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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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711
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Christopher
J.
Ruhm
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Healthy Living in Hard Times
Using microdata for adults from the 1987-2000 years of the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System, I show that smoking and height-adjusted weight decline during
temporary economic downturns ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24 (2), 341-363)
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E32, I12, J2
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710
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Zvi
Eckstein
Yoram
Weiss
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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000
This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of
immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise
of the return to ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (4), 665-695)
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J24, J31, J6
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709
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Leif
Danziger
Shoshana
Neuman
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Delays in Renewal of Labor Contracts: Theory and Evidence
In many countries, an expired labor contract is automatically extended during the often
protracted delay before the new contract is signed. Our theoretical model focuses on
macroeconomic factors in ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23(2), 341-372)
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J52
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708
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Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Western Germany: Evidence from Micro Data, 1980-2000
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density
fell substantially in West Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be
observed for men and ...
(published in: Socio-Economic Review, 2005, 3 (1), 1-24)
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J51
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707
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Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Trade Union Membership in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence?
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that the level and
the structure of unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western
Germany in the ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (3), 213-232 )
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J51
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706
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Sourafel
Girma
Holger
Görg
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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects after Foreign Acquisitions
This paper investigates whether the acquisition of a domestic establishment by a foreign
owner has any effects on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The
analysis uses plant ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2004, 50 (1), 89-110)
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L25, F23
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705
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Giorgio
Brunello
Daniele
Checchi
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School Quality and Family Background in Italy
We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase
in parental education observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the
1980s have had ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (5), 563-577)
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J24, J31
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704
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Michael
R.
Ransom
Ronald
L.
Oaxaca
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Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay
In this paper we analyze eight years of employment data of a regional grocery store chain in
the U.S. The data include job titles, wage rates, and earnings for all employees. We examine
initial job ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (2), 219-237)
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J3, J6
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702
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M. Ayhan
Kose
Eswar
Prasad
Marco
E.
Terrones
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How Does Globalization Affect the Synchronization of Business Cycles?
This paper examines the impact of rising trade and financial integration on international
business cycle comovement among a large group of industrial and developing countries. The
results provide ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2003, 93 (2), 57-62)
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E32, F42, F41
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701
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Laszlo
Goerke
Jakob
B.
Madsen
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Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits in a Unionised Economy
We show that a stronger earnings relationship of unemployment compensation reduces
wages and increases employment in an economy in which wages are determined by a trade
union that maximises the ...
(published in: Economic Systems, 2003, 27 (1), 41-62)
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E24, J51, J65
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699
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David
N.
Margolis
Véronique
Simonnet
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Educational Track, Networks and Labor Market Outcomes
Does the educational track (technical or professional, as opposed to general) provide
individuals with networks that are useful in the labor market? And how do these networks
help? In this paper, ...
(published in French as "Filières éducatives, réseaux et réussite professionnelle" in Economie et prévision, 2005164-165, 2005.)
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J31, J38, J21, J23, I28
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698
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Torben
M.
Andersen
Jan
Rose
Skaksen
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Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance
In a two-country model with trade driven by comparative advantages, it is considered how
imperfectly competitive labour markets are affected by lower frictions in international goods
trade. Easier ...
(published as "Labour Demand, Wage Mark-ups and Product Market Integration" in: Journal of Economics, 2007, 92 (2), 103-135)
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F15, J30, J50
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696
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Ronald
Schettkat
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Institutions in the Economic Fitness Landscape: What Impact Do Welfare State Institutions Have on Economic Performance?
This paper uses data from 20 OECD countries to investigate the impact of welfare state
institutions (especially employment protection, wage bargaining and work incentives) on the
functioning of the ...
(CESifo Dice Report , 2003, 2, 27-33)
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E2, J0, P1, P5
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695
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Sule
Alan
Thomas
F.
Crossley
Paul
Grootendorst
Michael
R.
Veall
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Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures and Public Prescription Drug Programs
Canadian household prescription drug expenditures are studied using different years of the
Statistics Canada Family Expenditure Survey. Master files are used, expanding the number
of available ...
