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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
659 Eric Strobl
David Byrne
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)
J6, O1
658 Giorgio Brunello
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
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.)
I20, I22
655 Wiji Arulampalam
Robin Naylor
Jeremy Smith
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)
J24, I2
654 Ulf-G. Gerdtham
Christopher J. Ruhm
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.)
E32, J2, I12
653 Wim Groot
Henriette Maassen van den Brink
Erik Plug
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)
I10, I12
652 Erik Plug
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)
I21, J13, J24
651 Ekkehart Schlicht
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)
A13, A14, B52, D21, D23, L14, L22
650 Harminder Battu
Peter J. Sloane
Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain
This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2004, 72 (4), 535-559)
I2, J3, J7
649 Jan C. van Ours
Justus Veenman
From Parent to Child: Early Labor Market Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrants in the Netherlands
This paper is on the early labor market experiences of second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands. We find that only for employment rates there are some differences across ethnic groups. ...
(published in: De Economist, 2004, 152 (4), 473-490)
J15, J61
648 Thorsten Schank
Claus Schnabel
Joachim Wagner
Works Councils – Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11 (3), 159–161)
J50
647 Christian Grund
Dirk Sliwka
Envy and Compassion in Tournaments
Many experiments indicate that most individuals are not purely motivated by material self interest, but also care about the well being of others. In this paper we examine tournaments among inequity ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2005, 14 (1), 187-207)
M51, M52, D23, D63
645 Marika Karanassou
Hector Sala
Dennis J. Snower
Long-Run Inflation-Unemployment Dynamics: The Spanish Phillips Curve and Economic Policy
This paper takes a new look at the long-run dynamics of inflation and unemployment in response to permanent changes in the growth rate of the money supply. We examine the Phillips curve from the ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30 (2), 279-300)
E2, E3, E4, E5, J3
643 Anders Björklund
Marianne Sundström
Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Approach
This article analyzes whether the commonly found negative relationship between parental separation in childhood and educational outcomes is causal or mainly due to selection. We use data on about ...
(published as 'Parental Separation and Children's Educational Attainment: A Siblings Analysis on Swedish Register Data' in: Economica, 2006, 73 (292), 605-624)
J12, I20, I30
642 Joop Hartog
Aslan Zorlu
The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries
We extend the Altonji and Card (1991) framework for analysing the impact of immigrants on natives’ wages from two to three labour types and estimate reduced form wage equations for The Netherlands, ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (1), 113-151)
J15, J31
641 Joop Hartog
Luis Diaz-Serrano
Earnings Risk and Demand for Higher Education: A Cross-Section Test for Spain
We develop a simple human capital model for optimum schooling length when earnings are stochastic, and highlight the pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2007, 10 (1) , 1-28)
I21
640 Joop Hartog
Nicole Jonker
Hans van Ophem
Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors: Does It Matter?
In the Netherlands auditors can be trained in a part-time educational track in which students combine working and studying or in a full-time educational track. The former training is relatively ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (9), 1019-1035)
C35, C41, J24, J31, J63
639 Gilles Saint-Paul
Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (1), 129-144)
D3, H23, I3, J24, J31, O34
637 Holger Bonin
Wolfram Kempe
Hilmar Schneider
Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany
This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel, we estimate ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Social Sciences Studies, 2003, 123 (1), 199-208)
J68, J38, H24, J22
636 Marika Karanassou
Hector Sala
Dennis J. Snower
A Reappraisal of the Inflation-Unemployment Tradeoff
This paper offers a reappraisal of the inflation-unemployment tradeoff, based on "frictional growth" describing the interplay between nominal frictions and money growth. When the money supply grows ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21 (1), 1-32)
E2, E3, E4, E5, J3
634 Adriana Kugler
Robert M. Sauer
Doctors Without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel
Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (3), 437-466)
D45, J17, J24, J31, J61, J62, L15, L51
633 Adriana Kugler
Employee Referrals and Efficiency Wages
Many workers believe that personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors. On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals because they help ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2003, 10 (5), 531-556)
E24, J41, J63, J64, J68
632 Bart Cockx
Muriel Dejemeppe
Duration Dependence in the Exit Rate out of Unemployment in Belgium: Is It True or Spurious?
On the basis of aggregate data for the early nineties, we analyse the determinants of unemployment duration for laid-off male workers in Wallonia (Belgium). Our results demonstrate that if ranking ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2005, 20 (1), 1-23 )
C41, J64
629 Ira N. Gang
Kunal Sen
Myeong-Su Yun
Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India
This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The ...
