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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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454
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Winfried
Koeniger
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Defensive Innovations
Defensive innovations in developed countries can explain the empirical phenomenon that
openness towards trade with less-developed countries does not necessarily induce a
substantial increase in the ...
(revised version published in: Berkeley Electronic Journal in Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, 2007, 7(1), Article 5)
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F1, F4, O3
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453
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Pedro
Carneiro
Karsten
T.
Hansen
James
J.
Heckman
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Removing the Veil of Ignorance in Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Social Policies
This paper summarizes our recent research on evaluating the distributional consequences of
social programs. This research advances the economic policy evaluation literature beyond
estimating ...
(published in: Swedish Policy Review, 2001, 8 (2), 273-301)
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D33, H43, I28
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452
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Yew
Liang
Lee
Paul
W.
Miller
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Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Occupational Mobility: A Test of the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis
Using an immigrant assimilation framework, this paper develops a model of the occupational
mobility of immigrants and tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the
Longitudinal Survey of ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2005, 39 (2), 332-353)
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J15, J24, J61, J62
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451
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male
immigrants in Canada using the 1991 Census. Earnings are shown to increase with
schooling, pre-immigration ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22 (5), 469-480)
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I21, J24, J31, J61
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450
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Yew
Liang
Lee
Paul
W.
Miller
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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the
effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The
survey includes a ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2003, 79 (245), 165-181)
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J31, I21
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449
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment?
This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic
concentrations (enclaves). The reasons for the formation of these concentrations are
discussed. Hypotheses are ...
(published in: City and Community, 2005, 4 (1), 5-35)
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J15, J24, J31, J61
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448
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Michael
P.
Keane
Eswar
Prasad
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Inequality, Transfers and Growth: New Evidence from the Economic Transition in Poland
This paper analyzes the evolution of inequality in Poland during the economic transition that
began in 1989-90. Using micro data from the Household Budget Surveys, we find that, after a
brief spike ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84 (2), 324-341)
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D31, J31, O15
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446
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Eran
Yashiv
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Macroeconomic Policy Lessons of Labor Market Frictions
The paper explores the consequences of macroeconomic policy for labor market outcomes in the
presence of frictions. It shows how policy may be useful in overriding frictions, as well as how it ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2004, 48 (2), 259-284)
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E24, E32
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445
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Gil
S.
Epstein
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Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate
We introduce the idea that informational cascades can explain the observed regularity that
emigrants from the same locations also tend to choose the same foreign locations. Thus
informational ...
(published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.): Migration and Culture, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 25-44)
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F22, J61
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444
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Rafael
Lalive
Josef
Zweimüller
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Benefit Entitlement and the Labor Market: Evidence from a Large-Scale Policy Change
This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP)
on the labor market outcomes for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement
to regular ...
(published in: Jonas Agell, Michael Keen and Alfons Weichenrieder (eds.), Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation, 2004, 63-100)
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C41, J64, J65
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442
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Mikael
Lindahl
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Estimating the Effect of Income on Health and Mortality Using Lottery Prizes as Exogenous of Variation in Income
A vast literature has established a strong positive association of income with health status
and a negative association with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health
and ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40 (1), 144-168)
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D31, I12
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440
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Giuseppe
Bertola
Stefan
Hochguertel
Winfried
Koeniger
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Dealer Pricing of Consumer Credit
Interest rates on consumer lending are lower when funds are tied to purchase of a durable
good than when they are made available on an unconditional basis. Further, dealers often
choose to bear the ...
(revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2005, 46 (4), 1103-1142)
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D10, D42, G2
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439
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Giulio
Fella
Paola
Manzini
Marco
Mariotti
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Does Divorce Law Matter?
In this paper we derive an explicit model of negotiations between spouses when utility is
(partially) transferable only in case of separation. We show that inefficient separation may
occur in ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (4), 607-633)
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C78, J12
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438
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Alexandru
Voicu
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Employment Dynamics in the Romanian Labor Market: A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach
We use micro data from the Romanian Labor Force Survey to analyze the effect of the
restructuring process on the employment dynamics of urban residents in the Romanian labor
market. We analyze the ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (3), 604-639)
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C15, C35, J23
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436
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Astrid
Kunze
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The Evolution of the Early Career Gender Wage Gap
In this paper we investigate when the male-female wage differential arises: Does it evolve
over the early career or does it exist right from entry into first employment onwards? For the
analysis we ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2005, 12 (1), 73-97)
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J16,J3,J7
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435
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Gil
S.
Epstein
Melanie
E.
Ward-Warmedinger
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Perceived Income, Promotion and Incentive Effects
This paper examines the disincentive effects of perceived underpayment on individuals’
exerted effort and promotion. To this end we develop a theoretical framework and obtain
empirical evidence by ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27 (2), 104-125)
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J3,J4
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434
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Adriana
Kugler
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From Severance Pay to Self-Insurance: Effects of Severance Payments Savings Accounts in Colombia
In 1990 Colombia replaced its traditional system of severance payments with a new system
of severance payments savings accounts (SPSAs). Although severance payments often are
justified on the ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 005, 89 (2-3), 487-500.)