(published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, 38(1), 128-148)
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I18, J42
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694
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Eswar
Prasad
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What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence from German Micro Data
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages
of unemployed workers and macroeconomic factors – including aggregate and local
unemployment rates, ...
(published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe: Proceedings of the ECB's Annual Labor Market Workshop, London: Edward Elgar, 2004)
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J6, J3
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693
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Laurent
Gobillon
Harris
Selod
Yves
Zenou
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Spatial Mismatch: From the Hypothesis to the Theories
Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the
suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities —and particularly blacks— have remained
in city ...
(published as 'The Mechanisms of Spatial Mismatch ' in: Urban Studies, 2007, 44 (12), 2401-2427)
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J15, J41, R14
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692
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Tony
E.
Smith
Yves
Zenou
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Spatial Mismatch, Search Effort and Urban Spatial Structure
The aim of this paper is to provide a new mechanism for the spatial mismatch hypothesis.
Spatial mismatch can here be the result of optimizing behavior on the part of the labor market
participants. ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2003, 54 (1), 129-156)
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D83, J64, R14
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691
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Barbara
Petrongolo
Christopher
A.
Pissarides
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Scale Effects in Markets with Search
Reduced-form tests of scale effects in markets with search, run when aggregate matching
functions are estimated, may miss important scale effects at the micro level, because of the
reactions of job ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (508), 21-44)
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J31, J64, D83
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689
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Almas
Heshmati
Ilham
Haouas
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The Effects of Union Wage-Settings on Firms’ Production Factor Decisions
This study is concerned with the development of a theoretical model and its empirical application to the estimation of the interaction between firms and trade union in determining
wages and ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11 (7), 415-420)
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C33, D21, E24, J50, L60
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688
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Ilham
Haouas
Mahmoud
Yagoubi
Almas
Heshmati
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The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in Tunisian Industries
This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage equations are estimated using data (1971–96) for importable
and exportable ...
(published in: Journal of International Development, 2005, 17 (4), 527-551)
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C23, E24, J23, J31, F10, L60
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687
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Ilham
Haouas
Mahmoud
Yagoubi
Almas
Heshmati
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Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries
This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971–96. The adjustment ...
(published in: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2003, 1 (3), 195-214)
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C23, E24, J23, L60
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686
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Adriaan
Kalwij
Rob
Alessie
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Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects
We examine the variance-covariance structure of log-wages over time and over the lifecycle of British men from 1975 to 2001, hereby controlling for cohort effects. Wage inequality has risen sharply ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22 (6), 1063 - 1093)
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C23, D31, J31, J60
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685
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Lex
Borghans
Bas
ter Weel
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Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain
Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we examine the
returns to computer skills in Britain. Many researchers, using information on computer use,
have concluded ...
(published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (3), 505-532)
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J31, O30
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684
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Patrick
A.
Puhani
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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants
Switzerland, traditionally a ‘zero unemployment’ economy, has seen an unprecedented rise
in joblessness in the 1990s although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997.
This paper ...
(published as 'Relative Demand Shocks and Relative Wage Rigidities During the Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment' in: Kyklos, 2003, 56 (4),541-562)
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E24, J21, J31, J64
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683
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Eric
Strobl
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Is Education Used as a Signaling Device for Productivity in Developing Countries? Evidence from Ghana
This paper investigates whether education is used as a signaling device for worker
productivity in developing countries. To do such we employ a simple test of employer
learning on Ghana ...
(published as "Do employers use education as a signal for ability in developing countries? Evidence from Ghana" in: Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11(4), 259-261)
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O12, J30
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682
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Bart
Cockx
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Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium
In this paper we estimate, for the 1989-93 period in Belgium, the effect of vocational
classroom training on the rate of transition from unemployment. We propose a “control
function” estimator ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (1), 23-48)
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C41, J24, J64, J68
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681
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Marcus
Hagedorn
Ashok
Kaul
Tim
Mennel
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An Adverse Selection Model of Optimal Unemployment Insurance
We derive the shape of optimal unemployment insurance (UI) contracts when agents can
exert search effort but face different search costs and have private information about their
type. We derive a ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34 (3), 490-502 )
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C61, D82, E61, J64, J65
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679
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Arnd
Kölling
Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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Establishment Age and Wages: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Research in wage differentials has a long tradition. Prominent reasons why people make
more or less money in the labor market include personal characteristics of the employee
(e.g., human capital ...
