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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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12730
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Giulio
Zanella
Marina
M.
Bellani
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The Volatility of Survey Measures of Culture and Its Consequences
Common measures of cultural attitudes, such as those constructed from the World Values Survey, are characterized by substantial within-country volatility. This volatility is at odds with the notion ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (2), 675-697)
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O12, O43, Z1
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12728
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Abel
Brodeur
Hasin
Yousaf
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The Economics of Mass Shootings
We perform an empirical investigation of the socioeconomic determinants and consequences of all mass shootings in the U.S. from 2000 to 2015. We first manually search for and collect information on ...
(published online as 'On the Economic Consequences of Mass Shootings' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 27 September 2022)
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D74, C13, P16
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12727
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Kyoji
Fukao
Saumik
Paul
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Baumol versus Engel: Accounting for 100 years (1885-1985) of Structural Transformation in Japan
This paper examines the drivers of the long-run structural transformation in Japan. We use a dynamic input-output framework that decomposes the reallocation of the total output across sectors into ...
(published in: Economic History Review, 2021, 74 (1), 164-180)
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O40, O10
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12726
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Ulf
Rinne
Hendrik
Sonnabend
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Female Workers, Male Managers: Gender, Leadership, and Risk-Taking
This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using data from international top-level women's soccer, we provide evidence that male ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2022, 88 (3), 906 - 930)
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D81, J16, J4, M12, Z29
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12725
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Heather
Joshi
Alex
Bryson
David
Wilkinson
Kelly
Ward
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The Gender Gap in Wages over the Life Course: Evidence from a British Cohort Born in 1958
Using data tracking all those born in a single week in Great Britain in 1958 through to their mid-50s we observe an inverse U-shaped gender wage gap (GWG) over their life-course: an initial gap in ...
(published in: Gender, Work & Organization, 2021, 28, 397 - 415)
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J16, J31
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12724
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Graziella
Bertocchi
Monica
Bozzano
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Gender Gaps in Education
This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first focuses on gender ...
(published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.); Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2020, 1-31)
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J1, N3, O1
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12723
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Simon
Amez
Stijn
Baert
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Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: A Literature Review
We present the first systematic review of the scientific literature on smartphone use and academic success. We synthesise the theoretical mechanisms, empirical approaches, and empirical findings ...
(revised version published in: International Journal of Educational Research, 2020, 103, 10161)
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I21, I23, L86
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12722
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Magnus
Lofstrom
Brandon
Martin
Steven
Raphael
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The Effect of Sentencing Reform on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Involvement with the Criminal Justice System: The Case of California's Proposition 47
We analyze the disparate effects of a recent California sentencing reform on the arrest, booking, and incarceration rates experienced by California residents from different racial and ethnic groups. ...
(published in: Criminology & Public Policy, 2020, 19 (4), 1165-1207)
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K40, K42
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12721
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Esther
Arenas-Arroyo
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Police Trust and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Immigration Policies
Domestic violence is a serious under-reported crime in the United States, especially among immigrant women. While the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) allows battered immigrants to petition for ...
(published as 'Police trust and domestic violence among immigrants: evidence from VAWA self-petitions' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, 22 (2), 395 - 422)
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J12, J16, J15, K37
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12720
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Paul
Frijters
Andrew
E.
Clark
Christian
Krekel
Richard
Layard
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A Happy Choice: Wellbeing as the Goal of Government
In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of ...
(published in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4(2), 126–165)
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I3, A10, H10, H83
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12718
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Francesca
Barigozzi
Helmuth
Cremer
Kerstin
Roeder
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Having It All, for All: Child-Care Subsidies and Income Distribution Reconciled
We study the design of child-care policies when redistribution matters. Traditional mothers provide some informal child care, whereas career mothers purchase full time formal care. The sorting of ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, 188--211)
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D13, H23, J16, J22
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12717
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Jamie
Mullins
Corey
White
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Does Access to Health Care Mitigate Environmental Damages?
Differential access to health care is commonly cited as a source of heterogeneity in the health effects of environmental exposure, yet little causal evidence exists to support such claims. We test ...
(published as 'Can access to health care mitigate the effects of temperature on mortality?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 191, 104259)
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I10, I14, I18, Q50, Q52, Q54, Q58
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12716
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Grace
Lordan
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People versus Machines in the UK: Minimum Wages, Labor Reallocation and Automatable Jobs
This study follows the Lordan and Neumark (2018) analysis for the US, and examines whether minimum wage increases affect employment opportunities in automatable jobs in the UK for low-skilled ...