(revised version published as 'Poverty in Rural India: Caste and Tribe' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54 (1), 50-70)
I32, O12, J15
628 Robert Breunig
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Yvonne Dunlop
Marion Terrill
Assisting the Long-Term Unemployed: Results from a Randomized Trial
Welfare reform in Australia centres on the concept of both economic and social participation. The policy concern is that people who fail to participate in economic and social life may become ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2003, 79 (244), 84-102)
H3, I38, J68
627 Jan Boone
Jan C. van Ours
Cyclical Fluctuations in Workplace Accidents
This paper presents a theory and an empirical investigation on cyclical fluctuations in workplace accidents. The theory is based on the idea that reporting an accident dents the reputation of a ...
(revised version published as 'Are recessions good for workplace safety? ' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25 (6), 1069-1093)
I31, J28
626 Astrid Kunze
Gender Differences in Entry Wages and Early Career Wages
In this paper we investigate the evolution of the gender wage gap over early careers of skilled workers in Germany using administrative longitudinal data. Advantages of the data for this type of ...
(revised version published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2003, 71/72, 245-266)
J16, J3, J7
624 Joachim Wagner
Rolf Sternberg
Personal and Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities: Empirical Evidence from the REM Germany
This paper contributes to empirical research in entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts that emerged from a number of studies for Germany and other countries: Entry ...
(published in: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft / Review of Regional Reseach, 2005, 25 (1), 91-105)
J23, R12
623 Ana Rute Cardoso
Priscila Ferreira
The Dynamics of Job Creation and Destruction for University Graduates: Why a Rising Unemployment Rate Can Be Misleading
This study uses a matched employer-employee data set on the Portuguese economy to analyze systematic information on job creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2009, 41 (1), 2513-2521)
J21, J60, J63
621 Gilles Saint-Paul
On Market Forces and Human Evolution
This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to ...
(published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2007, 247, 397- 412, )
J1, J21
620 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Public Policy and the Labor Market Adjustment of New Immigrants to Australia
Two separate cohorts of immigrants to Australia are compared in order to assess the potential role of immigrant selection criteria, labor market conditions, and income-support policy in ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16 (4), 655-681)
J6, J1
619 Heather Antecol
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
The Changing Nature of Employment-Related Sexual Harassment: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Government (1978-1994)
This paper examines the changing nature of views towards and reports of sexual harassment using unique data drawn from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (USMSPB) of the U.S. Federal ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2004, 57(3), 443-461)
J16, J28
618 Alison L. Booth
Marco Francesconi
Gylfi Zoega
Oligopsony, Institutions and the Efficiency of General Training
In oligopsonistic labour markets, firms have some market power, and a wedge is created between wages and marginal product. When oligopsonistic firms' production technology requires generally ...
(published in: J. Messina, C. Michelacci, J. Turunen and G. Zoega (eds.), Proceedings of the 2004 ECB/CEPR Labour Market Workshop, Edward Elgar 2006)
E32, J23, J24, J54
616 Reinhard Hujer
Uwe Blien
Marco Caliendo
Christopher Zeiss
Macroeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Germany – A Dynamic Panel Approach Using Regional Data
Most evaluation studies of active labour market policies (ALMP) focus on the microeconometric evaluation approach using individual data. However, as the microeconometric approach usually ignores ...
(published in: Carloeo, F.E. and Destefanis, S. (eds.): The European Labour Market - Regional Dimensions, Physica Verlag, 2006, 287-310)
C33, E24, H43, J64, J68
615 Winfried Koeniger
The Dynamics of Market Insurance, Insurable Assets, and Wealth Accumulation
We analyze dynamic interactions between market insurance, the stock of insurable assets and liquid wealth accumulation in a model with non-durable and durable consumption. The stock of the durable ...
(revised version joint with Helge Braun published in: Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2007, 32(1), 61-90)
D81, E21, G22
614 Markus Pannenberg
Long-Term Effects of Unpaid Overtime: Evidence for West Germany
Why do people work unpaid overtime? We show that remarkable long-term labor earnings gains are associated with unpaid overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 52 (2), 177-193)
J22, J23, J31, J33
613 Peter J. Kuhn
Mikal Skuterud
Internet Job Search and Unemployment Durations
After decades of stability, the technologies used by workers to locate new jobs began to change rapidly with the diffusion of internet access in the late 1990’s. Which types of persons incorporated ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2004, 94 (1), 218-232)
J64
612 Juan J. Dolado
Marcel Jansen
Juan F. Jimeno
A Matching Model of Crowding-Out and On-the-Job Search (with an Application to Spain)
This paper considers a matching model of heterogenous workers and jobs which includes onthe- job search. High-educated workers transitorily accept unskilled jobs and continue to search for skilled ...
