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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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12185
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Ingvild
Almås
Andreas
Kotsadam
Espen
R.
Moen
Knut
Røed
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The Economics of Hypergamy
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband’s earning capacity systematically exceeds ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (1), 260-281)
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J12, D10, J22
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12184
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Rudolf
Kerschbamer
Daniel
Neururer
Matthias
Sutter
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Credence Goods Markets and the Informational Value of New Media: A Natural Field Experiment
Credence goods markets are characterized by pronounced informational asymmetries between consumers and expert sellers. As a consequence, consumers are often exploited and market efficiency is ...
(extended version published as 'Credence goods markets, online information and repair prices: A natural field experiment' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 220, 104891 )
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C93, D82
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12183
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Stijn
Baert
Brecht
Neyt
Thomas
Siedler
Ilse
Tobback
Dieter
Verhaest
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Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation: A Field Experiment
Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many industrialised countries. This study examines the impact of a voluntary intra-curricular ...
(revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 83, 102141)
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C93, I21, J23, J24
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12182
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Alison
L.
Booth
Jungmin
Lee
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Girls' and Boys' Performance in Competitions: What We Can Learn from a Korean Quiz Show
We compare the performance of high-ability adolescent girls and boys who participated in a a long-running Korean television quiz show. We find there is a gender gap in performance – in favour of boys ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 187, 431-447. )
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J16, I21, D9, L83, M5
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12181
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René
Böheim
Thomas
Leoni
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Absenteeism on Bridging Days
We estimate sickness absences on Mondays and Fridays which fall between a weekend and public holidays, so called "bridging days". Many public holidays change their day of the week over the years. We ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27 (20), 1667–1671)
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J22
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12178
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Karen
Clay
Margarita
Portnykh
Edson
Severnini
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The Legacy Lead Deposition in Soils and Its Impact on Cognitive Function in Preschool-Aged Children in the United States
Surface soil contamination has been long recognized as an important pathway of human lead exposure, and is now a worldwide health concern. This study estimates the causal effects of exposure to lead ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 33, 181-192)
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N52, Q53, Q56, R11, I15, I18, I25, I28
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12177
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Karen
Clay
Joshua
Lewis
Edson
Severnini
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What Explains Cross-City Variation in Mortality During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? Evidence from 438 U.S. Cities
Disparities in cross-city pandemic severity during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic remain poorly understood. This paper uses newly assembled historical data on annual mortality across 438 U.S. cities to ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 36, 42-50)
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N32, N52, N72, Q40, Q53, O13
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12176
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Judith
M.
Delaney
Paul
J.
Devereux
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It's Not Just for Boys! Understanding Gender Differences in STEM
While education levels of women have increased dramatically relative to men, women are still greatly underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) college programmes. ...
(published as 'Understanding Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from College Applications' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 72, 219-238)
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J16, I2
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12175
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Philipp
Lergetporer
Ludger
Woessmann
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The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: How Information and Design Affect Public Preferences for Tuition
Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey ...
(now IZA Discussion Papers 14386 and 14991)
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I22, H52, D72, D83
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12174
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Kareem
Haggag
Richard
Patterson
Nolan
G.
Pope
Aaron
Feudo
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Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy
Using administrative data, we study the role of attribution bias in a high-stakes, consequential decision: the choice of a college major. Specifically, we examine the influence of fatigue experienced ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 200, 104445)
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D91, I23, J24
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12173
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Satish
Chand
Michael
A.
Clemens
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Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103112)
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F22, J24, O15
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12172
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Jacobus
Cilliers
Isaac
M.
Mbiti
Andrew
Zeitlin
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Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania
In 2013, Tanzania introduced "Big Results Now in Education", a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (3), 655-685)
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I21, I25, I28, O15
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12171
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Andrea
Albanese
Corinna
Ghirelli
Matteo
Picchio
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Timed to Say Goodbye: Does Unemployment Benefit Eligibility Affect Worker Layoffs?