(published in: PLoS, 2019, 14 (12), e0224789)
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J23, J38
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12715
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Italo
Colantone
Alessia
Matano
Paolo
Naticchioni
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New Imported Inputs, Wages and Worker Mobility
We study how firms and industries adjust to increasing international trade in intermediate inputs. In particular, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the effects of new imported inputs on wage ...
(published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2020, 29 (2), 423–457.)
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J01, J31, F14
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12714
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Alessia
Matano
Paolo
Naticchioni
Francesco
Vona
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The Institutional Adjustment Margin to Import Competition: Evidence from Italian Minimum Wages
A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor ...
(published as 'The institutional wage adjustment to import competition: evidence from the Italian collective bargaining system' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2023, 75 (3), 631 - 651)
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J50, F16, J31, J24
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12713
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Robert
M.
Sauer
John
Wilson
Noemi
Mantovan
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The Economic Benefits of Volunteering and Social Class
A theory that the economic benefits of volunteering are contingent on social class (as defined by similarities in labour market situation) is tested using seven waves of longitudinal data from the ...
(published in: Social Science Research, 2020, 85 (1), 102368)
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H4, J31
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12712
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Fabio
Berton
Anna
Carreri
Francesco
Devicienti
Andrea
Ricci
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Workplace Unionism, Collective Bargaining and Skill Formation: New Results from Mixed Methods
Among the steps to improve a country's competitiveness, several commentators and international institutions include a general emphasis on deregulation and decentralization of industrial relations. In ...
(published as 'The collective voice of unions and workplace training in Italy: new insights from mixed methods' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 61 (3), 595 - 622)
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J24, J52
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12710
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Anne
Ardila
Brenøe
Thomas
Epper
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Parenting Values Moderate the Intergenerational Transmission of Time Preferences
We study the intergenerational transmission of time preferences in a setting without reverse causality concerns. We find substantial transmission of patience from parents to children, which is ...
(published as 'Parenting values and the intergenerational transmission of time preferences' in: European Economic Review, 2022, 148, 104208)
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D15, J12, J24, J62
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12709
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Bryan
Andrew
Stuart
Evan
J.
Taylor
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Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
This paper studies how birth town migration networks affected long-run location decisions during historical U.S. migration episodes. We develop a new method to estimate the strength of migration ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (3), 134 - 175)
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J61, N32, O15, R23, Z13
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12708
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
Rachel
A.
Gordon
Robert
Crosnoe
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'O Youth and Beauty:' Children's Looks and Children's Cognitive Development
We use data from the 11 waves of the U.S. Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development 1991-2005, following children from ages 6 months through 15 years. Observers rated videos of them, obtaining ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 212, 275–289)
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J71, I26, I24
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12707
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Yossef
Tobol
Ronen
Bar-El
Yuval
Arbel
Ofer
H.
Azar
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Gender Differences in the Effect of Employee-Manager Friendships on Salary Dynamics in CPA Firms
We study the effect of employee-manager relations on salary increases. We use data obtained from a longitudinal survey, carried out among auditing team members in leading Israeli CPA firms (which are ...
(published in: Heliyon, 2019, 5 (10), e02658)
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C33, D03, J31, J71
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12706
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Valentine
Fays
Benoît
Mahy
François
Rycx
Mélanie
Volral
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Wage Discrimination Based on the Country of Birth: Do Tenure and Product Market Competition Matter?
Using a merged employer-employee panel dataset of 13,000 firms for the 1999-2010 period, this paper aims to quantify wage discrimination against migrant workers based on their countries of birth, ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (13), 1551-1571)
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J24, J71, D41
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12705
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Valentine
Jacobs
Benoît
Mahy
François
Rycx
Mélanie
Volral
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Workers' Countries of Birth on Over-Education
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and over-education, taking advantage of access to rich matched employer-employee data for the Belgian private sector for the period 1999-2010. ...
(published as 'Over-education Among Immigrants: The Role of Demographics, Time, and Firm Characteristics' in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (1), 61-78)
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I21, J15, J24, J61, J71
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12704
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Brian
Duncan
Jeffrey
Grogger
Ana
Sofia
Leon
Stephen
J.
