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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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12920
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Ekkehart
Schlicht
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VC - A Method For Estimating Time-Varying Coefficients in Linear Models
This paper describes a moments estimator for a standard state-space model with coefficients generated by a random walk. A penalized least squares estimation is linked to the GLS (Aitken) estimates of ...
(extended version published in: Journal of the Korean Statistical Society 2021)
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C2, C22, C32, C51, C52
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12919
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Suparee
Boonmanunt
Stephan
Meier
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The Effect of Financial Constraints on In-Group Bias: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand
In-group bias can be detrimental for communities and economic development. We study the causal effect of financial constraints on in-group bias in prosocial behaviors – cooperation, norm enforcement, ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 207, 96-109.)
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C93, D64, D91
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12918
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Asbjørn
Goul
Andersen
Simen
Markussen
Knut
Røed
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Pension Reform and the Efficiency-Equity Trade-Off: Impacts of Removing an Early Retirement Subsidy
We provide empirical evidence that the removal of work disincentives embedded in retirement earnings tests can increase old-age labor supply considerably, but it does so at the cost of more income ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 72, 102050)
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H55, D31, J22, J26
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12917
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Xi
Chen
Chih
Ming
Tan
Xiaobo
Zhang
Xin
Zhang
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The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Temperature Extremes on Birth Outcomes
This paper investigates the effects of prenatal exposure to extreme temperatures on birth outcomes – specifically, the log of birth weight and an indicator for low birth weight – using a nationally ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 1263 - 1302)
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I15, Q54, Q51
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12916
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José Ignacio
Gimenez-Nadal
José Alberto
Molina
Jorge
Velilla
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Trends in Commuting Time of European Workers: A Cross-Country Analysis
This paper examines the time spent commuting to/from work by workers in fifteen European countries, during the last three decades, with the aim of analyzing recent trends in commuting and the factors ...
(published in: Transport Policy, 2022, 116, 327 - 342)
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R40, O57
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12915
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Christopher
S.
Carpenter
Dario
Sansone
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Cigarette Taxes and Smoking among Sexual Minority Adults
We provide the first quasi-experimental evidence on the relationship between cigarette taxes and sexual minority adult smoking by studying individuals in same-sex households (a large share of whom ...
(published inh: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 79, 102492)
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H20, H71, I12, I18
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12914
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Paul
Redmond
Karina
Doorley
Seamus
McGuinness
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The Impact of a Minimum Wage Change on the Distribution of Wages and Household Income
We use distributional regression analysis to study the impact of a six percent increase in the Irish minimum wage on the distribution of hourly wages and household income. Wage inequality, measured ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73 (3),1034 - 1056)
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J31, J38, K31
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12913
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Nir
Jaimovich
Itay
Saporta-Eksten
Henry
E.
Siu
Yaniv
Yedid-Levi
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The Macroeconomics of Automation: Data, Theory, and Policy Analysis
The U.S. economy has experienced a significant drop in the fraction of the population employed in middle wage, "routine task-intensive" occupations. Applying machine learning techniques, we identify ...
(published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2021, 122, 1-16)
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E22, E24, J23, J24
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12910
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Oded
Stark
Lukasz
Byra
Grzegorz
Kosiorowski
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On the Precarious Link between the Gini Coefficient and the Incentive to Migrate
We offer an explanation for the inconclusive results of empirical studies into the relationship between the magnitude of the Gini coefficient of income distribution at origin and the intensity of ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2020, 187, 108880)
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D31, D63, F22, O15, R23
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12909
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Bernard
M. S.
van Praag
J.
Peter
Hop
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Demography and Provisions for Retirement: The Pension Composition, a Behavioral Approach
Pensions may be provided for in a modern society by a mix of several methods, namely by voluntary individual savings, mandatory fully-funded occupational pension systems, mandatory social security ...
(published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87 (1), 1-31)
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H55, H75, J1, J26
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12907
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Margaretha
Buurman
Josse
Delfgaauw
Robert
Dur
Robin
Zoutenbier
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When Do Teachers Respond to Student Feedback? Evidence from a Field Experiment
We ran a field experiment at a large Dutch school for intermediate vocational education to examine whether the response of teachers to student feedback depends on the content of the feedback. ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101858)
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C93, I2, M5
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12906
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Luca
Piccoli
Silvia
Tiezzi
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Rational Addiction and Time Consistency: An Empirical Test
This paper deals with one of the main empirical problems associated with the rational addiction theory, namely that its derived demand equation is not empirically distinguishable from models with ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102546)
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C23, D03, D12
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12905
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Tommaso
G.