(published in: Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2005, 294, 81-99)
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J3
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675
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Jozef
Konings
Olga
Kupets
Hartmut
Lehmann
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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects
This paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Ukraine using
a unique data set of more than 2200 Ukrainian firms operating in both the manufacturing and
the ...
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2003, 11 (2), 321-356)
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E24, F14, J63, P23
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674
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Vincent
A.
Hildebrand
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The Wealth and Asset Holdings of U.S.- Born and Foreign-Born Households: Evidence from SIPP Data
SIPP data are used to analyze the wealth of the U.S. foreign-born population. We find that
the median wealth level of U.S.-born couples is 2.3 times the median of foreign-born couples,
while the ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2006, 51 (1), 17-42)
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J61, G11, J10
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673
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Alison
L.
Booth
Marco
Francesconi
Jeff
Frank
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Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?
In this paper, we investigate whether or not there is an equal opportunities dimension to
regulating equal pay and conditions for temporary work. We develop a “buffer stock” model
of temporary work ...
(published in: Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Paolo Mongelli and Julian Morgan (eds.), Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe, Edward Elgar 2003)
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J21, J30, J63
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672
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Douglas
S.
Massey
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Self-Selection, Earnings, and Out-Migration: A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Germany
In this paper we seek to deepen understanding of out-migration as a social and economic
process and to investigate whether cross-sectional earnings assimilation results suffer from
selection bias. ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 16 (4), 2003, 631-653)
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J61, J2, C4
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671
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Spyros
Konstantopoulos
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School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the 1980s and 1990s
This study examines high school effects on the labor market success of young adults, above
and beyond individual and family characteristics. We employ data from two longitudinal,
nationally ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 49 (1), 2003, 5-22)
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J1, J3, A2, C1, C3
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670
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Maristella
Botticini
Zvi
Eckstein
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From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations,
such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred
between the ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007, 5 (5), 885-926,)
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N3, O1, J1, J2, Z1
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668
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Jürgen
Meckl
Stefan
Zink
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Solow and Heterogeneous Labor: A Neoclassical Explanation of Wage Inequality
The paper analyzes the effect of human-capital investments of heterogeneous individuals on the dynamics of the wage structure within a neoclassical growth model. The accumulation of
physical capital ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2004, 114 (498), 835-854)
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I21, J31, O15
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667
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Pascal
Arnds
Holger
Bonin
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Die deutsche Bevölkerung durchläuft in den nächsten Jahrzehnten einen demographischen
Alterungsprozess, der als erstes die Erwerbsbevölkerung erfasst. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert
die ökonomischen ...
(published in: M. Herfurth, M. Kohli and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Arbeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft (Labor in an Aging Society), Leverkusen: Leske+Budrich, 2003, 131-177)
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N30, E66, J00, H55
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666
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Pascal
Arnds
Holger
Bonin
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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen
Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze. Dieser Beitrag analysiert die arbeitsmarkt- und rentenpolitischen Ursachen der ...
(published in: M. Herfurth, M. Kohli and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Arbeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft (Labor in an Aging Society), Leverkusen: Leske+Budrich, 2003, 65-91)
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J26, H55
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665
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Holger
Görg
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Fancy a Stay at the 'Hotel California'? Foreign Direct Investment, Taxation and Firing Costs
This paper looks at the trade off between investment incentives and exit costs for the location of foreign direct investment (FDI). This issue does not appear to have been tackled in much detail in ...
(revised version published as 'Fancy a stay at the 'Hotel California'? in: Kyklos, 2005, 58 (4), 519-535)
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F23, H25, J65
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664
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Jan
Rose
Skaksen
Anders
Sorensen
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Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages: The Case of Danish Manufacturing
Relative wages have been remarkably rigid for the last two decades in Danish manufacturing despite large shifts in relative employment from unskilled labor towards skilled and educated labor. ...
