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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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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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16767
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Fabrice
Kämpfen
Irene
Mosca
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Heterogeneous Effects of Blood Pressure Screening
This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 242, 11845)
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C21, I12, I18
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16764
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Shutong
Huo
Derek
Feng
Thomas
M.
Gill
Xi
Chen
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Childhood Circumstances and Health of American and Chinese Older Adults: A Machine Learning Evaluation of Inequality of Opportunity in Health
Childhood circumstances may impact senior health, prompting this study to introduce novel machine learning methods to assess their individual and collective contributions to health inequality in old ...
(published in: China CDC Weekly, 2024, 6 (11), 213-218)
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I14, J13, J14, O57, C53
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16763
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Yue
Sun
Liqiu
Zhao
Zhong
Zhao
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Hukou Status and Children's Education in China
Under China's household registration (hukou) system, children with rural hukou do not have equal rights to access education in urban areas. This paper investigates the causal effect of hukou status ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025, 73(2), 979-1021)
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I24, I28, O15, R28
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16760
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Christian
Bredemeier
Patrick
Ndlovu
Suncica
Vujic
Roland
Winkler
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Household Decisions and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction
This paper offers a novel theoretical explanation for the gender gap in job satisfaction, where women typically report higher job satisfaction than men. We argue that rational family decisions can ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 72 (1), e12403)
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D13, J28, J16
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16759
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Henning
Hermes
Philipp
Lergetporer
Fabian
Mierisch
Guido
Schwerdt
Simon
Wiederhold
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Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 228, 106780, 2024)
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I24, J18, J13, D83, C99
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16757
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Ive
Marx
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Basic Income Advocates, Sober Up.
Basic income advocates see a universal income grant, no questions asked, as bringing many potential benefits, not in the least as an ironclad protection against poverty, if set high enough. It is ...
(published in: Sarah Marchal and Ive Marx (eds.), Zero Poverty Society: Ensuring a Decent Income for All, Oxford University Press, 2024, 207–227 )
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D31, H55, I38, C81
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16756
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Martha
J.
Bailey
Tanya
Byker
Elena
Patel
Shanthi
Ramnath
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The Long-Run Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Act On Women's Careers and Childbearing: New Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design and U.S. Tax Data
We use administrative tax data to analyze the cumulative, long-run effects of California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act (CPFL) on women's employment, earnings, and childbearing. A ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025, 17 (1), 401–431)
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J08, J16, J71
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16748
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Andrea
Bassanini
Eve
Caroli
Kevin
Geay
Antoine
Rebérioux
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Heavy Is the Crown: CEOs' Social Interactions and Layoff Decisions
We develop a theory of non-monetary costs incurred by CEOs when deciding about layoffs and test its predictions on French data. Our results support the idea that, being embedded in their social ...
(published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2024, 33 (5), 1253–1270)
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J63, M12, M51, R12
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16743
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Olivia
Healy
Jennifer
A.
Heissel
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Baby Bumps in the Road: The Impact of Parenthood on Job Performance, Human Capital, and Career Advancement
This paper explores whether and why a maternal "child penalty" to earnings would emerge even without changes in employment and hours worked. Using a matched event study design, we trace monthly ...
(published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 22 August 2024)
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J24, J16, J18, J45
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16742
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
Anwen
Zhang
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The Economic Impact of Heritable Physical Traits: Hot Parents, Rich Kid?
Since the mapping of the human genome in 2004, biologists have demonstrated genetic links to the expression of several income-enhancing physical traits. To illustrate how heredity produces ...
(published as 'Human beauty illustrates the economic impact of heritable physical traits' in: PNAS, 2025, 122 (6), e24184241)
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D64, D31, J71
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16738
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Hai-Anh
H
Dang
Dhushyanth
Raju
Tomomi
Tanaka
Kseniya
Abanokova
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Tackling the Last Hurdles of Poverty Entrenchment: An Investigation of Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17
Ghana has managed to consistently keep its poverty rate lower than the regional average over the past 25 years, but this positive trend slowed down recently. We investigate the dynamics of overall, ...
(published as 'Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17: An Investigation Using Synthetic Panels' in: Scientific African, 2024, 25, e02282)
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C15, D31, I31, O10, O57
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16737
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Teresa
Molina
Yoon
Y.
Cho
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The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times
When it comes to mental health, do social protection programs matter more in times of crisis? Using panel data from the Philippines around the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study compares ...
(published online in: World Bank Economic Review, 21 February 2025)
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I38, I31, H12
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16733
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Chi
Shen
Xi
Chen
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Early Life Exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and the Health of Older Adults in China: A Meta-Analysis (2008–2023)
There is mounting evidence indicating that the aging process initiates during early life stages, with in utero the individual's environment playing a significant role. Consequently, it is crucial to ...
