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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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16888
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Marianna
Kudlyak
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How Cyclical Is the User Cost of Labor?
In employment relationships, a wage is an installment payment on an implicit long-term agreement between a worker and a firm. The price of labor that impacts firm's hiring decisions, instead, ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024, 28 (2), 159–180)
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E24, E32, J30, J41, J63, J64
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16884
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Francesco
Fasani
Jacopo
Mazza
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Immigrant Key Workers: Their Contribution to Europe's COVID-19 Response
This paper contributes to the literature on the Covid-19 effects on workers and labor markets by focusing on the experience of migrant key workers in EU countries. Our analysis, based on survey data ...
(forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Inequality)
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F22, J61, K37
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16883
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Christian
Grund
Anna
Nießen
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The Use of Performance Appraisals and Employees' Presenteeism Behavior
Presenteeism behavior, i.e. working despite illness, is a common phenomenon wordwide and can have severe consequences for employees and firms alike. In this study, we investigate the relation between ...
(forthcoming: British Journal of Industrial Relations)
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M5, I12, J22, J53
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16882
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Anna
Stansbury
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Incentives to Comply with the Minimum Wage in the US and UK
There is substantial evidence of minimum wage noncompliance in the US and the UK. In this paper, I compile new, comprehensive data on the costs minimum wage violators incur when detected. In both ...
(published as 'Incentives to Comply with the Minimum Wage in the United States and the United Kingdom' in: ILR Review, 2024, 78 (1), 190-216)
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J38, J58, K31
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16879
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Maryam
Naghsh Nejad
Kees
Van Gool
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Impact of Time of Diagnosis on Out-of-Pocket Costs of Cancer Treatment, a Side Effect of Health Insurance Design in Australia
The Extended Medicare Safety Net (EMSN) in Australia was designed to provide financial assistance to patients with high out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for medical treatment. The EMSN works on a calendar ...
(published in: Health Policy, 2024, 145, 105055)
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I13, I14, I11
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16875
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Julija
Simpson
John
Wildman
Clare
Bambra
Heather
Brown
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Longer Working Hours and Maternal Mental Health: A Comparison of Single vs. Partnered Mothers
Single mothers have experienced increasing work requirements both in the UK and in other developed countries. Little is known how increasing working hours may have affected their mental health. We ...
(published as 'Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single versus partnered mothers' in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (12), 2742-2756 )
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J13, J16, J22
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16873
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Oded
Stark
Grzegorz
Kosiorowski
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An Optimal Allocation of Asylum Seekers
We formulate a rule for allocating asylum seekers that is based on the social preferences of the native workers of the receiving countries. To derive the rule, we construct for each country a social ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 220, 1 - 11)
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C54, D62, D78, E61, E65, F22, F62, F68, I31, I38, J15, J48, J68, O15
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16872
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Simon
Gächter
Esther
Kaiser
Manfred
Königstein
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Incentive Contracts Crowd Out Voluntary Cooperation: Evidence from Gift-Exchange Experiments
Explicit and implicit incentives and opportunities for mutually beneficial voluntary cooperation co-exist in many contractual relationships. In a series of eight laboratory gift-exchange experiments, ...
(published in: Experimental Economics, 2025, 28 (1), 75-106 )
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C70, C90
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16871
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Pim
Koopmans
Max
van Lent
Jim
Been
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Child Penalties and the Gender Gap in Home Production and the Labor Market
The consequence of the arrival of children for the gender wage gap - known as the child penalty - is substantial and has been documented for many countries. Little is still known about the impact of ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61 (4), 1359–1409)
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C33, D12, D13, J16, J22
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16870
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Gabriele
Cardullo
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Slouching Towards Decentralization. An Equilibrium Approach for Collective Bargaining.
Although European institutions and national governments have long pushed for a more decentralized wage bargaining structure, in some countries company or establishment-level negotiations struggle to ...
