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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
1229 Axel Engellandt
Regina T. Riphahn
Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company
This study uses panel data describing about 6,500 employees in a large international company to study the incentive effects of performance related pay. The company uses two performance related ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257)
J33, M12, J24, J41, M50, C25
1228 Paola Manzini
Marco Mariotti
A Vague Theory of Choice over Time
We propose a novel approach to modelling time preferences, based on a cognitive shortcoming of human decision makers: the perception of future events becomes increasingly ‘blurred’ as the events ...
(published in:B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Advances in Theoretical Economics , 2006, 6 (1), 1265-1265)
A12, C70, D90
1227 Ira N. Gang
Gil S. Epstein
Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers’ observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist ...
(published in: Public Choice, 2007, 132 (3-4), 257-271)
Z12, D72, D74
1226 Barry R. Chiswick
Noyna DebBurman
Pre-School Enrollment: An Analysis by Immigrant Generation
There has been minimal research on the pre-school enrollment of immigrant children. Using 1990 U.S. Census data, this paper investigates pre-school enrollment of child immigrants, those who ...
(published in: Social Science Research, 2006, 35 (1), 60-87)
I21, J15, J13
1225 Sarit Cohen Goldner
Zvi Eckstein
Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants
Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), 86-105)
J31, J68
1224 Maristella Botticini
Zvi Eckstein
Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled occupations. We ...
(published in: Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65 (4), 922-948)
J10, J20, N30, O10
1223 Gianluca Grimalda
Marco Vivarelli
One or Many Kuznets Curves? Short and Long Run Effects of the Impact of Skill-Biased Technological Change on Income Inequality
We draw on a dynamical two-sector model and on a calibration exercise to study the impact of a skill-biased technological shock on the growth path and income distribution of a developing economy. ...
(published in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2010, 20 (2), 265-306)
O33, O41
1222 David L. Dickinson
Marie Claire Villeval
Does Monitoring Decrease Work Effort? The Complementarity Between Agency and Crowding-Out Theories
Agency theory assumes that tighter monitoring by the principal should motivate the agent to raise his effort level whereas the “crowding-out” literature suggests that it may reduce the overall work ...
(revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2008, 63 (1), 56-76.)
M5, J24, C92
1221 Almas Heshmati
A Review of Decomposition of Income Inequality
This paper is a review of recent developments of parametric and non-parametric approaches to decompose inequality by subgroups, income sources, causal factors and other unit characteristics. ...
(revised version published in: A. Heshmati (Ed), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2007, 27-48)
C10, D31, I32, N30
1220 Maarten van Ham
Felix Büchel
Females' Willingness to Work and the Discouragement Effect of a Poor Local Childcare Provision
We analyze the effects of regional structures on females’ willingness to work as well as on the probability that non-employed women who are willing to work actually will engage in job search. ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2004, 50 (4), 363 - 378)
R23, J13, J64
1219 Almas Heshmati
Inequalities and Their Measurement
This paper is a review of the recent advances in the measurement of inequality. Inequality can have several dimensions. Economists are mostly concerned with the income and consumption dimensions of ...
(published in: A. Heshmati (Ed), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2007, 11-25)
D31, I30, N30
1218 Bruce Headey
Ruud Muffels
Mark Wooden
Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness… Or Does It? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption
The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that economic well-being has a statistically significant but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is ...
(published in: Social Indicators Research, 2008, 87(1), 65-82. )
D19, D31, I31
1217 Don J. DeVoretz
Immigration Policy: Methods of Economic Assessment
This paper outlines a set of economic criteria to assess an immigrant receiving country’s immigration policy from three perspectives. These three perspectives include the resident population, the ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2006, 40 (2), 390-418)
J68
1216 Barry R. Chiswick
Yew Liang Lee
Paul W. Miller
Parents and Children Talk: The Family Dynamics of English Language Proficiency
This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly incorporating dynamics among family members – mother, father and children. ...
(published as 'Parents and Children Talk: English Language Proficiency within Immigrant Families' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2005, 3 (3), 243-268)
J15, J16, J24, J61
1215 Yann Bramoullé
Gilles Saint-Paul
Social Networks and Labor Market Transitions
We study the influence of social networks on labor market transitions. We develop the first model where social ties and job status coevolve through time. Our key assumption is that the probability ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 188-195)
E24, J6, Z13
1213 Michael Fertig
The Societal Integration of Immigrants in Germany
This paper investigates whether and to what extent immigrants in Germany are integrated into German society by utilizing a variety of qualitative information and subjective data collected in the ...