(published in: China CDC Weekly, 2024, 6(11), 203-207)
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I14, J14, J13, I18
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16731
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Maciej
Jakubowski
Tomasz
Gajderowicz
Harry
Anthony
Patrinos
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COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant disruption in schooling worldwide. This paper uses global test score data to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on ...
(published in: Science of Learning, 2025, 10, 5 (2025))
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I19, I20
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16730
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Eline
Moens
Dyllis
De Pessemier
Stijn
Baert
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How Do Recruiters Assess Applicants Who Express a Political Engagement?
Although unequal treatment of workers based on political affiliation is prohibited in many countries, it is conspicuously understudied in the discrimination literature. In this study, we set up a ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 86, 102637)
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D72, J21, J71, P16, C91
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16728
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Jonathan
Portes
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Unintended Consequences? The Changing Composition of Immigration to the UK after Brexit
The end of free movement and the introduction of the post-Brexit migration system represent the most important changes to the UK migration system in half a century. Coinciding with the aftereffects ...
(published online in: National Institute Economic Review, 06 January 2025)
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F22, J48, J61, J68
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16727
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Uwe
Jirjahn
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Corporate Globalization and Worker Representation
This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have identified various transmission channels through which the activities of foreign ...
(published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, 2024)
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F23, F66, J51, J52, J53, J83
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16725
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Torsten
Santavirta
Jan
Stuhler
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Name-Based Estimators of Intergenerational Mobility
Recent studies use names - first and surnames - to estimate intergenerational mobility in sources that lack direct family links. While generating novel evidence on intergenerational transmission ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (663), 2982–3016)
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J62
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16722
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Etienne
Lalé
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Assessing Labor Market Conditions in Canada with Public-Use Microdata
We extend Nakamura et al. (2019, 2020)'s approach of using the publicly available microdata files of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to construct worker transition rates across employment, ...
(published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2024, 50 (2), 217-231)
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E24, J21, J63
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16719
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Haiyuan
Wan
Björn
Anders
Gustafsson
Yingfei
Wang
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Convergence of Inequality Dimensions in China: Income, Consumption, and Wealth from 1988 to 2018
Using household data from 1988 to 2018, we confirm that the increase in income inequality in China has come to a halt in recent years but show that inequality in wealth and consumption continues to ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2024, 70 (4), 1089-1115)
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D31, I31, P52
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16716
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Susana
Ferreira
Sara
Martinez-de-Morentin
Amaya
Erro-Garcés
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Measuring Job Risks When Hedonic Wage Models Do Not Do the Job
Hedonic wage regressions show little evidence that European workers facing larger job risks and other workplace disamenities receive higher wages. On the other hand, workers in more risky or ...
(published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2025, 130, 103120)
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Q51, I12, I18, J17, J31, K32
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16715
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Susana
Ferreira
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Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: Economic Impacts and Adaptation Policies
This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events to draw lessons on how societies can better manage these risks. While evidence ...
(published in: Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2024, 16, 207-231 )
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Q54, Q56, O13, O44, I30
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16714
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Achim
Ahrens
Christian
B.
Hansen
Mark
E
Schaffer
Thomas
Wiemann
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Model Averaging and Double Machine Learning
This paper discusses pairing double/debiased machine learning (DDML) with stacking, a model averaging method for combining multiple candidate learners, to estimate structural parameters. We introduce ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2025, 40 (3), 249-269)
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C21, C26, C52, C55, J01, J08
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16713
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Barbara
Biasi
Julien
Lafortune
David
Schönholzer
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What Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments across the U.S.
This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school district bonds, test scores, and house prices for 29 U.S. states ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 18 February 2025)
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H41, H75, I22, I24, R30, R53
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16712
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Kalena
E.
Cortes
Karen
Kortecamp
Susanna
Loeb
Carly
D.
Robinson
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A Scalable Approach to High-Impact Tutoring for Young Readers: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
This paper presents the results from a randomized controlled trial of Chapter One, an early elementary reading tutoring program that embeds part-time tutors into the classroom to provide short bursts ...
(published as 'A scalable approach to high-impact tutoring for young readers' in: Learning and Instruction, 2025, 95, 102021)
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I20, I21, I24, I26
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16707
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Shanike
J.
Smart
Solomon
Polachek
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COVID-19 Vaccine and Risk-Taking
We assess whether the COVID-19 vaccine induces COVID-19 risky behavior (e.g., going to bars and restaurants) and thus reduces vaccine efficacy. A key empirical challenge is the endogeneity bias when ...
(published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2024, 68, 25–49)
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I1, I12, I13, I18
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16706
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Leila
Ben
Salem
Ridha
Nouira
Christophe
Rault
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On the Impact of Oil Prices on Sectoral Inflation: Evidence from World's Top Oil Exporters and Importers
This paper investigates the impact of oil price variations on sectoral inflation for a sample of 10 top oil importing and exporting countries. Specifically, we analyze the effects of oil prices on ...