Trejo
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New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans
U.S.-born Mexican Americans suffer a large schooling deficit relative to other Americans, and standard data sources suggest that this deficit does not shrink between the 2nd and later generations. ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 62, 101771)
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J15, J61, J62
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12703
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Paul
Redmond
Seamus
McGuinness
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Explaining the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction
In general, women report greater job satisfaction than men. The existing literature cannot fully explain the nature of this difference, as the gap tends to persist even when controlling for job ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27 (17), 1415 - 1418)
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J16, J28, J24
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12700
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Maryam
Naghsh Nejad
Stefanie
Schurer
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Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities of Immigrants: New Perspectives on Migrant Quality from a Selective Immigration Country
Economic theory suggests that selective immigration policies based on observable characteristics will affect unobservable migrant quality. Little empirical evidence exists on this hypothesis. We ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 203, 107-124)
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F22, J61, J24, J31, J62, O15
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12699
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Enrico
Moretti
Daniel
Wilson
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Taxing Billionaires: Estate Taxes and the Geographical Location of the Ultra-Wealthy
We study the effect of state-level estate taxes on the geographical location of the Forbes 400 richest Americans and its implications for tax policy. We use a change in federal tax law to identify ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (2), 424 - 466)
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J01, R10, H10
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12697
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Bernt
Bratsberg
Oddbjørn
Raaum
Knut
Røed
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Excess Churn in Integrated Labor Markets
The common European labor market encourages worker mobility that enhances allocative efficiency, but certain institutional features may trigger inefficient migration. As a job in one of Europe's ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34, 865-892)
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F22, D62, E24
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12696
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Kai
A.
Konrad
Ray
Rees
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Passports for Sale: The Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation in a Meta-Club
Some of the member states of the European Union sell citizenship or residence to wealthy foreign investors. We analyse these "golden-passport" programs as a study in the political economy of conflict ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 62, 101855)
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F15, F53, H77
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12695
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Nick
Drydakis
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Trans People, Transitioning, Mental Health, Life and Job Satisfaction
For trans people (i.e. people whose gender is not the same as the sex they were assigned at birth) evidence suggests that transitioning (i.e. the steps a trans person may take to live in the gender ...
(published in: K. F. Zimmermann (Ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, New York: Springer, First Online: 04 March 2020)
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D91, I10, J12, J10, J28, K38
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12694
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Fiona
Carmichael
Christian
Darko
Marco
G
Ercolani
Ceren
Ozgen
W. Stanley
Siebert
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Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data
We estimate the intergenerational elasticity (IGE) of income for the Netherlands using complete population data for around 177,000 28-year olds. We find that IGEs are much lower when actual ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2020, 189, 108996)
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J62, J61, D31
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12693
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Stefano
Castriota
Mirco
Tonin
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Stay or Flee? Probability versus Severity of Punishment in Hit-And-Run Accidents
The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the probability and the severity of punishment with reference to planned criminal ...
(published as 'Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment' in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2023, 55, 117 - 144)
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D91, K14, K42, R41
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12691
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Lisha
Agarwal
Giorgio
Brunello
Lorenzo
Rocco
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The Pathways to College
We estimate the effect of the high school curriculum (or track) on the returns to college using data from the Italian PLUS (Participation Labour and Unemployment Survey) survey. We find that college ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15 (4), 554 - 595)
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J24
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12690
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Marco
Caliendo
Steffen
Künn
Martin
Weissenberger
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Catching up or Lagging Behind? The Long-Term Business and Innovation Potential of Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment
From an active labor market policy perspective, start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are very effective in improving long-term labor market outcomes for participants. From a business ...
(published in: Research Policy, 2020, 49 (10), 1-14)
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L26, M13, J68
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12689
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Jongkwan
Lee
Giovanni
Peri
Vasil
Yasenov
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The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s
We examine the labor market consequences of an extensive campaign repatriating around 400,000 Mexicans in 1929-34. To identify a causal effect, we instrument county level repatriations with the ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 205, 104558)
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J15, J21, J61, N32
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12688
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Diana
Chise
Margherita
Fort
Chiara
Monfardini
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Scientifico! like Dad: On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education in Italy
We provide novel evidence on the existence and the extent of intergenerational transmission of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education using a recent large administrative ...
(revised version published as 'On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education among Graduate Students' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (1), 115 - 145)
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J16, J24, I24
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12687
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Matthew
Neidell
Shinsuke
Uchida
Marcella
Veronesi
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Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
This paper provides a large scale, empirical evaluation of unintended effects from invoking the precautionary principle after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. After the accident, all nuclear ...
(published as 'The unintended effects from halting nuclear power production: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi accident' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 79, 102507)
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I12, K32, Q41
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12686
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Paul
Anand
Laurence
Roope
Anthony
J.
Culyer
Ron
P.