(published online in: Italian Economic Journal, 28 February 2025)
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J50, J52, J31, J64
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16867
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Thomas
J.
Kniesner
W.
Kip
Viscusi
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A Tale of the Tails: The Value of a Statistical Life at the Tails of the Age Distribution
The considerable literature on the value of a statistical life (VSL) documents the wage-mortality risk tradeoffs for the working population. Regulatory analyses often must monetize risks to ...
(published in Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2024, 15 (1), 204–222)
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J17, J28, I18, H40, K32
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16866
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Nick
Drydakis
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Artificial Intelligence Capital and Employment Prospects
There is limited research assessing how AI knowledge affects employment prospects. The present study defines the term 'AI capital' as a vector of knowledge, skills and capabilities related to AI ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76 (4), 901–919, )
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E24, I26, O14
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16863
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Khushboo
Aggarwal
Rashmi
Barua
Marian
Vidal-Fernandez
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Still Waters Run Deep: Groundwater Contamination and Education Outcomes in India
We investigate the impact of groundwater contamination on educational outcomes in India. Our study leverages variations in the geographical coverage and timing of construction of safe government ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 100, 102525)
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I15, I25, F63
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16856
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Oded
Stark
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A Note on Sen's Representation of the Gini Coefficient: Revision and Repercussions
Sen (1973 and 1997) presents the Gini coefficient of income inequality in a population as follows. "In any pair-wise comparison the man with the lower income can be thought to be suffering from some ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2024, 22, 1061–1067)
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D31, D63, I31
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16854
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Grakolet
Gourene
Samia
Mansour
Hamouda
Zuzana
Brixiova Schwidrowski
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Trend in Energy Intensity and Carbon Performance in North Africa
Decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation and climate change, increasing resource efficiency, and promoting both sustainable production and sustainable lifestyles is a challenge in ...
(published in: M. Arouri and M. Gomes (eds.), Handbook on Energy and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)
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D22, G21, G32
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16852
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Cathal
O'Donoghue
Karina
Doorley
Denisa
M.
Sologon
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Gender Difference in Household Consumption: Some Convergence over Three Decades
The cost-of-living crisis has increased attention on consumption and how it differs for particular societal groups. There is much theoretical evidence that consumption patterns of men and women ...
(published in: Economic and Social Review, 2024, 55(3), 357-386)
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E21, J16
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16851
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Yuejun
Zhao
Simen
Markussen
Knut
Røed
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School Starting Age and the Social Gradient in Educational Outcomes
Can lowering school starting age promote equality of opportunities and reduce the achievement gaps between pupils? We provide evidence on the heterogeneous (positional) effects on early school ...
(published online in: Education Economics, 09 April 2025)
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I24, I28
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16849
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Louise
Devos
Louis
Lippens
Dries
Lens
François
Rycx
Mélanie
Volral
Stijn
Baert
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Labour Market Disadvantages of Citizens with a Migration Background in Belgium: A Systematic Review
Labour markets struggle to be inclusive, while diversity is increasing. This literature review examines labour market challenges faced by first- and second-generation migrants in Belgium. We ...
(published in: De Economist, 2025, 173 (1), 121–175)
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J15, J18
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16848
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Dominique
Goux
Eric
Maurin
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Sick of Working from Home?
Driven by new information technologies, working from home has experienced unprecedented growth since the COVID pandemic. We contribute to the debate on the consequences of this development by drawing ...
(forthcoming in: Economic Journal, 2025)
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J81, J53, I19
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16844
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Maryam
Naghsh Nejad
Kees
Van Gool
Philip
Haywood
Jane
Hall
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Medicare Austerity Reforms and Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs: The Experience from Australian Cancer Patients
In this paper, we examine trends in provider fees charged, government expenditure on private out-of-hospital medical services, and out of pocket costs following policy changes intended to reduce ...