We study how unemployment benefit eligibility affects the layoff exit rate by exploiting quasi-experimental variation in eligibility rules in Italy. By using a difference-indifferences estimator, we ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101846)
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C31, C41, J21, J63, J65
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12170
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Shuaizhang
Feng
Naijia
Guo
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Labor Market Dynamics in Urban China and the Role of the State Sector
This paper studies the effect of state-owned enterprises on the dynamics of the Chinese urban labor market. Using longitudinal monthly panel data, we document very low dynamics in the labor market, ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49 (4), 918-932)
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J64, J45, P23
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12169
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Wenjing
Duan
Pedro
S.
Martins
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Rent Sharing in China: Magnitude, Heterogeneity and Drivers
Do firms in China share rents with their workers? We address this question by examining firm-level panel data covering virtually all manufacturing firms over the period 2000-2007, representing an ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60(1), 176-219)
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J31, J41, J50
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12168
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Simone
Bertoli
Steven
Stillman
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Wages and Education for US Immigrants
Many destination countries consider implementing points-based migration systems as a way to improve migrants' quality, but our understanding of the actual effects of selective policies is limited. We ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, Article 101749)
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F22, J24
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12167
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Jeffrey
Clemens
Michael
R.
Strain
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Understanding 'Wage Theft': Evasion and Avoidance Responses to Minimum Wage Increases
A holistic assessment of the labor market effects of minimum wage regulation requires understanding employer compliance. The economics literature has paid little attention to this issue. We ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 79, 102285)
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J08, J38, K42
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12166
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Chris
Doucouliagos
Jack
Hennessy
Debdulal
Mallick
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Health Aid, Governance and Infant Mortality
We investigate the impact of health aid on infant mortality conditional on the quality of governance in 96 recipient countries. Our analysis applies the long difference estimator and instrumental ...
(published in: Statistics in Society - Series A, 2021, 184 (2), 761-783)
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F35, I15
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12165
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Peng
Nie
Qing
Li
Alfonso
Sousa-Poza
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In Search of China's Income-Health Gradient: A Biomarker-Based Analysis
Using data from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study investigates China's income-health gradient by analyzing the effect of both current and long-term household income on 22 ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (48), 5599 - 5618)
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I12, I14, I15
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12164
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Mateus
Dias
Rudi
Rocha
Rodrigo
R.
Soares
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Glyphosate Use in Agriculture and Birth Outcomes of Surrounding Populations
This paper assesses the impact of glyphosate use in agriculture on birth outcomes of human populations in surrounding areas. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. Still, despite ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (6), 2943-2981)
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I18, Q53, Q15, O33
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12163
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Moussa
Blimpo
Pedro
Carneiro
Pamela
Jervis
Todd
Pugatch
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Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia
This paper studies two experiments of early childhood development programs in The Gambia: one increasing access to services, and another improving service quality. In the first experiment, new ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 70 (4), 1479 – 1529)
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I25, I38, O15, O22
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12162
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Sara
Burrone
Gianna
Claudia
Giannelli
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Does Child Labor Lead to Vulnerable Employment in Adulthood? Evidence for Tanzania
This paper investigates the relationship between child labor and status in employment in adulthood. We aim to contribute to the literature that focuses on the obstacles to the formation early in life ...
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (12), 2235-2250)
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J13, J21, J24
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12161
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Mahmoud
Arayssi
Ali
Fakih
Nathir
Haimoun
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Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26 (19), 1579-1585)
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G2, O16, P48, N25
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12160
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Antonio
Di Paolo
Aysit
Tansel
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English Skills, Labour Market Status and Earnings of Turkish Women
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the level of English skills on the labour market outcomes of Turkish women, using data from the Adult Education Survey of 2007. By adopting a bivariate ...
(published in: Empirica, 2019, 46 (4), 669-690.)
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J16, J24, J31, O15, Z13
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12159
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Andreas
Kuhn
Jürg
Schweri
Stefan
C.
Wolter
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Local Norms Describing the Role of the State and the Private Provision of Training
Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide (and usually also finance) training positions, often incurring considerable net training costs. One ...
(revised version published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 75, 102226)
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D22, D63, H41, I22, J24
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12158
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Seth
Gershenson
Morgan
S.
Polikoff
Rui
Wang
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When Paywall Goes AWOL: The Demand for Open Access Education Research
As universities cut library funding and forego expensive journal subscriptions, many academic organizations and researchers, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), are moving ...