(published as 'Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages' in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, 2005, 5(1), Art. 7)
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J31, J51, E32, F02, O39
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663
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Alan
B.
Krueger
Pei
Zhu
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Another Look at the New York City School Voucher Experiment
This paper reexamines data from the New York City school choice program, the largest and best implemented private school scholarship experiment yet conducted. In the experiment, low-income public ...
(published in: American Behavioral Scientist, 2004, 47 (5), 658-698)
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I2
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662
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Eric
Strobl
Frank
Walsh
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Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?
In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating ...
(revised version published as "Dealing with Monopsony Power: the Case for Employment Subsidies" in: Economics Letters, 2007, 94 (1), 83-89 )
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J2, J3
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661
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Eric
Strobl
Frank
Walsh
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Efficiency Wages and Effort: Are Hard Jobs Better?
Efficiency wage theory predicts that the wage per unit of effort will be lower in intensively
monitored sectors. This wage differential will increase in effort. Using employer-employee
matched data ...
(revised version published as "Estimating the Shirking Model with Variable Effort" in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 623-647)
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J41
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660
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Eric
Strobl
Robert
Thornton
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Do Large Employers Pay More in Developing Countries? The Case of Five African Countries
Using comparable data sets for five African countries we estimate, and evaluate possible
explanations for, the employer size wage effect across these. Our results indicate, just as has
been ...
(revised version published as "A Comparative Study of the Employer Size Wage Effect in Africa" in: Journal of Economic Development, 2004, 29 (1), 137-161)
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J3, O1
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659
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Eric
Strobl
David
Byrne
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Defining Unemployment in Developing Countries: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) argues for relaxing the standard definition of unemployment in developing countries by eliminating the requirement that a person be actively searching for ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 73 (1), 465-476)
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J6, O1
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658
|
Giorgio
Brunello
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Why Do Students Expect to Stay Longer in College? Evidence from Europe
We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using
data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess
time to ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2003, 80 (2), 247-253.)
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I20, I22
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655
|
Wiji
Arulampalam
Robin
Naylor
Jeremy
Smith
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Effects of In-Class Variation and Student Rank on the Probability of Withdrawal: Cross-Section and Time-Series Analysis for UK University Students
From individual-level data for nine entire cohorts of undergraduate students in UK
universities, we estimate the probability that an individual will drop out of university during
their first-year. ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (3), 251-262)
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J24, I2
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654
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Ulf-G.
Gerdtham
Christopher
J.
Ruhm
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Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence From the OECD
This study uses aggregate data for 23 OECD countries over the 1960-1997 period to
examine the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding
is that total mortality ...
(published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2006, 4 (3), 298-316.)
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E32, J2, I12
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653
|
Wim
Groot
Henriette
Maassen van den Brink
Erik
Plug
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Money for Health: The Compensating Variation of Cardiovascular Diseases
This paper introduces a new method to calculate the extent to which individuals are willing to
trade money for improvements in their health status. An individual welfare function of income
(WFI) is ...
(published a 'Money for health: the equivalent variation of cardiovascular diseases' in: Health Economics, 2004, 13 (9), 859-872)
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I10, I12
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652
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Erik
Plug
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How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?
The problem with most intergenerational mobility estimates is that unmeasured and inherited
abilities prevent us from drawing inferences. In this paper we estimate the intergenerational
mobility of ...
(published as 'Estimating the Effect of Mother's Schooling on Children's Schooling Using a Sample of Adoptees' in: American Economic Review, 2004, 94 (1), 358-368)
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I21, J13, J24
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651
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Ekkehart
Schlicht
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Social Evolution, Corporate Culture, and Exploitation
It has been claimed that the market fosters selfishness and thereby undermines the moral
basis of society. This thesis has been developed with an emphasis on market exchange.
Everyday life is, ...
(final version published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2004, 160 (2), 232-42)
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A13, A14, B52, D21, D23, L14, L22
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