(published in: Health Policy, 2025, 155, 105296)
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I13, I14, I11
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16843
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Mathias
Huebener
Jonas
Jessen
Daniel
Kühnle
Michael
Oberfichtner
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Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms' Employment
Motherhood and parental leave are frequent causes of worker absences and employment interruptions, yet we know little about their effects on firms. Based on linked employer-employee data from ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (669), 1467–1495)
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J16, J18, J24
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16838
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José
M.
Aravena
Xi
Chen
Becca
R.
Levy
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Healthcare Quality and Dementia Risk
Low healthcare quality has been found to predict the development of several illnesses in older adults, while the evidence on dementia is still lacking. This study assesses whether and to what extent ...
(published as 'Association between experiencing low healthcare quality and developing dementia' in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024, 72 (7), 2126-2132)
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I11, I18, J14, J15, J18
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16837
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Mario
Bossler
Martin
Popp
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Labor Demand on a Tight Leash
We develop a labor demand model that encompasses pre-match hiring cost arising from tight labor markets. Through the lens of the model, we study the effect of labor market tightness on firms' labor ...
(revised version forthcoming in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review)
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J23, J60, J31, D23
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16836
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Luca
Fumarco
Neil
Longley
Alberto
Palermo
Giambattista
Rossi
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Strategic Behaviours in a Labour Market with Mobility-Restricting Contractual Provisions: Evidence from the National Hockey League
We follow workers' performance along an unbalanced panel dataset over multiple years and study how performance varies at the end of fixed-term contracts, in a labour market where some people face a ...
(revised version published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76 (4), 1189–1203)
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D82, J24, J33, M52, Z22
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16832
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Leila
Ben
Salem
Montassar
Zayati
Ridha
Nouira
Christophe
Rault
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Volatility Spillover between Oil Prices and Main Exchange Rates: Evidence from a DCC-GARCH-Connectedness Approach
This paper investigates the co-movements of oil prices and the exchange rates of 10 top oil-importing and oil-exporting countries. Firstly, we estimated the total static spillover index based on ...
(revised version published inn: Resources Policy, 2024, 91, 104880)
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C5, Q4, Q43
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16827
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Petri
Böckerman
Alex
Bryson
Ilari
Ilmakunnas
Pekka
Ilmakunnas
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Does High Involvement Management Make You Work Longer? Insights from Linked Survey and Register Data
The management practices employers deploy may affect the utility workers derive from their jobs, potentially affecting the types of jobs they enter and also their propensity to exit the workforce. ...
(published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2025, 30, 100549)
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J26, J32
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16824
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Xiaoming
Cai
Pieter
A.
Gautier
Ronald
P.
Wolthoff
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Spatial Search
This paper considers a random search model where some locations provide sellers with better chances of meeting many buyers than other locations (for example popular shopping streets or the first page ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2025, 224, 105976)
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C78, D44, D83
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16822
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Sarah
Auster
Piero
Gottardi
Ronald
P.
Wolthoff
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Simultaneous Search and Adverse Selection
We study the effect of diminishing search frictions in markets with adverse selection by presenting a model in which agents with private information can simultaneously contact multiple trading ...
(published online in: Review of Economic Studies, 27 February 2025)
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D82, D83, J64
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16814
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Simon
Gächter
Kyeongtae
Lee
Martin
Sefton
Till
O.
Weber
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The Role of Payoff Parameters for Cooperation in the One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma
The prisoner's dilemma (PD) is arguably the most important model of social dilemmas, but our knowledge about how a PD's material payoff structure affects cooperation is incomplete. In this paper we ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 166, 104753,)
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A13, C91
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16811
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Luis
Oberrauch
Tim
Kaiser
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Digital Interventions to Increase Financial Knowledge: Evidence from a Pilot RCT
We study the effects of low-intensity digital financial education interventions on undergraduate students' financial knowledge in a small-scale RCT. We test the substitutability or complementarity of ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2024, 43, 100954)
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G53
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16810
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N. Meltem
Daysal
William
N.