Reggiani
Rainer
Michael
Rilke
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When Too Good Is Too Much: Social Incentives and Job Selection
We analyze the effects of substitutability of social incentives on the labor supply of gigworkers (N=944) in a natural field experiment. In our treatments, we vary the proportion of the worker's wage ...
(revised version online as 'Designing Donation Incentive Contracts for Online Gig Workers' in: Journal of Business Ethics, 2024, 190, 553 - 568)
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C93, D23, M52
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12904
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Samuel
Berlinski
Maria
Marta
Ferreyra
Luca
Flabbi
Juan
David
Martin
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Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development
We develop and estimate a model of child care markets that endogenizes both demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (6), 2113–2177)
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J13, J22, L1
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12903
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Felix
Stips
Krisztina
Kis-Katos
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Ethnic Networks and the Employment of Asylum Seekers: Evidence from Germany
Using novel registry data on the population of asylum seekers in Germany for the period from 2010 to 2016, and quasi-experimental variation induced by German allocation policies, we identify causal ...
(published as 'The impact of co-national networks on asylum seekers' employment: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany.' in: PLOS One, 2020, 15 (8), e0236996)
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F22, J61, R23
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12900
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Paola
Giuliano
Paola
Sapienza
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The Cost of Being Too Patient
We study the cost of being too patient on happiness. We find that the relationship between patience and various measures of subjective well-being is hump-shaped: it exists an optimal amount of ...
(published in: American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 314-318)
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A10, D9, Z1
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12899
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Charles
Courtemanche
Joshua
C.
Pinkston
Jay
Stewart
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Time Spent Exercising and Obesity: An Application of Lewbel's Instrumental Variables Method
This paper examines the role physical activity plays in determining body mass using data from the American Time Use Survey. Our work is the first to address the measurement error that arises when ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 41, 100940)
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I10, C21
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12897
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Bin
Huang
Xiaoyan
He
Lei
Xu
Yu
Zhu
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Elite School Designation and Housing Prices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Beijing, China
We explore recent policy changes which aim to equalize access to elite elementary schools in Beijing, to identify the effect of access to quality education on house prices based on a unique dataset. ...
(published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2020, 50, 101730 )
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R21, I28, H44
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12894
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Oded
Galor
Ömer
Özak
Assaf
Sarid
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Linguistic Traits and Human Capital Formation
This research establishes the influence of linguistic traits on human behavior. Exploiting variations in the languages spoken by children of migrants with identical ancestral countries of origin, the ...
(published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020. 110, 309-313)
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D91, I25, J16, J24, Z10, Z13
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12893
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Melisa
Bubonya
Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
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Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare
Our goal is to investigate the pathways that link welfare receipt across generations. We undertake a mediation analysis in which we not only calculate the intergenerational correlation in welfare, ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 80, 102066)
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H53, I38, J62
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12892
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Henk-Wim
de Boer
Egbert
L. W.
Jongen
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Analysing Tax-Benefit Reforms in the Netherlands: Using Structural Models and Natural Experiments
We combine the strengths of structural models and natural experiments in the analysis of tax-benefit reforms in the Netherlands. First we estimate structural discrete-choice models for labour supply. ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36 (1), 179-209)
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C25, C52, H31, J22
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12891
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Niklas
Gohl
Peter
Haan
Elisabeth
Kurz
Felix
Weinhardt
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Working Life and Human Capital Investment: Causal Evidence from Pension Reform
This paper presents a life-cycle model with human capital investment during working life through training and provides a novel empirical test of human capital theory. We exploit a sizable pension ...
(published in: Labour Economics 2023, 84, 102426)
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J24, J26, H21
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12890
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Andrea
Brandolini
John
Micklewright
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Tony Atkinson's New Book, Measuring Poverty around the World: Some Further Reflections
A new book on measuring global poverty by the late Tony Atkinson was published in 2019 by Princeton University Press. We describe how we edited the incomplete manuscript that Atkinson left at his ...
(published in: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2019-20, XLIX, 1-12)
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C80, I32
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12889
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Renato
Faccini
Eran
Yashiv
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The Importance of Hiring Frictions in Business Cycles
Hiring is a costly activity reflecting firms' investment in their workers. Micro-data shows that hiring costs involve production disruption. Thus, cyclical fluctuations in the value of output, ...
(published in: Quantitative Economics, 2022, 13 (3), 1101 - 1143)
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E22, E24, E32, E52
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12888
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Karine
Torosyan
Norberto
Pignatti
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Employment vs. Homestay and the Happiness of Women in the South Caucasus
Modern women often face an uneasy choice: dedicating their time to reproductive household work, or joining the workforce and spending time away from home and household duties. Both choices are ...
