20, I21, I22, R20
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1254
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Gerrit
Mueller
Erik
Plug
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Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male-Female Earnings
This paper uses the Five-Factor Model of personality structure as an organizing framework to explore the effects of personality on earnings. Using data from a longitudinal survey of American high ...
(published as 'Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 60 (1), 3-22)
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J16, J31
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1253
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Konstantinos
Tatsiramos
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Geographic Labour Mobility and Unemployment Insurance in Europe
Conventional wisdom suggests that unemployment benefits create a stronger geographic attachment by lowering the willingness of the unemployed to accept job offers. We assess empirically the effect of ...
(substantially revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22(2), 267-283)
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J61, J65, C23, C25
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1251
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Kenneth
Troske
Alexandru
Voicu
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Joint Estimation of Sequential Labor Force Participation and Fertility Decisions Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques
In this paper we estimate the causal effect of children on the labor supply of women using panel data on women from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). We examine the effect of ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 150-169)
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C11, C15, J13, J22
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1250
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Jungmin
Lee
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Observable and Unobservable Household Sharing Rules: Evidence from Young Couples' Pocket Money
The leading evidence against the unitary household models is that "who gets what" is
significantly dependent upon "who earns how much." However, it is difficult to pin down the
causal effect of ...
(published as 'Marriage, the Sharing Rule, and Pocket Money: The Case of South Korea' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55 (3), 557-582)
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D1, J1
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1249
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Alexander
Hijzen
Holger
Görg
Robert
C.
Hine
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International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom
This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill
structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for
the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (506), 860-878)
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F14, J31
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1248
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Marco
Francesconi
Wilbert
van der Klaauw
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The Consequences of ‘In-Work’ Benefit Reform in Britain: New Evidence from Panel Data
In October 1999, the British government enacted the Working Families’ Tax Credit, a
generous tax credit aimed at encouraging work among low-income families with children.
This paper uses ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (1), 1-31 )
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C23, H31, I38, J12, J13, J22
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1247
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Milan
Vodopivec
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A Simulation of an Income Contingent Tuition Scheme in a Transition Economy
The paper takes advantage of exceptionally rich longitudinal data on the universe of labor
force participants in Slovenia and simulates the working of an income contingent loan
scheme to partly ...
(published in: Higher Education, 2009, 57 (4), 429-448)
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I28, C15, J24
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1246
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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Linguistic Distance: A Quantitative Measure of the Distance Between English and Other Languages
This paper develops a scalar or quantitative measure of the “distance” between English and
a myriad of other (non-native American) languages. This measure is based on the difficulty
Americans have ...
(published in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005, 26 (1), 1-11)
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I29, J15, J24
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1245
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Fernando
Galindo-Rueda
Anna
Vignoles
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The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools: Understanding the Changing Role of Ability
Previous work by the authors suggested that during the 1970s and 1980s, a person’s early
cognitive ability became a less important determinant of his or her eventual educational
achievement. ...
(published in: P. Peterson and L. Woessmann (eds.), Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem, MIT Press: 2007)
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I2
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1244
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Gil
S.
Epstein
Ira
N.
Gang
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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or
plans, particularly if the “other people”, such as family and friends, are migrants, former
migrants, or ...
(published in: Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10 (4), 652 - 665)
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F22, J61
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1242
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Josef
Falkinger
Volker
Grossmann
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Institutions and Development: The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution
of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of
resource- or ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2005, 10 (3), 229-270)
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O10, N10, N16, F43, H50
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1241
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Marloes
Zijl
Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Arjan
Heyma
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Stepping Stones for the Unemployed: The Effect of Temporary Jobs on the Duration until Regular Work
Transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from
temporary into regular work. This paper investigates whether temporary work increases the
transition rate ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 107-139)
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J64, C41
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1240
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M. Hashem
Pesaran
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General Diagnostic Tests for Cross Section Dependence in Panels
This paper proposes simple tests of error cross section dependence which are applicable to
a variety of panel data models, including stationary and unit root dynamic heterogeneous
panels with short ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2021, 60, 13–50)
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C12, C13, C33
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1239
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Paola
Manzini
Marco
Mariotti
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Rationalizing Boundedly Rational Choice: Sequential Rationalizability and Rational Shortlist Methods
A sequentially rationalizable choice function is a choice function which can be obtained by
applying sequentially a fixed set of asymmetric binary relations (rationales). A Rational
ShortlistMethod ...
(published as "Sequentially Rationalizable Choice" in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (5), 1824-1839)
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D0
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1237
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Gil
S.
Epstein
Ira
N.
Gang
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Who Is the Enemy?
We examine who benefits when there is a strong leader in place, and those who benefit
when a situation lacks a proper leader. There are fractious terrorist groups who seek to serve
the same people ...
(published in: Defense and Peace Economics, 2007, 18 (6), 469–484)
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D71, D72, D74
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1236
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Cheng
Hsiao
M. Hashem
Pesaran
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Random Coefficient Panel Data Models
This paper provides a review of linear panel data models with slope heterogeneity, introduces
various types of random coefficients models and suggest a common framework for dealing
with them. It ...
(published in: L. Mátyás and P. Sevestre (eds.), The Econometrics of Panel Data, Springer 2008 (3rd ed.))
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C12, C13, C33
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1235
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Christian
Dustmann
John
Micklewright
Arthur
van Soest
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In-School Work Experience, Parental Allowances, and Wages
In many industrialised countries, teenagers have a significant spending power, and they are
important customers for specialised industries. The income of teenagers still in full time
education ...
(published under revised title in: Empirical Economics, 2009, 37 (1), 201-218)
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J22, C7, C35
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1234
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Amelie
F.
Constant
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Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen: Proclivity and Performance
Career positions in German economic life are still male-dominated, and the driving forces
behind success are not yet well understood. This paper contributes to a better understanding
by classifying ...
(substantially revised version published in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480)
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J23, M13, J15, J16, J24, J61, J31
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1232
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Gil
S.
Epstein
Ira
N.
Gang
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Ethnic Networks and International Trade
There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic
networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal ...
(published in: Foders, Federico and Langhammer, Rolf J. (eds), Labor Mobility and the World Economy. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2006, 85-103)
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D74, F23, I20, J61, L14
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1231
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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Where Immigrants Settle in the United States
This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2004, 6 (2), 185-197)
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J15, J61, R21
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1230
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Timothy
J.
Hatton
Jeffrey
G.
Williamson
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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe
The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s.
And the number seeking asylum in the developed world increased tenfold, from about 50,000
per annum to half ...
(published in: D. Snower (ed.) Labour Mobility and the World Economy, Kiel: Kiel Institute for World Economics, 2005)
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F22, J61, J68, O19
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