Evans
Mikkel
Hasse
Pedersen
Mircea
Trandafir
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Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients
We investigate the effects of radiation therapy on the mortality and economic outcomes of breast cancer patients.We implement a 2SLS strategy within a difference-in-difference framework exploiting ...
(forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)
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I10, I14, I18, J20
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16808
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Daniela
Del Boca
Chiara
D.
Pronzato
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The Impact of a Multifaceted Program on Fragile Individuals. Evidence from an RCT in Italy
The increase in poverty rates among families and individuals in Italy over the past two decades can be attributed largely to repeated periods of economic crisis. Mounting concern over the problem has ...
(published in: Labour, 2024, 38 (4), 541-557)
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J68, J24, I31, C93
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16806
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Gustavo
J.
Canavire Bacarreza
Ronald
A.
Cueva
María
E.
Dávalos
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Beyond the Usual: Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of Job Quality in Bolivia's Labor Market
Job quality can impact workers' productivity and contribute to societal well-being. To analyze the evolution of job quality in Bolivia, this paper employs Bolivian household survey data spanning 2007 ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2024, 45, 499–548)
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J21, J26, J28, J81
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16804
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Axana
Dalle
Elsy
Verhofstadt
Stijn
Baert
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The Subsidy Trap: Explaining the Unsatisfactory Effectiveness of Hiring Subsidies for the Senior Unemployed
To extend the labour market participation of seniors, numerous countries provide subsidies to incentivise their recruitment or employment. Prior research demonstrates that the effectiveness of such ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 227, 106713)
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J14, J38, J71
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16802
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Odelia
Heizler (Cohen)
Osnat
Israeli
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Does a Tragic Event Affect Different Aspects of Attitudes toward Immigration?
Dramatic events can evoke feelings of compassion, fear, or threat, and can affect public opinion regarding controversial issues. Such an event was the drowning of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, a Syrian boy ...
(published in: Migration Studies, 2025, 13 (1), mnae001)
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F22, J15
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16801
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Rahi
Abouk
Prabal
K.
De
Michael
Pesko
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Estimating the Effects of Tobacco-21 on Youth Tobacco Use and Sales
We examine the effect of raising the minimum legal sale age of tobacco to 21 (i.e., "T21"). We estimate difference-in-differences models using the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey data and Nielsen ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 94, 102860)
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I12, I18
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16800
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Anna
Adamecz
Matt
Dickson
Nikki
Shure
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The Labour Market Returns to Graduation: Reconciling Administrative and Survey Data Estimates
This paper contributes to the literature on the earnings returns to university graduation. Recent evidence using administrative earnings data from England suggests a zero return to graduation for men ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2025, 108, 102701)
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I23, I26
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16798
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Simen
Markussen
Maria
Nareklishvili
Knut
Røed
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Overeducation and Economic Mobility
We assess the hypothesis that declining intergenerational economic mobility in Norway is attributable to a rising signaling value of education accompanied by more overeducation particularly among ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 103, 102595)
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I21, I26, J24, J62
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16797
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David
L.
Dickinson
Sean
P.A.
Drummond
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The Impact of Insufficient Sleep on the Serial Reproduction of Information
Story telling is part of life, and the retelling of stories is an important form of communication, cultural practice, and message transmission. Insufficient sleep is known to affect relevant ...
(published in: SLEEP Advances, 2025, 6 (2), zpaf026)
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C91, D90, D83
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16793
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Cara
Ebert
Janina
Isabel
Steinert
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Violence against Women and the Substitution of Help Services in Times of Lockdown: Triangulation of Three Data Sources in Germany
We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence against women in Germany in 2020. The analysis draws on three data sources: (1) longitudinal administrative data on the volume of ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 232, 106879)
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J12, J16, J18, I18
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16792
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Hai-Anh
H
Dang
Talip
Kilic
Vladimir
Hlasny
Kseniya
Abanokova
Calogero
Carletto
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Using Survey-to-Survey Imputation to Fill Poverty Data Gaps at a Low Cost: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Survey data on household consumption are often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and middle-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey experiment implemented in Tanzania, ...