(published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23, 4027-4071)
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I31, J16, J21, J24
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12887
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Pavel
Jelnov
Yoram
Weiss
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Influence in Economics and Aging
We study the relationship between age and influence in a closed group of 1,000 leading economists. We consider, as a measurement of influence, monthly RePEc rankings. We find that the rankings are ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 77, 101992)
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J24
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12886
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Francesca
Modena
Enrico
Rettore
Giulia
Tanzi
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The Effect of Grants on University Drop-Out Rates: Evidence on the Italian Case
In this paper we evaluate the impact of need-based grants on university drop-out rates in the first year of enrollment, using student-level administrative data from all Italian universities in the ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2020, 14 (3), 343 - 370)
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I22, I23, C21, C35
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12884
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Seamus
McGuinness
Paul
Redmond
Judith
M.
Delaney
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Minimum Wage Non-Compliance: Evidence from Ireland
We use a unique question from the Irish Labour Force Survey that captures the reasons for workers being paid below the minimum wage. Compared to existing work, this allows us to more precisely ...
(published as 'Minimum Wage Non-Compliance' in: Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27 (20), 1663 - 1666)
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J22, J23, J31, J32
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12883
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Joanna
Tyrowicz
Siri
Terjesen
Jakub
Mazurek
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All on Board? New Evidence on Board Gender Diversity from a Large Panel of Firms
Using a unique database of over 20 million firms over two decades, we examine the industry sector and national institution drivers of the prevalence of women directors on supervisory and management ...
(published in: European Management Journal, 2020, 38 (4), 634 - 645)
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J7, P5
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12882
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James
J.
Heckman
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Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation Revisited
This paper examines the case for randomized controlled trials in economics. I revisit my previous paper "Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation" and update its message. I present a brief summary ...
(published as 'Epilogue: Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation Revisited' in: Florent Bédécarrats, Isabelle Guérin, and François Roubaud (eds.), Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development: A Critical Perspective, Oxford University Press, 2020, 304 - 330)
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C93
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12880
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Björn
Anders
Gustafsson
Katarina
Katz
Torun
Österberg
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Social Assistance Receipt among Young Adults Grown up in Different Neighbourhoods of Metropolitan Sweden
Using large samples of persons born in 1985 we investigate the relationship between characteristics of the neighbourhood where young people lived as adolescents and the probability that they will ...
(published in: Poverty & Public Policy, 2019, 11 (4), 302 - 324.)
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I38, J15, R23
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12877
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Xin
Zhang
Yixuan
Wang
Xi
Chen
Xun
Zhang
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Prenatal Sunshine Exposure and Birth Outcomes in China
This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age ...
(published as 'Associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China' in: Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 713, 136472)
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I12, J13, I18, Q51
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12876
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Esther
Arenas-Arroyo
Chunbei
Wang
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Is Immigration Enforcement Shaping Immigrant Marriage Patterns?
This paper identifies intermarriage (between non-citizens and citizens) as an important response mechanism to intensified immigration enforcement, particularly among Mexican non-citizens. Exploiting ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 190, 104242)
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J12, J15, K37
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12875
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Bart
Cockx
Michael
Lechner
Joost
Bollens
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Priority to Unemployed Immigrants? A Causal Machine Learning Evaluation of Training in Belgium
We investigate heterogenous employment effects of Flemish training programmes. Based on administrative individual data, we analyse programme effects at various aggregation levels using Modified ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 80, 102306)
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J68
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12874
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Hongjian
Wang
Plamen
Nikolov
Kevin
Acker
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The Wage Premium of Communist Party Membership: Evidence from China
Social status and political connections may confer large economic benefits on an individual. Previous studies focused on China have examined the relationship between Communist Party membership and ...
(published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2020, 25 (3), 309 - 338)
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D31, J31, P2
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12873
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Binjian
Yan
Xi
Chen
Thomas
M.
Gill
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Health Inequality among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Childhood Circumstances
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health ...
(published in: Journal of The Economics of Ageing, 2020, 17, 100237)
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I14, D63, I18, J13, J14
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12872
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Claudio
Deiana
Ludovica
Giua
Roberto
Nistico
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The Economics behind the Epidemic: Afghan Opium Price and Prescription Opioids in the US
We investigate the effect of variations in the price of opium in Afghanistan on per capita dispensation of prescription opioids in the US. Quarterly county-level data for 2003-2016 indicate that ...
(published as 'Opium Price Shocks and Prescription Opioids in the US' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 86 (3), 449 - 484)
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I11, I12, I18, L65
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12871
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Pietro
Garibaldi
Pedro
Maia
Gomes
Thepthida
Sopraseuth
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Public Employment Redux
The public sector hires disproportionately more educated workers. Using US microdata, we show that the education bias also holds within industries and in two thirds of 3-digit occupations. To ...