(published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang. (eds.): Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 375-400)
J15, J61
1209 Jörgen Hansen
Roger Wahlberg
Poverty Persistence in Sweden
This paper analyzes the persistence of poverty in Sweden using a hazard rate model based on multiple spells. The model also accounts for unobserved heterogeneity and possibly endogenous initial ...
(revised version published as 'Poverty and its Persistence: A Comparison of Natives and Immigrants in Sweden' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2009, 7 (2), 105-132)
C23, C41, D31, I32, J15, J61
1208 Luis Diaz-Serrano
On the Negative Relationship between Labor Income Uncertainty and Homeownership: Risk Aversion vs. Credit Constraints
Barriers to homeownership have traditionally been an important research and policy issue. In particular, the role of income volatility and credit constraints have been one of the main focuses in ...
(published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2005, 14 (2), 109-126)
D1, R0, J0
1206 Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
Daniela Vuri
Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development? Evidence from Longitudinal Data
In this paper we analyse data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to investigate whether experiencing parental divorce during adolescence reduces measured cognitive ability. To ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69(3), 321-338)
J12
1205 Michael Fertig
The Effectiveness of Qualification Measures for Employed Workers – An Evaluation Study for Saxony
This paper investigates whether and to what extent employment policy measures (co-) financed by the European Social Fund in Germany meet their objective. Specifically, it is analyzed whether ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (18), 2279–2301)
H43, J68
1204 Anna M. Falzoni
Alessandra Venturini
Claudia Villosio
Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996
In this paper we use individual micro data on workers combined with industry and regional data to study the dynamics of the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers in Italy in the ...
(published as 'Skilled and unskilled wage dynamics in Italy in the 1990s: changes in individual characteristics, institutions, trade and technology' in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25 (4), 441 – 463, )
J31, F4, O33
1203 Armin Falk
Michael Kosfeld
Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control
We show experimentally that a principal’s distrust in the voluntary performance of an agent has a negative impact on the agent’s motivation to perform well. Before the agent chooses his ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630)
C7, C9, M5
1202 Rafael Lalive
Alois Stutzer
Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’ approval of an ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 933-962)
I31, J16, J31, J70, Z13
1199 Peter J. Sloane
Nigel C. O'Leary
The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more ...
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 193 (1), 75-89)
I2, J0, J3
1198 John S. Earle
Klara Sabirianova Peter
Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia
We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer’s arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local ...
(revised version published as' Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation' in: Review of Economicss and Statistics, 2009, 91(4), 832 - 849)
A12, B52, J30, K42, L14, O17, P31, P37
1197 Filipe Almeida-Santos
Karen A. Mumford
Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training in Britain. We find ...
(revised version published in: Manchester School, 2005, 73 (3), 321-342)
J24, J31, J41
1196 M. Hashem Pesaran
Davide Pettenuzzo
Allan Timmermann
Forecasting Time Series Subject to Multiple Structural Breaks
This paper provides a novel approach to forecasting time series subject to discrete structural breaks. We propose a Bayesian estimation and prediction procedure that allows for the possibility of ...
(published in Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73 (4), 1057-1084)
C11, C15, C53
1195 Panu Poutvaara
Tuomas Takalo
Candidate Quality
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2007, 14 (1), 7-27)
D70, D72, D79, J24, J4
1193 Steffen Huck
Andrew Seltzer
Brian Wallace
Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets
This paper examines the relationship between firms’ wage offers and workers’ supply of effort using a three-period experiment. In equilibrium, firms will offer deferred compensation: first period ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843)
C91, J31, J41, M51, M52
1192 Yann Algan
Pierre Cahuc
Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis
This paper shows that employment protection is influenced by the male breadwinner conception which is itself shaped by religions. First, by using international individual surveys, we document that ...
(published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 390-410)
J16, J20, J71
1191 Tor Eriksson
Marie Claire Villeval
Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Variable pay not only creates a link between pay and performance but may also help firms in attracting the more productive employees (Lazear 1986, 2000). However, due to lack of natural data, ...
(revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.)
M52, J33, J31, C81, C91
1190 Bruno Amable
Donatella Gatti
Labour and Product Market Reforms: A Case for Policy Complementarity
This paper is a contribution to the debate on policy complementarity in relation to deregulation in the product and labour markets. We develop a model of dynamic efficiency wages and monopolistic ...