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E2, H2, J3, J6
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433
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Joshua
Angrist
Adriana
Kugler
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Protective or Counter-Productive? Labor Market Institutions and the Effect Immigration on EU Natives
We estimate the effect of immigrant flows on native employment in Western Europe, and
then ask whether the employment consequences of immigration vary with institutions that
affect labor market ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2003, 113 (488), F302-F331)
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J23, J61, O52
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432
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Erdal
Tekin
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Employment, Wages, and Alcohol Consumption in Russia: Evidence from Panel Data
This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males
and females in Russia. Both cross sectional and fixed-effects models are estimated utilizing
data from the ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2004, 71 (2), 397-417)
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J10, J20
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431
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Michael
Fertig
Christoph
M.
Schmidt
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The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey
The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of
preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the
data is ...
(published as 'Attitudes towards foreigners and Jews in Germany: identifying the determinants of xenophobia in a large opinion survey ' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 99-128)
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C31, F22, J15
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430
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Johannes
Schwarze
Marco
Härpfer
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Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction
We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the
regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate
whether a ...
(published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2007, 36 (2), 233 - 249)
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C23, D31, D63, I31
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429
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Silke
Anger
Johannes
Schwarze
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Does Future PC Use Determine Our Wages Today? Evidence from German Panel Data
Using 1985–1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze
wages confirms the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by
individual ability or other ...
(published in: Labour, 2003, 17 (3), 337-360)
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J31, O33, C23
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428
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Daniela
Del Boca
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Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: The Role of Institutions
In recent years the increase in the divorce rate in many advanced countries and the
predominance of female-headed families among the poor has generated much interest in the
relationship between ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16 (3), 399–422)
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D10, K40
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427
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Daniela
Del Boca
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The Effect of Child Care and Part Time Opportunities on Participation and Fertility Decisions in Italy
Economic models of household behavior typically yield the prediction that increases in
schooling levels and wage rates of married women lead to increases in their labor supply and
reductions in ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15 (3), 549–573)
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J2, C3, D1
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426
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Joop
Hartog
Wim
P.
Vijverberg
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Do Wages Really Compensate for Risk Aversion and Skewness Affection?
Utility theory suggests that foreseeable risk should increase the compensation for work. This
paper expands on this notion: on basis of utility theory, people should care not only about risk
but ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14(6), 926-937)
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D8, J3
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425
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Felix
Büchel
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Successful Apprenticeship-to-Work Transitions: On the Long-Term Change in Significance of the German School-Leaving Certificate
The quality of labor-market entry achieved by newly qualified apprentices in West Germany is
analyzed from 1948 to 1992. A bivariate probit model, using data from the BIBB/IAB
employment survey, is ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2002, 23 (5), 394-410)
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I21, J21, J24, J44, J62
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424
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Felix
Büchel
Maarten
van Ham
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Overeducation, Regional Labour Markets and Spatial Flexibility
For most workers, access to suitable employment is severely restricted by the fact that they
look for jobs in the regional labour market rather than the global one. In this paper we
analyse how ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2003, 53 (3), 482-493)
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J61, J62, J24, J44, I21
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423
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Eberhard
Feess
Gerd
Muehlheusser
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Transfer Fee Regulations in European Football
We analyze the impact of three different transfer fee systems on payoffs, contract lengths,
training and effort incentives in European football. The different regimes, being used until
1995 ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2003, 47(4), 645-668)
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J41, K12, L83
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422
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John
T.
Addison
Lutz
Bellmann
Claus
Schnabel
Joachim
Wagner
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The Long Awaited Reform of the German Works Constitution Act
German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has
changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in
the form of the Works ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2004, 43 (2), 392-420)
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J24, J53, J58, K31
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421
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Paola
Manzini
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Divide et Impera: Negotiating with a Stakeholder
In many kinds of bilateral negotiations the resolution of the issues at stake has an impact
which extends beyond the remits of the parties directly involved (e.g. labour negotiations in
sectors of ...
(fully revised version with Clara Ponsati published in: Mathematical Social Sciences, 2005, 50 (2), 166-180)
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C7, D74, J5
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420
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Åsa
Rosén
Etienne
Wasmer
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Higher Education Levels, Firms' Outside Options and the Wage Structure
We analyze the consequences of an increase in the supply of highly educated workers on
relative and real wages in a search model where wages are set by Nash-bargaining. The key
insight is that an ...
(published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (4), 621-654)
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J31
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419
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Paul
Frijters
John
de New
Michael A.
Shields
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The Value of Reunification in Germany: An Analysis of Changes in Life Satisfaction
We quantify the value of changes in life circumstances in Germany following reunification. To
this end, we develop and implement a fixed-effect estimator for ordinal life satisfaction in the
German ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39 (3), 649-674)
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Z1, C23, C25, I31
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418
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Markus
Frölich
Patrick
A.
Puhani
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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labor in Western Germany
This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities
in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this
approach can be ...
