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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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916
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Stefan
C.
Wolter
Samuel
Mühlemann
Jürg
Schweri
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Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not
The latest study investigating the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training for Swiss
companies has shown that most apprentices offset the cost of their training during their
apprenticeship on ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2006, 7(3), 249-264)
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J24, J31, J44
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914
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Ana Rute
Cardoso
Pedro
Portugal
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Bargained Wages, Wage Drift and the Design of the Wage Setting System
This paper aims at answering the question: How does a typically 'European' bargaining
system - with collective bargaining, extension mechanisms and national minimum wage -
coexist with low ...
(published as 'Contractual wages and the wage cushion under different bargaining settings' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (4), 875-902)
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D21, J31, J51
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912
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Daniele
Checchi
Antonio
Filippin
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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis
The “prospect of upward mobility” (POUM) hypothesis formalised by Benabou and Ok
(2001a) finds explicit assumptions under which some individuals that are poorer than the
average optimally choose to ...
(published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2004, 11, 15-136)
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C91, D31, D63
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911
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Joachim
Wagner
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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship.
Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he
shows that having a ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38 (20), 2415-2419)
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J23, R12
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910
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Pilar
Diaz-Vazquez
Dennis
J.
Snower
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On-the-Job Training, Firing Costs and Employment
This paper explores the influence of on-the-job training on the employment effect of firing
costs. It shows that on-the-job training (generating firm specific skills) causes firing costs to
have a ...
(published in: Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 4 (1))
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E24, J23, J24, J32, J64
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909
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Marco
Leonardi
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Firm Heterogeneity in Capital/Labor Ratios and Wage Inequality
This paper provides some empirical evidence and a theory of the relationship between
residual wage inequality and the increasing dispersion of capital/labor ratios across firms. I
document the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (518), 375-398)
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J21, J31
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907
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Arnaud
Dupuy
Lex
Borghans
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Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison
In this paper, we develop an allocation model of workers differentiated by their field of study
to test whether international differences in the wage structure can be explained by
differences in ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2005, 37 (9), 1073-1088)
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J21, J23, J31
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906
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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A Meta-Analysis of the International Gender Wage Gap
Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials
between women and men of equal productivity. Consequently, estimates for the gender wage
gap have been ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2005, 9 (3), 479-511)
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J16, J31, J71
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905
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Rhetoric in Economic Research: The Case of Gender Wage Differentials
Scientific rhetoric can have a profound impact on the perception of research; it can also drive
and direct further research efforts. What determines whether results are discussed in a
neutral or a ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2006, 45 (3), 416–436)
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J7, J16, B4
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904
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Stephen
P.
Jenkins
Philippe
Van Kerm
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Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility
We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are
related to the pattern of income growth across the income range, and the reshuffling of
individuals in the ...
(published in:
Oxford Economic Papers, 2006, 58 (3), 531-548)
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D31, I32
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903
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Sourafel
Girma
Holger
Görg
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Evaluating the Causal Effects of Foreign Acquisition on Domestic Skilled and Unskilled Wages
This paper investigates the effects of the takeover of a domestic establishment by foreign
owners on the domestic target’s development of wages for skilled and unskilled workers. We
pay particular ...
(revised version published as 'Evaluating the foreign ownership wage premium using a difference-in-differences matching approach' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72(1), 97-112)
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F23, J31
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902
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Paul
Frijters
Michael A.
Shields
Stephen
Wheatley Price
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Immigrant Job Search in the UK: Evidence from Panel Data
Most immigrant groups experience higher rates of unemployment than the host countries
native population, but it is as yet unclear whether differences in job search behaviour, or its
success, can ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (507), F359-376)
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J61, J64
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901
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Peter
F.
Orazem
Milan
Vodopivec
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Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001
The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on
competition. Using a unique longitudinal data set on all manufacturing firms in Slovenia over
the period ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76(2), 553-576)
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L1, P27
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900
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Mark
C.
Berger
Glenn
C.