(published in: Educational Researcher, 2020, 49(4): 254-261.)
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L17, O33
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12157
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Katja
Görlitz
Merlin
Penny
Marcus
Tamm
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The Long-Term Effect of Age at School Entry on Competencies in Adulthood
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study ...
(revised version published as 'The long-term effect of age at school entry on cognitive competencies in adulthood' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 194, 91 - 104)
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I21, J21, J31
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12155
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Daniele
Checchi
Alberto
Ciolfi
Gianni
De Fraja
Irene
Mazzotta
Stefano
Verzillo
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Have You Read This? An Empirical Comparison of the British REF Peer Review and the Italian VQR Bibliometric Algorithm
This paper determines the ranking of the publications units of assessment which were submitted to the UK research evaluation carried out in 2014, the REF, which would have been obtained if their ...
(published in Economica, 2021, 88 (352), 1107-1129)
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I23, I28
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12154
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David S.
Lee
Pauline
Leung
Christopher
J.
O'Leary
Zhuan
Pei
Simon
Quach
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Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance
Central to the welfare analysis of income transfer programs is the deadweight loss associated with possible reforms. To aid analytical tractability, its measurement typically requires specifying a ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (S2), S455-S506.)
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C14, C20, C31, H2, H23, J64, J65, J68
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12151
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Bruce
D.
Meyer
Nikolas
Mittag
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An Empirical Total Survey Error Decomposition Using Data Combination
Survey error is known to be pervasive and to bias even simple, but important estimates of means, rates, and totals, such as poverty statistics and the unemployment rate. To summarize and analyze the ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2021, 224 (2), 286-305)
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C18, C81, C83, D31, I38
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12149
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Terra
McKinnish
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Overwork in Spouse's Degree Field and the Labor Market Outcomes of Skilled Women
This paper estimates the effect of overwork and underwork in husband's undergraduate degree field on the labor market outcomes of skilled married women using 2009-2015 ACS data. Overwork and ...
(published as 'Prevalence of Long Work Hours by Spouse’s Degree Field and the Labor Market Outcomes of Skilled Women' in: ILR Review, 2021, 74 (4), 898-919)
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J16, J22
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12147
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Zhengyu
Cai
Heather
M.
Stephens
John
V.
Winters
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Motherhood, Migration, and Self-Employment of College Graduates
Women face unique challenges in starting and running their own businesses and may have differing motives to men for pursuing self-employment. Previous research suggests that married women with ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (3), 611-629)
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J13, J22, L26
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12143
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Nils
van Damme
Stijn
Baert
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Home Advantage in European International Soccer: Which Dimension of Distance Matters?
We investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the (regions of the) home and away teams: geographical distance, climatic differences, cultural ...
(revised version published in: Economics, 2019, 13 (1), 20190050)
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L83, J44, Z00
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12142
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Olivier
Verstraeten
Stijn
Baert
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Twelve Eyes See More Than Eight. Referee Bias and the Introduction of Additional Assistant Referees in Soccer
We are the first to investigate whether the introduction of additional assistant referees in the UEFA Europa League (in season 2009-2010) and the UEFA Champions League (in season 2010-2011) was ...
(revised version published in: Plos One, 2020, 15 (2), e0227758)
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L83, J44, Z00
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12141
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Wim
Naudé
Aleksander
Surdej
Martin
Cameron
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The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak ...
(published as 'Ready for Industry 4.0? The Case of Central and Eastern Europe' in: Mohammad Dastbaz, Peter Cochrane (eds.), Industry 4.0 and Engineering for the Future, Springer International, 2019, 153-175)
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O14, O25, O33, O52, P27
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12140
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Bas
van der Klaauw
Lennart
Ziegler
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A Field Experiment on Labor Market Speeddates for Unemployed Workers
We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of labor market speeddates where unemployed workers meet temporary employment agencies. Our analysis shows that participation in such ...
(published online in: Journal of Human Resources, June 2022)
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J64, J65, C21, C93
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12139
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Tyler
Ransom
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Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed
This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US workers by employment status. Using data on low-skilled workers from the Survey of ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (S), S137-S166)
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C35, E32, J22, J61, J64, R23
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12138
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Carole
Chartouni
Robert
Holzmann
Gustavo
N.