(published as 'Developing an immigration policy for Germany on the basis of a nonparametric labor market classification' in: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv /Journal of the German Statistical Society, 2004, 88(1), 1-22)
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C14, J31, J61, J64, J68
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417
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Joachim
Wagner
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Taking a Second Chance: Entrepreneurial Restarters in Germany
Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part
due to a habit that might be termed 'stigmatisation of failure': taking a second chance to build
one's ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (3), 255-272)
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J23, R12
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416
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Bruno
Crépon
Francis
Kramarz
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Employed 40 Hours or Not-Employed 39: Lessons from the 1982 Mandatory Reduction of the Workweek
We use longitudinal individual wage, hours, and employment data to investigate the effect of the
February 1, 1982 mandatory reduction of weekly working hours in France. Just after ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110 (6), 1355-1389)
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J31, J23
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415
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Marianne
Bertrand
Francis
Kramarz
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Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry
Are product market and entry regulation key sources of low employment growth in many
European countries? We investigate this question in the context of the French retail trade
industry. Since 1974, ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117 (4), 1369-1414)
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J23, L43, L81
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414
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Anders
Frederiksen
Niels
C.
Westergård-Nielsen
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Where Did They Go?
We study individual job-separations and their associated destination states for all individuals
in the private sector in Denmark for the period 1980 to 1995 and account for the cyclical
flows. We ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (5), 811-828)
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J63, J65, E24
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413
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Holger
Bonin
Rob
Euwals
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Participation Behavior of East German Women after German Unification
The paper studies the determinants of labor force participation by East German women
after unification. To isolate the role of preferences on labor force participation from
individual ...
(published as 'Why Are Labor Force Participation Rates of East German Women So High?' in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2005, 51(4), 307-322)
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C33, J21, J31
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410
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Hartmut
Lehmann
Jonathan
Wadsworth
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Wage Arrears and the Distribution of Earnings in Russia
The increase in wage inequality in Russia during its transition process has far exceeded the
increase in wage dispersion observed in other European countries undergoing transition.
Russia also has ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 125-155)
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J6
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409
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Patricia
Apps
Ray
Rees
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Fertility, Female Labor Supply and Public Policy
Historically, in virtually all developed economies there seems to be clear evidence of an
inverse relationship between female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last
decade or ...
(revised version published as 'Fertility, Taxation and Family Policy' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106 (4), 745-763)
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H31, H53, J13, J22
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408
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Naci
Mocan
Erdal
Tekin
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Nonprofit Sector and Part-Time Work: An Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data of Child Care Workers
This paper uses a rich employer-employee matched data set to investigate the existence and
the extent of nonprofit and part-time wage and compensation differentials in child care. The
empirical ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85 (1), 38-50)
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J2, J3, J5, L3
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407
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Ronald
Schettkat
Lara
Yocarini
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in
services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch
institutional ...
(published in: IAW-Report / Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, 2003, 1, 7 - 66)
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E24, J16, J21, J22, J24
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406
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Pietro
Garibaldi
Etienne
Wasmer
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Labor Market Flows and Equilibrium Search Unemployment
This paper explicitly differentiates between unemployment and inactivity, by defining inactivity as a state in which individuals do not search for jobs when non-employed. Facing changes in the value ...
(revised version published as 'Equilibrium Search Unemployment, Endogenous Participation, and Labor Market Flows' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3 (4), 851-882)
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J2, J30
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404
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Harminder
Battu
Clive
R.
Belfield
Peter J.
Sloane
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Human Capital Spill-Overs Within the Workplace
An individual’s human capital has a strong influence on earnings. Yet individual, worker-level estimations of earnings rarely include the characteristics of co-workers or detailed firm-level ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 65 (5), 575-594)
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I2, J4
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403
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Lars
Ljungqvist
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How Do Layoff Costs Affect Employment?
General equilibrium analyses of layoff costs have had mixed messages on the implications for employment. This paper brings out the economic forces at work and explains the disparate results. ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2002, 112 (482), 829-853)
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E24, J63, J68
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402
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Orley
Ashenfelter
David
Card
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Did the Elimination of Mandatory Retirement Affect Faculty Retirement Flows?
A special exemption from the 1986 Age Discrimination Act allowed colleges and universities to enforce mandatory retirement of faculty at age 70 until 1994. We compare faculty turnover rates at a ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2002, 92 (4), 957-980)
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J26, I21
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401
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Jan
Boone
Peter
Fredriksson
Bertil
Holmlund
Jan
C.
van Ours
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring and Sanctions
This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort among the unemployed is not perfectly observable. We examine to what extent the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (518), 399-421)
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J64, J65, J68
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400
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Rob
Euwals
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The Predictive Value of Subjective Labour Supply Data: A Dynamic Panel Data Model with Measurement Error
This paper tests the predictive value of subjective labour supply data for adjustments in working hours over time. The idea is that if subjective labour supply data help to predict next year’s ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2005, 30 (2), 309-329)
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C23, J22
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399
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James
Albrecht
Jan
C.
van Ours
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Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis
This paper presents a test of the educational signaling hypothesis. If employers use education as a signal in the hiring process, they will rely more on education when less is otherwise known about ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108 (3), 361-372)
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I20
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398
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Maarten
Lindeboom
France
Portrait
Gerard
J.
van den Berg
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An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals
Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2002, 11 (6), 505-520)
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C5, I1
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