(published in: Journal of Government and Economics, 2021, 1, 100003)
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E24, E62l, J20, J24, J31, J45
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12870
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Anne
Ardila
Brenøe
Serena
Canaan
Nikolaj
Harmon
Heather
Royer
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Is Parental Leave Costly for Firms and Coworkers?
Most of the existing evidence on the effectiveness of family leave policies comes from studies focusing on their impacts on affected families – that is, mothers, fathers, and their children – ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (4), 1135–1174)
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H00, J2, J13
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12869
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Thomas
Garcia
Sebastien
Massoni
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Ambiguity and Excuse-Driven Behavior in Charitable Giving
A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that individuals use this ambiguity strategically as a moral wiggle room to act less generously ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020,124, 103412 )
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C91, D64, D81
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12868
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Monica
Deza
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Can Sanctuary Polices Reduce Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence remains a serious public problem, especially in Hispanic communities, where one in three women are victims of domestic violence in their lifetimes. Yet, less than 50 percent of ...
(published in: American Law and Economic Review, 2022, 24 (1), 116 - 170)
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D1, I1, J1, K14
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12867
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Francesco
Fallucchi
Daniele
Nosenzo
Ernesto
Reuben
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Measuring Preferences for Competition with Experimentally-Validated Survey Questions
We validate experimentally a new survey item to measure the preference for competition. The item, which measures participants' agreement with the statement "Competition brings the best out of me", ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, 402-423)
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C91, D90, D91
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12865
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Eline
Moens
Stijn
Baert
Elsy
Verhofstadt
Luc
Van Ootegem
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Does Loneliness Lurk in Temp Work? Exploring the Associations between Temporary Employment, Loneliness at Work and Job Satisfaction
This research contributes to the limited literature concerning the determinants of loneliness at work, as well as to the literature on psychological outcomes associated with temporary work. More ...
(revised version published in: Plos One, 2021, 16 (5), e0250664)
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J28, J41, I31
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12863
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Stefan
Bauernschuster
Ramona
Rekers
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Speed Limit Enforcement and Road Safety
We study the impact on road safety of one-day massive speed limit monitoring operations (SLMO) accompanied by media campaigns that announce the SLMO and provide information on the dangers of ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 201, 104663)
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H76, K42, R41
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12862
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Simon
Amez
Suncica
Vujic
Lieven
De Marez
Stijn
Baert
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Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: First Evidence from Longitudinal Data
To study the causal impact of smartphone use on academic performance, we collected – for the first time worldwide – longitudinal data on students' smartphone use and educational performance. For ...
(revised version published in: New Media & Society, 2023, 25(3), 584-608.)
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I23, J24
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12861
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Andreas
Kuhn
Stefan
C.
Wolter
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The Strength of Gender Norms and Gender-Stereotypical Occupational Aspirations among Adolescents
We empirically test the hypothesis that adolescents' occupational aspirations are more gender-stereotypical if they live in regions where the societal norm towards gender equality is weaker. For our ...
(revised version published in: Kyklos, 2023, 76 (1), 101-124)
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J16, J24
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12860
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Anna Maria
Mayda
Christopher
Parsons
Han
Pham
Pierre-Louis
Vézina
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Refugees and Foreign Direct Investment: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from U.S. Resettlements
We exploit the designs of two separate U.S. refugee dispersal policies to provide causal evidence that refugees foster outward FDI to their countries of origin. Drawing upon aggregated ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 156, 102818)
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F21, F22, F23
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12858
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Michalis
Drouvelis
Bilal
Malaeb
Michael
Vlassopoulos
Jackline
Wahba
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Cooperation in a Fragmented Society: Experimental Evidence on Syrian Refugees and Natives in Lebanon
Lebanon is the country with the highest density of refugees in the world, raising the question of whether the host and refugee populations can cooperate harmoniously. We conduct a lab-in-the-field ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 187, 176-191.)
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D91, J5, F22
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12857
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Pal
Schone
Marte
Strom
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International Labor Market Competition and Spousal Labor Supply Responses
We study how the 2004 EU enlargement to Eastern European countries has affected employment, earnings and the sharing of home production among workers employed in the Building and Construction ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101983)
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J21, J22, J61
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12854
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Enrico
Bertacchini
Alessandra
Venturini
Roberto
Zotti
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Drivers of Cultural Participation of Immigrants: Evidence from an Italian Survey
The paper aims to explore the drivers of immigrants' participation to cultural and leisure activities in host countries. First, we discuss how the main analytical approaches on cultural participation ...
(published in: Journal of Cultural Economics, 2022, 46, 57 - 100)
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Z11, J15, J61
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