(forthcoming in: World Bank Economic Review, 2025)
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C15, I32, O15
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16791
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Lucas
N.
Garcez
María
Padilla-Romo
Cecilia
Peluffo
Mayra
Pineda-Torres
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Improvements in Schooling Opportunities and Teen Births
We study the causal relationship between educational attainment and teenage birth rates by focusing on a large-scale, country-wide reform that made high school compulsory and removed previously ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025, 236, 107120)
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I12, I21, I28, J13, J16
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16789
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Thierry
Mayer
Hillel
Rapoport
Camilo
Umana-Dajud
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Free Trade Agreements and the Movement of Business People
Using provisions to ease the movement of business visitors in trade agreements, we show that removing barriers to the movement of business people promotes trade. We document the increasing complexity ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2025, 25 (1), 93–126)
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F13, F22, F23
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16788
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Andrew
Seltzer
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The Political Economy of Minimum Wage Setting: The Factories and Shops Act of Victoria (Australia), 1896-1913
The Victorian Factories and Shops Act of 1896, the second minimum wage law in the world, empowered administrative agencies ("Special Boards") to set trade-specific minimum rates based on age, sex, ...
(published online in: Economic History Review, 16 October 2024)
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N47, N37, J88
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16787
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João
Pereira
Raul
Ramos
Pedro
S.
Martins
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Wage Cyclicality and Labour Market Institutions
Do labour institutions influence how wages respond to the business cycle? Such responsiveness can then shape several economic outcomes, including unemployment. In this paper, we examine the role of ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2025, 64, 598–615)
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J31, J52
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16786
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Lachlan
Hotchin
Andrew
Leigh
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Inequality and Market Concentration: New Evidence from Australia
Are excessively concentrated markets inequitable as well as inefficient? We explore this issue by analyzing the degree of market concentration in the industries where Australia's wealthiest made ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2024, 70 (4), 1216-1225)
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D31, L12, L41
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16784
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Sadegh
S. M.
Eshaghnia
James
J.
Heckman
Rasmus
Landersø
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The Impact of the Level and Timing of Parental Resources on Child Development and Intergenerational Mobility
This study explores relationships between parental resource trajectories and child development, and their implications for intergenerational mobility. By modifying the child skill formation ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2025, 43 (S1), S269–S301)
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I24, D31, I30
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16779
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Li Kathrin Kaja
Rupieper
Stephan
L.
Thomsen
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Can Voluntary Adult Education Reduce Unemployment? Causal Evidence from East Germany after Reunification
After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market economy. At the time, upskilling through adult education was deemed essential ...
(published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2025, 59, 2 (2025) )
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I21, J24, N34, P20, P36
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16776
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Jon
Valant
Brigham
Walker
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Setting Priorities in School Choice Enrollment Systems: Who Benefits from Placement Algorithm Preferences?
Many cities with school choice programs employ algorithms to determine which applicants get seats in oversubscribed schools. This study explores whether the New Orleans placement algorithm favored ...
(published online as 'Setting Priorities in School Choice: How Placement Algorithms Affect Enrollment Patterns by Race and Family Income' in: Journal of Human Resources, 08 October 2025, 0124-13347R2)
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I24, C78
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16774
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Michael
French
Gulcin
Gumus
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Hit-and-Run or Hit-and-Stay? Unintended Effects of a Stricter BAC Limit
Although they comprise a relatively small subset of all traffic deaths, hit-and-run fatalities are both contemptible and preventable. We analyze longitudinal data from 1982-2008 to examine the ...
(revised version published in: Risk Analysis, 2024, 44 (8), 1931 - 1948)
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H73, I12, I18
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