(published in: Journal of Energy and Development, 2023, 49 (1/2), 163-210 )
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C5, Q4, Q43
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16704
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Andrew
E.
Clark
Rong
Zhu
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Taking Back Control? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Retirement on Locus of Control
We use nationally representative panel data from Australia to consider the impact of retirement on individual locus of control, a socio-emotional skill that has substantial explanatory power for a ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134, 1465–1493)
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H55, J24, J26
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16703
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Fabio
Sabatini
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The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches
This paper presents a review of empirical methods used to assess the behavioral, economic, and political outcomes of Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2025, 39 (3), 1000-1036)
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D71, D72, D74, D83, L82, L86, L88, L96, L98, Z13
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16702
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Henk-Wim
de Boer
Egbert
L. W.
Jongen
Patrick
Koot
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Too Much of a Good Thing? Using Tax Incentives to Stimulate Dual-Earner Couples
Following major tax-benet reforms over the past decades, the Netherlands is the international front-runner in stimulating dual-earner couples via the tax system. In this paper we consider whether or ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, Article 68 (2025))
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C63, H21, H31
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16701
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Anders
Stenberg
Simona
Tudor
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Field of Study and Mental Health in Adulthood
We analyze whether field of study assigned at age 16 impacts mental health in adulthood. Using a regression discontinuity design that exploits GPA cut-offs, we find that admission to the preferred ...
(published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 07 November 2024)
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I10, I21, I24, J24, J28, J32
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16700
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Martha
J.
Bailey
Thomas
Helgerman
Bryan
Andrew
Stuart
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How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil Rights Act Shaped the Gender Gap in Pay
In the 1960s, two landmark statutes—the Equal Pay and Civil Rights Acts—targeted the long-standing practice of employment discrimination against U.S. women. For the next 15 years, the gender gap in ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139 (3), 1827–1878, )
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J16, J71, N32
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16698
|
Susan
L.
Averett
Cynthia
Bansak
Grace
Condon
Eva
Dziadula
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The Gendered Impact of In-State Tuition Policies on Undocumented Immigrants' College Enrollment, Graduation, and Employment
Since 2001, about half of U.S. states have extended in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented immigrants. Some states have also offered financial aid, while others became more restrictive. ...
(published in: Journal on Migration and Human Security, 2024, 13 (1), 64-86)
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J15, I22
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16691
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Yota
Eilers
Jochen
Kluve
Jörg
Langbein
Lennart
Reiners
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Volume, Risk, Complexity: What Makes Development Finance Projects Succeed or Fail?
In 2022, governments around the world committed USD 211 bn. to official development assistance. Despite these high contributions, systematic assessments of the determinants of success - or failure - ...
(published online in: World Bank Economic Review, 4 February 2025)
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C40, F35, O10, O19
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16686
|
Benjamin
Lochner
Christian
Merkl
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Gender-Specific Application Behavior, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap
This paper analyzes the relationship between gender-specific application behavior, employer-side flexibility requirements, and the gender earnings gap using a unique combination of the German Job ...
(published online in: Economic Journal, 29 May 2025)
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E24, J16, J31
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16683
|
Ege
Can
Frank
M.
Fossen
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Income Taxation and Hours Worked in Different Types of Entrepreneurship
We investigate the effect of personal income tax (PIT) rates on the number of hours entrepreneurs work weekly. Using the rotating panel data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the ...
(revised version forthcoming in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2025-0082)
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H24, H25, J22, J23, L26
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16681
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Sarah
Schneider-Strawczynski
Jérôme
Valette
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Media Coverage of Immigration and the Polarization of Attitudes
This paper investigates the effect of media coverage on immigration attitudes. It combines data on immigration coverage in French television with individual panel data from 2013 to 2017 that records ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025, 17 (1), 337–368)
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D8, F22, L82
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16679
|
Saul
Estrin
Susanna
Khavul
Alexander
S.
Kritikos
Jonas
Löher
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Access to Digital Finance: Equity Crowdfunding across Countries and Platforms
Financing entrepreneurship spurs innovation and economic growth. Digital financial platforms that crowdfund equity for entrepreneurs have emerged globally, yet they remain poorly understood. We model ...
(published in: PLoS ONE, 2024, 19 (1), e0293292.)
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D26, G23, G41, L26
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16678
|
David
Molitor
Corey
White
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Do Cities Mitigate or Exacerbate Environmental Damages to Health?
Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been associated with ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2024, 107, 103973)
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I10, Q53, Q54
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16677
|
Nick
Drydakis
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Health Inequalities among People Experiencing Food Insecurity. An Intersectional Approach
The study examines the socio-economic determinants of physical health among populations experiencing food insecurity and receiving free meals in soup kitchens in the Prefecture of Attica, Greece. ...
(published in: Sociology of Health and Illness, 2024, 46 (5), 867-886)
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I32, I10, I14
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