Blomquist
Klara
Sabirianova
Peter
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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities
The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined
using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) augmented by city ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 63 (1), 2008, 25 - 55)
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D5, H4, J3, J6, P2, P3, Q2, R1, R2
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898
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Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Gijsbert
van Lomwel
Jan
C.
van Ours
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Nonparametric Estimation of a Dependent Competing Risks Model for Unemployment Durations
In this paper we simultaneously analyze transitions from unemployment to employment and
to nonparticipation. We estimate a dependent competing risks model with nonparametric
specifications of the ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2008, 34 (3), 477-491 )
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J64, C41
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897
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Martin
Brown
Armin
Falk
Ernst
Fehr
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Relational Contracts and the Nature of Market Interactions
We provide evidence that long-term relationships between trading parties emerge
endogenously in the absence of third party enforcement of contracts and are associated with
a fundamental change in ...
(published in: Econometrica, 2004, 72 (3), 747-780)
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D2, D4, C7, C9
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896
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Solomon
Polachek
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What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?
This paper is composed of two parts. First, using international data, I corroborate that union
density in the U.S. declined because of asymmetric growth between the union and nonunion
sectors. I ...
(published in: Phanindra V. Wunnava (ed.), The Changing Forms of Unions: New Forms of Representation, M.E. Sharpe 2004)
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J4, J5, F16
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895
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John
M.
Fitzgerald
David
C.
Ribar
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Transitions in Welfare Participation and Female Headship
This study uses data from the 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1996 panels of the Survey of Income
and Program Participation to examine how welfare policies and local economic conditions
contribute to women's ...
(published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2004, 23 (5-6), 641-670)
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I3, J1
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894
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Rainer
Winkelmann
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Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the
consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is
considered how subjective ...
(published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 197-208)
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I31, J12, C25
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892
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Barry
Hirsch
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What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?
Twenty years have passed since Freeman and Medoff's What Do Unions Do? This essay
assesses their analysis of how unions in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance
- productivity, ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2004, 25 (3), 415-455)
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J5, L1, D2
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891
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Lennart
Flood
Elina
Pylkkänen
Roger
Wahlberg
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From Welfare to Work: Evaluating a Proposed Tax and Benefit Reform Targeted at Single Mothers in Sweden
In this paper we propose a tax and benefit reform to increase the working hours and to
decrease the welfare participation of single mothers in Sweden. We have access to highquality
tax and income ...
(published in: Labour, 2007, 21 (3), 443-471)
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J22, I38
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889
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David
Wildasin
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Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration
This paper analyzes some of the implications of North American labor market integration for
fiscal policy. The economies of Canada and the US are both characterized by highly
integrated internal ...
(published in: Richard G. Harris and Thomas Lemieux (eds.), Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages,Calgary, 2005, 489–536.)
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J0, H0, F2, R0
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888
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Winfried
Koeniger
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Collective Dismissal Cost, Product Market Competition and Innovation
Collective dismissal costs are an important part of employment protection legislation (EPL)
and make firms' exit more costly. We show in a model with step-by-step innovations that
dismissal costs ...
(revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2005, 88 (1), 79-84)
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J65, L16, O31
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887
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Bernd
Irlenbusch
Dirk
Sliwka
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Transparency and Reciprocal Behavior
The impact of transparency on the extent of reciprocal behavior is investigated in a simple
repeated gift exchange experiment, where principals set wages and agents respond by
choosing effort ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2005, 56 (3), 383-403)
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C72, C91, J33
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886
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Juan
J.
Dolado
Marcel
Jansen
Juan
F.
Jimeno
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On-the-Job Search in a Matching Model with Heterogenous Jobs and Workers
This paper considers a matching model with heterogenous jobs (unskilled and skilled) and
workers (low and high-educated) which allows for on-the-job search by mismatched workers.
