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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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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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12666
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Farzana
Afridi
Monisankar
Bishnu
Kanika
Mahajan
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What Determines Women's Labor Supply? The Role of Home Productivity and Social Norms
We highlight the role of home productivity in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing ...
(published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90 (1), 55 - 87)
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E24, J22, J16
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12665
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Cem
Mete
Laurent
Bossavie
John
T.
Giles
Harold
Alderman
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Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Child Development Outcomes?
Marriages between blood relatives – also known as consanguineous unions – are widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia and most parts of South Asia. Researchers have suggested that ...
(published in: Population Studies, June 2020, 74 (2): 139-159.)
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I15, J12
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12663
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Maite
Blázquez Cuesta
Santiago
Budría
Ana
I.
Moro-Egido
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Job Insecurity, Debt Burdens and Individual Health
Job insecurity exerts negative effects on self-reported health. Using the Spanish Survey of Household Finances for 2011-2014, this paper asks whether and to what extent debt burdens enhance these ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2021, 67 (4), 872-899.)
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G01, I14, I22
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12662
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Francesco
Pastore
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The Quasi-Market of Employment Services in Italy
This paper aims to study the shortcomings and merits of the first experiment of quasi-market in the provision of employment services: the Lombardy DUL (Dote Unica Lavoro). This system, which has ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2020, 42 (6), 1248-1269.)
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H44, H52, H76, I38, J68, R23
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12659
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Bernt
Bratsberg
Giovanni
Facchini
Tommaso
Frattini
Anna
Rosso
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Are Political and Economic Integration Intertwined?
Economic incentives play a key role in the decision to run for office, but little is known on how they shape immigrants' selection into candidacy. We study this question using a two-period Roy model ...
(published in: Economica, 2023, 90 (360), 1265 - 1306)
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F22, J45, P16
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12658
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Alicia
Adsera
Francesca
Dalla Pozza
Sergei
Guriev
Lukas
Kleine-Rueschkamp
Elena
Nikolova
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Transition from Plan to Market, Height and Well-Being
Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social ...
(published as 'Height and well-being during the transition from plan to market' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (105), 77 - 120)
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P36, I14, I31, O12
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12657
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Nikolaos
Theodoropoulos
John
Forth
Alex
Bryson
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Are Women Doing It For Themselves? Gender Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap
Using matched employer-employee data from the 2004 and 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Surveys (WERS) for Britain we find a raw gender wage gap (GWG) in hourly wages of around 0.18-0.21 log ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 84 (6), 1329-1355)
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J16, J31, M52, M54
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12654
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Yan
Liu
Xi
Chen
Zhijun
Yan
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Depression in the House: The Effects of Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use in China
While adverse health effects of ambient air pollution have been well documented, there is scarce evidence on the impact of household air pollution (HAP) on mental health. We investigated the causal ...
(published as 'Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China' in: Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 703, 134706)
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I31, Q51, Q53
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12652
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Patricio
Dominguez-Rivera
Magnus
Lofstrom
Steven
Raphael
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The Effect of Sentencing Reform on Crime Rates: Evidence from California's Proposition 47
We evaluate whether California's state proposition 47 impacted state violent and property crime rates. Passed by the voters in November 2014, the proposition redefined many less serious property and ...
(published as 'Decarceration and Crime: California’s Experience' in: Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas (eds.), A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, Edward Elgar, 2022, 83 - 134)
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K40, K42, H11
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12651
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David
N.F.
Bell
Robert
A.
Hart
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The Decline of Overtime Working in Britain
The share of overtime hours within total hours worked in Britain has declined from 4.8% to 2.9% between 1999 and 2018. This is equivalent to 321 thousand full-time jobs. We investigate this decline ...
(revised version published as 'The Decline of Paid Overtime in Britain' in: Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 2, 235-258 )
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J21, J22, J31, J52
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12649
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Wang-Sheng
Lee
Ben
G.
Li
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Extreme Weather and Long-term Health: Evidence from Two Millennia of Chinese Elites
Modern technology empowers human beings to cope with various extreme weather events. Using Chinese historical data, we examine the impact of extreme weather on long-term human health in an ...
(published as 'Extreme Weather and Mortality: Evidence from Two Millennia of Chinese Elites' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, 102401.)
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I15, N35
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12648
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Elizabeth
Dhuey
Jean
Eid
Christine
Neill
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Parental Employment Effects of Switching from Half‐Day to Full‐Day Kindergarten: Evidence from Ontario's French Schools
Full-day kindergarten programs are expanding across North America, driven by a policy focus on early childhood development. These programs also affect parents' budget sets and may lead to changes in ...
(published in: Candadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politique, 2020, 46 (1), 145 - 174)
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I28
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12647
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Michael
Johannes
Böhm
Hans-Martin
von
Gaudecker
Felix
Schran
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Occupation Growth, Skill Prices, and Wage Inequality
This paper studies the relationship between changes in occupational employment, occupational wages, and rising overall wage inequality. Using long-running administrative panel data with detailed ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (1), 201–243)
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J21, J23, J24, J31
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12646
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Andrea
Kutinova Menclova
Steven
Stillman
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Maternal Stress and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from an Unexpected Earthquake Swarm
We examine the impact of a major earthquake that unexpectedly affected the Canterbury region of New Zealand on a wide-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (12), 1705 - 1720)
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I12, J13, I31
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12645
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Eric
Maurin
Nicolas
Navarrete H.
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Behind the Veil: The Effect of Banning the Islamic Veil in Schools
Immigration from Muslim countries is a source of tensions in many Western countries. Several countries have adopted regulations restricting religious expression and emphasizing the neutrality of the ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2023, 38 (113), 63-98)
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I21, J15
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12644
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Michel
Serafinelli
Guido
Tabellini
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Creativity over Time and Space
Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? In this paper we match data on thousands of ...
(published as 'Creativity over time and space: A historical analysis of European cities' in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2022, 27, 1-43)
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R10, O10, J61, J24
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12643
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Dominik
Buttler
Eva
Sierminska
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Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy
We examine supply-side determinants of transition from the wage and salary sector to self-employment of women and men living Poland. The empirical analysis is made possible due to a unique and under ...
(published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41, 70 - 95)
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D31, G11, J61
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12642
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Effrosyni
Adamopoulou
Ezgi
Kaya
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Not Just a Work Permit: EU Citizenship and the Consumption Behavior of Documented and Undocumented Immigrants
This paper explores the impact of the 2007 EU enlargement on the consumption behavior of immigrant households. Using data from a unique Italian survey and a diff-in-diff approach, we find that the ...
(published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53, 1552-1598)
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D12, E21, F22
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12641
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Cristina
Borra
Noelia
Rivera Garrido
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Fertility Implications of Policy Granting Legal Status Based on Offspring's Nationality
We examine the fertility impact of a change in immigration policy granting temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants based on their offspring nationality. The policy, intended to facilitate ...
(published as 'Fertility implications of family-based regularizations' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23 (2), 449 - 484)
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J13, J15, K37
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12638
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David
Autor
David
Dorn
Gordon
H.
Hanson
Gary
Pisano
Pian
Shu
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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents
Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Insights, 2020, 2 (3), 357-374)
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F14, O30
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12637
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Oded
Stark
Wiktor
Budzinski
Marcin
Jakubek
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Pure Rank Preferences and Variation in Risk-Taking Behavior
Assuming that an individual's rank in the wealth distribution is the only factor determining the individual's wellbeing, we analyze the individual's risk preferences in relation to gaining or losing ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 184, 108636)
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D01, D31, D81, G32, G41
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