Smith
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Disability and Multi-Dimensional Quality of Life: A Capability Approach to Health Status Assessment
This paper offers an approach to assessing quality-of-life, based on Sen's (1985) theory, which it uses to understand loss in quality-of-life due to mobility-impairment. Specifically, it provides a ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (7), 748 - 765)
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D60, I31
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12685
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Jiyoon
Kim
Ajin
Lee
Maya
Rossin-Slater
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What to Expect When It Gets Hotter: The Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat on Maternal and Infant Health
We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, ...
(published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 7 (3), 281- 305)
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I14, I18, Q54
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12684
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Patrick
A.
Puhani
Philip
Yang
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Does Increased Teacher Accountability Decrease Leniency in Grading?
Because accountability may improve the comparability that is compromised by lenient grading, we compare exit exam outcomes in the same schools before and after a policy change that increased teacher ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 171, 333 - 341)
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H83, I20, I28
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12683
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Teevrat
Garg
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Ecosystems and Human Health: The Local Benefits of Forest Cover in Indonesia
This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial ...
(published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019, 98, 102271)
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Q53, O13, Q56, Q57, Q20
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12681
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Mehtabul
Azam
Luyi
Han
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Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India
Although, the male labor force participation rate is comparable in China and India, female labor force participation rate remains very low in India. In this paper, we examine the factors responsible ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2020, 20(2), 20190302)
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J16, J82
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12680
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Clive
Bell
Hans
Gersbach
Evgenij
Komarov
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Untimely Destruction: Pestilence, War and Accumulation in the Long Run
This paper analyses the effects of disease and war on the accumulation of human and physical capital. We employ an overlapping-generations frame-work in which young adults, confronted with such ...
(published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2024, 28 (7), 1451 - 1492)
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D91, E13, I15, I25, O11, O41
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12679
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Ronald
Bachmann
Peggy
Bechara
Christina
Vonnahme
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Occupational Mobility in Europe: Extent, Determinants and Consequences
We examine occupational mobility and its link to wage mobility across a large number of EU countries using worker-level micro data. In doing so, we document the extent, the individual-level ...
(published in: De Economist, 2020, 168(1), 79-108)
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J62, J63, P52
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12677
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Osea
Giuntella
Matthias
Rieger
Lorenzo
Rotunno
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Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico
In this paper, we investigate the effects of trade in foods on obesity in Mexico. To do so, we match data on Mexican food imports from the U.S. with anthropometric and food expenditure data. Our ...
(published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 122, 103277)
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F60, F61, I10, I12
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12676
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Harold
E.
Cuffe
Jan
Feld
Trevor
O’Grady
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Returns to Teaching Repetition - The Effect of Short-Term Teaching Experience on Student Outcomes
Teachers often deliver the same lesson multiple times in one day. In contrast to year-to-year teaching experience, it is unclear how this teaching repetition affects student outcomes. We examine the ...
(published in: Education, Finance and Policy, 2021, 16 (3), 516-532)
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I21, I23
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12675
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Michèle
Belot
Jonathan
James
Jonathan
Spiteri
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Facilitating Healthy Dietary Habits: An Experiment with a Low Income Population
This paper tests an intervention aimed at facilitating (cognitively) the adoption of healthy dietary habits. We provide easy-to-understand information about the risks of developing diabetes or heart ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 129, 103550)
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I12, I18, H51, D83
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12674
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Michèle
Belot
Jonathan
James
Martina
Vecchi
Nicolai
Vitt
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Stress and Food Preferences: A Lab Experiment with Low-SES Mothers
We investigate whether short-term everyday stressors leads to unhealthier dietary choices among low socioeconomic status mothers. We propose a novel stress protocol that aims to mimic everyday ...
(published as 'Daily stressors and food choices: A lab experiment with low-SES mothers' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 136, 103754)
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I12, D91
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12670
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Christian
Grund
Dirk
Sliwka
Krystina
Titz
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Works Councils and Performance Appraisals
Drawing on two large German representative data sets, we analyze the role of works councils for the use of performance appraisals (PA). We distinguish between the incidence of performance appraisal ...
(published in: Journal of Participation & Employee Ownership, 2020, 3, 29-50)
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M54, M12, J53, J83
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12669
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Asbjørn
Goul
Andersen
Simen
Markussen
Knut
Røed
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Local Labor Demand and Participation in Social Insurance Programs
Based on administrative data from Norway, we explore the "grey area" between the roles of unemployment- and temporary disability-insurances by examining how participation in these two program types ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101767)
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J23, J58, J65, H55
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