The latter are ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (534), 200-228)
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J63, J64
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885
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis
While the literature has established that there is substantial and highly selective return
migration, the growing importance of repeat migration has been largely ignored. Using
Markov chain ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2012, 46 (2), 361-387)
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F22, J61, C25, C41, C44
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884
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Jaan
Masso
Almas
Heshmati
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The Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises
For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring
and reallocation of labour force and for coping with the requirements of the European
Monetary Union. In ...
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2004, 12 (4), 683-720)
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C23, J23, P23
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883
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Sandra
Groeneveld
Joop
Hartog
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Overeducation, Wages and Promotions within the Firm
We analyse data from personnel records of a large firm producing energy and
telecommunication and test for the effect of deviations between required and attained
education of workers. Required ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (6), 701-714)
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J31, J41, M51
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881
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Robert
A.
Hart
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Worker-Job Matches, Job Mobility, and Real Wage Cyclicality
Using the British New Earnings Survey Panel Data from 1980 to 2001, this paper examines
male and female real wage cyclicality. Estimation is undertaken separately for job stayers
and job movers. A ...
(published in: Economica, 2006, 73 (290), 287-298)
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E32, J31, J62
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879
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Yochanan
Shachmurove
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Entrepreneurial Ventures and Wage Differentials Between Germans and Immigrants
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial undertaking of immigrants and natives in
Germany. We first study factors that affect the sorting of individuals into self-employment and
then we ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27 (3), 208-229 )
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J23, M13, J24, J61, J31
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878
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John
T.
Addison
Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils
In a survey published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Frege (2002) evaluates
research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including
economics. ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, 42 (2), 255-281)
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J50
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877
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Myeong-Su
Yun
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Decomposing Differences in the First Moment
We propose a simple methodology for decomposing differences in the first moment into
characteristics and coefficients effects. This methodology provides a way to apply the
Blinder-Oaxaca ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2004, 82 (2), 275-280)
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C20, J70
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876
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Marika
Karanassou
Hector
Sala
Dennis
J.
Snower
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The European Phillips Curve: Does the NAIRU Exist?
This paper has two aims. First, it provides simple theoretical models that highlight two
channels whereby monetary shocks have permanent real effects and the interactions
between these channels. ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (2), 93-121)
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E2, E3, E4, E5, J3
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875
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Christian
Grund
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Severance Payments for Dismissed Employees in Germany
This contribution investigates severance payments for dismissed employees in Germany.
Subsequent to an overview about the legal framework, we respond to the following
questions: Who receives ...
(revised version published in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 22, 49-71)
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M51, M52, J32, J53
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874
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Jörn-Steffen
Pischke
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The Impact of Length of the School Year on Student Performance and Earnings: Evidence from the German Short School Years
This paper investigates how changing the length of school year, leaving the basic curriculum
unchanged, affects learning and subsequent earnings. I use variation introduced by the
West-German short ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (523), 1216-1242)
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J24, J31
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873
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Martin
Falk
Bertrand
Koebel
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The Impact of Office Machinery and Computer Capital on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labour
We study the impact of office and computing machinery (OCM) on the demands for workers
with different educational levels. The empirical analysis relies on a system of demand
equations that nests ...
(published in: Labour Economics , 2004, 11 (1), 99-117)
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J23, O33
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872
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Jakob
R.
Munch
Michael
Rosholm
Michael
Svarer
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Are Home Owners Really More Unemployed?
This paper investigates the effects of home-ownership on labour mobility and unemployment
duration. We distinguish between finding employment locally or by being geographically
mobile. We find that ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (514), 991-1013)
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C41, J61, J64, R23
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871
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Yannick
L'Horty
Christophe
Rault
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The Impact of Growth, Labour Cost and Working Time on Employment: Lessons from the French Experience
To account for employment evolutions at the macro-economic level, we propose a modelling
where employment is explained by added value, working time and real labour cost.
Estimations using quarterly ...