Paez
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Not Everyone Is Engaged: An Innovative Approach to Measure Engagement Levels on the Labor Market
Individuals' level of engagement on the labor market is hypothesized to be of critical importance for labor market outcomes. Based on a recent labor market survey in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2020 10:10.)
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C38, C43, J08
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12137
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Ernest
Boffy-Ramirez
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The Short-Run Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Labor Market Participation: Evidence from an Individual-Level Panel
Neumark, Salas, and Wascher (2014) succinctly summarize the empirical challenges researchers of the minimum wage face: "the identification of minimum wage effects requires both a sufficiently sharp ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2022, 54 (35), 4043 - 4059)
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J2, J3, J6
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12136
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Arezou
Zaresani
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Adjustment Costs and Incentives to Work: Evidence from a Disability Insurance Program
How important are adjustment costs for individuals when they face a change in work incentives induced by a policy change? I provide the first estimate of heterogeneous adjustment costs by exploiting ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, 104223. )
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H53, J21, J18
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12134
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Nauro
F.
Campos
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B for Brexit: A Survey of the Economics Academic Literature
This paper surveys the economics academic literature on Brexit. It is organised in: pillars, channels, and consequences. The two building blocks to understand Brexit are the economic history of the ...
(published as 'The Economics of Brexit' in: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2019.)
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F22, F10
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12133
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Mary Kate
Batistich
Timothy
N.
Bond
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Stalled Racial Progress and Japanese Trade in the 1970s and 1980s
Many of the positive economic trends coming out of the Civil Rights Era for black men stagnated or reversed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. These changes were concurrent with a rapid rise in ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (6), 2792–2821,)
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F14, J31, F14, N32, N62
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12132
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Clémence
Berson
Morgane
Laouénan
Emmanuel
Valat
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Outsourcing Recruitment as a Solution to Prevent Discrimination: A Correspondence Study
Many studies have proven the existence of discriminatory behavior from employers according to the origin of applicants. However, little is known about how these behaviors can be prevented. In this ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101838)
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A13, C93, J21, J71, J78, O15
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12131
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Patrick
Button
Brigham
Walker
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Employment Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Evidence from a Field Experiment
We conducted a resume correspondence experiment to measure discrimination in hiring faced by Indigenous Peoples in the United States (Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). We sent ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101851. )
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J15, J7, C93
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12130
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Alberto
Alesina
Elie
Murard
Hillel
Rapoport
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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe
We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of immigrant stocks for 140 regions of 16 Western European countries. Exploiting ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21 (6), 925–954, )
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D31, D64, I3, Z13
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12127
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Simon
Jäger
Benjamin
Schoefer
Josef
Zweimüller
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Marginal Jobs and Job Surplus: A Test of the Efficiency of Separations
We present a sharp test for the efficiency of job separations. First, we document a dramatic increase in the separation rate - 11.2ppt (28%) over five years - in response to a quasi-experimental ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2023, 90 (3), 1265–1303)
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J63, J65, J30, C52, C55
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12126
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Samuel
Bentolila
Juan
J.
Dolado
Juan
F.
Jimeno
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Dual Labour Markets Revisited
This paper provides an overview of recent research on dual labour markets. Theoretical and empirical contributions on the labour-market effects of dual employment protection legislation are ...
(published in: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 2020)
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J41
|
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12125
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Michael
Elsby
Gary
Solon
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How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips
For more than 80 years, many macroeconomic analyses have been premised on the assumption that workers' nominal wage rates cannot be cut. Contrary evidence from household surveys reasonably has been ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33 (3), 185–201)
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J3, E24
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12122
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Jenny
Williams
Don
Weatherburn
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Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?
This research evaluates the impact of electronic monitoring as an alternative to prison on reoffending. Leveraging plausibly exogenous variation in sentencing outcomes generated by quasi- random ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (2), 232–245.)
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K42
|
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12120
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Julien
Benistant
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests
Using a real-effort experiment, we study whether group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We vary whether minimal group identity is induced or not, whether individuals have to ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 72, 128-155)
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C92, M54, D63
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