(published in: Economic Journal, (2009), 119, 200-228. )
J41, J62
611 Gilles Saint-Paul
Some Thoughts on Macroeconomic Fluctuations and the Timing of Labor Market Reform
In this paper, I analyze the pros and cons of implementing structural reforms of the labor market in booms vs. recessions, in light of considerations of social efficiency, political viability, and ...
(pubished in: Solow, Robert M. (ed.): Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Policy, (International Economic Association), Palgrave MacMillan, 2004)
E32, E52, E61, J6, K31
610 Axel Heitmueller
Unemployment Benefits, Risk Aversion, and Migration Incentives
With reference to the EU enlargement, a framework is derived which allows the study of the effect of unemployment benefits on the migration decision. While benefits simply increase the expected ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18(1), 93-112)
J60, J61, J65, D81
608 Gilles Saint-Paul
Economic Aspects of Human Cloning and Reprogenetics
This paper analyses the economic issues associated with human cloning and new reproductive technologies. We analyze the incentives for human cloning and its implications for the long run ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2003, 18 (36), 73-122 )
J1, J2, J3
607 Yves Zenou
How Do Firms Redline Workers?
In a city where individuals endogenously choose their residential location, firms determine their spatial efficiency wage and a geographical red line beyond which they do not recruit workers. This ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 52 (3), 391-608)
J41, R14
606 Michael Gerfin
Michael Lechner
Heidi Steiger
Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual administrative data ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (6), 807-835)
J38, J68
605 Christian Grund
The Wage Policy of Firms – Comparative Evidence for the U.S. and Germany from Personnel Data
The wage policy of a German and a U.S. firm is comparatively analysed with a focus on the relation between wages and hierarchies. While prior studies examine only one particular firm, in this paper ...
(revised version published in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2005, 16 (1), 104-119)
M52, J31, M12
603 Thomas Andrén
Björn Anders Gustafsson
Income Effects from Labor Market Training Programs in Sweden During the 80’s and 90’s
Swedish labor market programs appear large from an international perspective, yet their consequences are not fully investigated and understood. In this paper we estimate a switching regression ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2004, 25 (8), 688-713)
J31, J38
602 Lilo Locher
Migration in the Soviet Successor States
This paper analyzes the migration behavior of ethnic groups in the former Soviet Un-ion (FSU) from 1989 to 1999. The two main migration movements have been return migration of ethnic groups to their ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2002, 48 (1), 67-84)
F22, J15, P26
601 Štepán Jurajda
Katherine Terrell
What Drives the Speed of Job Reallocation During Episodes of Massive Adjustment?
This paper uses individual-level data to characterize economy-wide job creation and destruction during periods of massive structural adjustment. We contrast the gradualist Czech and the rapid ...
(published as "Job Reallocation in Two Cases of Massive Adjustment in Eastern Europe" in: World Development, 2008, 36 (11), 2144-2169)
E0, J2, O1, O4, P2
600 Jana Stefanová Lauerová
Katherine Terrell
Explaining Gender Differences in Unemployment with Micro Data on Flows in Post-Communist Economies
Post-communist labor markets provide an interesting laboratory since unemployment rates grew from zero to double digits and gender differences began to vary greatly across these countries. We ...
(published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49 (1), 128-155)
C23, J64, J48, P20
599 Naci Mocan
Benjamin Scafidi
Erdal Tekin
Catholic Schools and Bad Behavior
Although there is a sizeable literature of the effect of private school attendance on academic student outcomes, there is a dearth of studies of the impact of school sector on non-academic outcomes. ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006, 5(1), Article 13)
I2
598 Daniela Del Boca
Annamaria Lusardi
Credit Market Constraints and Labor Market Decisions
In this paper, we examine whether imperfections in credit markets spill over to other markets, particularly the labor market. We take the case of Italy, a country that experienced changes in the ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2003, 10 (5), 681-703)
J2, D91
597 Scott M. Fuess Jr.
Meghan Millea
Disentangling Pay and Productivity in a Corporatist Economy: The Case of Germany
Conventional theory predicts that productivity gains lead to pay hikes. Pay increases, however, can influence labor productivity. But what about in a corporatist economy? Focusing on Germany, we ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2006, 27(3), 397-409)
J41, C22, J50, J30
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