(published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (3), 595-620)
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E24, J22, J23
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870
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Stephan
Klasen
Andrey
Launov
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Analysis of the Determinants of Fertility Decline in the Czech Republic
In this paper we study the decline in total fertility rates in the Czech Republic during the
transition process. To identify transition-specific features of this decline we use a multiperiod
model ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19(1), 25-54)
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J00, J13
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869
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Alan
B.
Krueger
Alexandre
Mas
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Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations: Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires
This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We
consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of replacement workers at
Bridgestone/Firestone’s ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112 (2), 253-289)
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J5, M5, M1
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868
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Pablo
Brañas
Garza
Shoshana
Neuman
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Analyzing Religiosity Within an Economic Framework: The Case of Spanish Catholics
Using a sample of Spanish Catholics, we examined the level of religiosity (measured by
beliefs, prayer and church attendance) and the relationship between religiosity and various
socio-economic ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2004, 2, 5-22)
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Z12, I21
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867
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Thomas
Dohmen
Ben
Kriechel
Gerard
A.
Pfann
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Monkey Bars and Ladders: The Importance of Lateral and Vertical Job Mobility in Internal Labor Market Careers
The research area of the new economics of personnel has a short but important and
insightful history. Theory ahead of measurement asks for testing newly developed human
resource concepts. These ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (2), 193-228)
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J31, J41, J63
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866
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Amelie
F.
Constant
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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives
The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts
on the natives by drawing on research findings from the existing academic literature on the
economics of ...
(published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know, Oxford: OUP, 2005)
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F22, J18, J24, J31, J61, J62
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865
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Solomon
Polachek
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Mincer's Overtaking Point and the Lifecycle Earnings Distribution
In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand earnings distribution.
In the years since Mincer’s seminal work, he as well as his students and colleagues extended
the original ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2003, 1 (4), 273-304)
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B20, B31, D31, J24, J31, J33, J41, J6, J7
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864
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Chris
Ryan
Robert
Breunig
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A Couples-Based Approach to the Problem of Workless Families
The goal of this paper is to evaluate a “couples-based” policy intervention designed to reduce
the number of Australian families without work. In 2000 and 2001, the Australian Government
piloted a ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (259), 428-444)
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H3, I38, J68
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862
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John
T.
Addison
Clive
R.
Belfield
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Union Voice
This paper offers a critical evaluation of the notion of collective voice, advanced by Freeman
and Medoff (1984) in their pioneering contribution What Do Unions Do? It takes note of
theoretical and ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2004, 25 (4), 563-597)
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J51, J53
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861
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Yannick
L'Horty
Christophe
Rault
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Inflation, Minimum Wage and Other Wages: An Econometric Study on French Macroeconomic Data
This paper examines the set of interdependences between the formation of wages, prices
and the minimum wage (SMIC) through a vectorial error correction model estimated on
French quarterly ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2004, 36 (4), 277-290)
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C32, E31, J31, J38
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860
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Jens
Bonke
Nabanita
Datta Gupta
Nina
Smith
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Timing and Flexibility of Housework and Men and Women's Wages
This paper analyses the effect of housework on men and women’s wages in Denmark by
estimating quantile regressions on Danish time use survey data from 1987, merged to
register information on hourly ...
(published in: D.S. Hamermesh and G.A. Pfann (eds.). Contributions to Economic Analysis, Vol. 271, Elsevier Press, 2004)
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D13, J16
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859
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René
Fahr
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Loafing or Learning? The Demand for Informal Education
Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of
schooling education and time investments in informal education. Two hypotheses explain ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2005, 49 (1), 75-98 and in: D. Hamermesh and G. Pfann (eds.). The Economics of Time Use, Elsevier, 2005)
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C24, D13, J22, J24
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858
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Carmel
U.
Chiswick
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History of Historical Statistics of the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States is the premier source of quantitative evidence on
American economic, social, political, demographic, and institutional history. Introduced in
1949 as a ...
(published as 'Appendix 3' in: Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 5-819 - 5-824)
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C1, C8
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