(published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15(1), 101-122)
E24, J41, J63, L13
1189 Gueorgui Kambourov
Iourii Manovskii
Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality
In this study we argue that wage inequality and occupational mobility are intimately related. We are motivated by our empirical findings that human capital is occupation-specific and that the ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2009, 76 (2), 731-759)
E20, E24, E25, J24, J31, J62
1188 John T. Addison
Paulino Teixeira
The Effect of Worker Representation on Employment Behavior in Germany: Another Case of -2.5%
Despite recent changes in the relationship between unionism and various indicators of firm performance, there is one seeming constant in the Anglophone countries: unions at the workplace are ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2006, 45 (1), 1-25)
J23, J51
1187 Manuela Angelucci
Aid and Migration: An Analysis of the Impact of Progresa on the Timing and Size of Labour Migration
This paper models the short and medium-run impact of aid on migration, considering alternatively the effect of unconditional and conditional cash transfers to financially constrained households. ...
(revised version published in: Labour, 2012, 26(1), 124-136)
I38, J18, J16, O15
1185 Thorsten Schank
Claus Schnabel
Joachim Wagner
Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus. First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from linked employer-employee data' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72 (1), 52-74)
F10, D21, L60
1184 Tuomas Pekkarinen
Juhana Vartiainen
Gender Differences in Job Assignment and Promotion on a Complexity Ladder of Jobs
This paper studies gender differences in the allocation of workers across jobs of different complexity using panel data on Finnish metalworkers. These data provide a measure for the complexity of ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (2), 285-301)
J0, J7
1182 Belton M. Fleisher
Klara Sabirianova Peter
Xiaojun Wang
Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 351-370)
J31, J24, O15, P2, P3, P5
1181 Jan C. van Ours
Milan Vodopivec
How Changes in Benefits Entitlement Affect Job-Finding: Lessons from the Slovenian "Experiment"
In 1998 the Slovenian UI system was drastically reformed. The reform reduced the potential duration of unemployment benefits substantially and simultaneously improved employment services offered ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24 (2), 351-378)
C41, H55, J64, J65
1176 Bas van der Klaauw
Aico van Vuuren
Peter Berkhout
Labor Market Prospects, Search Intensity and the Transition from College to Work
In this paper we develop a structural model for job search behavior of students entering the labor market. The model includes endogenous search effort and on-the-job search. Since students usually ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (2), 294-316)
C41, I20, J64
1175 Stefan Boes
Rainer Winkelmann
Income and Happiness: New Results from Generalized Threshold and Sequential Models
Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the most well-known representatives being the ordered logit and the ordered probit. ...
(published in: Social Indicators Research, 2010, 95 (1), 111-128)
C25, I31
1174 Steve Bond
Leblebicioglu Asli
Fabio Schiantarelli
Capital Accumulation and Growth: A New Look at the Empirical Evidence
We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker, not only temporarily, but also in the steady state. These results are found ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2010, 5 (7), 1073-1099)
C23, E22, O40
1173 Giorgio Brunello
Maria De Paola
Training and the Density of Economic Activity: Evidence from Italy
We use a search and matching model to investigate the economic relationship between training and local economic conditions. We identify two aspects of this relationship going in opposite ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 118-140)
J24, R12
1172 Etienne Lehmann
Bruno Van der Linden
On the Optimality of Search Matching Equilibrium When Workers Are Risk Averse
This paper revisits the normative properties of search-matching economies when homogeneous workers have concave utility functions and wages are bargained over. The optimal allocation of resources ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2007, 9 (5), 867-884)
J64, J65, J68, H21, D82
1171 Gerd Muehlheusser
Andreas Roider
Black Sheep and Walls of Silence
In this paper we analyze the frequently observed phenomenon that (i) some members of a team ("black sheep") exhibit behavior disliked by other (honest) team members, who (ii) nevertheless refrain ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65 (3-4), 387-408)
D82, C73
1170 Francis Kramarz
Marie-Laure Michaud
The Shape of Hiring and Separation Costs
In this article, we estimate the structure of costs of hiring, terminating, and retiring employees in France. We use a representative panel data set of French establishments that contains direct ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 27-37)
J30, D21
1167 Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar
Satya Paul
Wahida Yasmeen
Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia
This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique panel data set, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA). This ...
(published in: Singapore Economic Review, 2010, 55 (4), 619-646)
J7, J61, J64, J31
1166 Pernilla Andersson Joona
Eskil Wadensjö
Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment
In most industrialized countries the majority of employed people are full-time employees with a non-temporary job and work at a workplace of the company in which they are employed. They are making ...
(published in: Labour, 2008, 22(3), 495-507)
J15, J23, J40, J61
1165 Miguel Portela
Rob Alessie
Coen Teulings
Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement error. This paper analyses the effect of this measurement error on GDP ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112(3), 618-639)
I2, O4
1163 Konstantinos Tatsiramos
The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Duration and the Subsequent Employment Stability
This paper studies the effect of unemployment benefits on the unemployment and subsequent employment duration using individual data from the European Community Household Panel, for France, Germany, ...
(substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 2280)
J64, J65, C41
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