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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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12118
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Luciana
Méndez-Errico
Xavier
Ramos
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Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children Are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country
We model schooling as a sequential process and examine why some children are left behind. We focus on the factors that explain selection at early stages of the education system. Our findings for ...
(published in: Education Economics, 2022, 30 (6), 624-643)
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I20, I24, J13, J15, J24
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12117
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Todd
Pugatch
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Tropical Storms and Mortality under Climate Change
Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective ...
(published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 172-182)
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I15, J10, O13
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12116
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Peter
Haan
Anna
Hammerschmid
Julia
Schmieder
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Mortality in Midlife for Subgroups in Germany
Case and Deaton (2015) document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the US. This trend is driven by deaths from drug overdoses, suicides, and ...
(published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, 100182)
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I10, I14, J11
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12115
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Rui
Wang
Xi
Chen
Xun
Li
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Something in the Pipe: Flint Water Crisis and Health at Birth
Flint changed its public water source in 2014, causing severe water contamination. We estimate the effect of in utero exposure to polluted water on health at birth using the recent Flint water crisis ...
(published as 'Something in the pipe: the Flint water crisis and health at birth' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 1723–1749)
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I14, I18, Q53, Q58
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12113
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Uwe
Jirjahn
Jens
Mohrenweiser
Stephen
C.
Smith
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Works Councils and Workplace Health Promotion in Germany
From a theoretical viewpoint, there can be market failures resulting in an underprovision of occupational health and safety. Works councils may help mitigate these failures. Using establishment data ...
(revised version published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, 43 (3), 1059-1094)
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I18, J28, J50, J81
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12112
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Luis
Serratos-Sotelo
Tommy
Bengtsson
Anton
Nilsson
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The Long-Term Economic Effects of Polio: Evidence from the Introduction of the Polio Vaccine to Sweden in 1957
This study explores the impact an exogenous improvement in childhood health has on later-life outcomes. Using extensive and detailed register data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel, we follow ...
(published in: SSM Population Health, 2020, 20 (11), 100589. )
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I18
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12109
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Florencia
López Bóo
John
Creamer
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Cash, Conditions and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer in Honduras
We explore the effects of a randomly assigned conditional cash transfer in Honduras (Bono 10000) on early childhood development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 ...
(published in: Economia, LACEA, 2019, 19 (2), 169 - 196)
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C93, J13, I25, I38
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12108
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Matthias
Doepke
Giuseppe
Sorrenti
Fabrizio
Zilibotti
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The Economics of Parenting
Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices people make throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists have used the toolset of their ...
(published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, 55-84)
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J13, J24, R20
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12107
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Norbert
Schady
Jere
R.
Behrman
Maria
Caridad Araujo
Rodrigo
Azuero
Raquel
Bernal
David
Bravo
Florencia
López Bóo
Karen
Macours
Daniela
Marshall
Christina
Paxson
Renos
Vakis
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Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 446 - 463)
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I24, I25
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12105
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Osea
Giuntella
Giulia
La Mattina
Climent
Quintana-Domeque
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Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth from Mothers and Fathers
We use a unique data set of linked birth records from Florida to analyze the intergenerational transmission of health at birth by parental gender. We show that both paternal and maternal birth ...
(revised version published as 'Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth: Fathers Matter Too!' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 17 (2), 284–313)
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J1
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12104
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Stuart
Campbell
Ana
Nuevo-Chiquero
Gurleen
Popli
Anita
Ratcliffe
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Parental Ethnic Identity and Child Development
We examine the relationship between parental ethnic identity and cognitive development in ethnic minority children. This aspect of parental identity may shape children's cognitive outcomes through a ...
(published as 'Parental identity and child test scores' in: Fiscal Studies, 2020, 41 (4), 851 - 881)
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I21, J13, J15
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12101
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Muhammad
Asali
Rusudan
Gurashvili
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Labor Market Discrimination and the Macroeconomy
Using Integrated Household Survey data from Georgia, we measure the observable and discriminatory ethnic wage gap, among male and female workers, and the gender wage gap, among Georgians and ...
(revised version published in: Economics of Transition & Institutional Change, 2020, 28 (3), 515-533.)
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J71, O43, J15, J16
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12100
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Cornelia
Chadi
Uwe
Jirjahn
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Does Society Influence the Gender Gap in Risk Attitudes? Evidence from East and West Germany
Previous international research has shown that women are more risk averse than men. This gives rise to the question whether the gender gap in risk attitudes is shaped by the social environment. We ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2024, 113, 102311)
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D91, J16, P51
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12099
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Agata
Maida
Andrea
Weber
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Female Leadership and Gender Gap within Firms: Evidence from an Italian Board Reform
Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota for corporate board membership. The main aim of these laws is breaking the ...
(published in: ILR Review, 2022, 75 (2), 488-515)
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J24, J7, J78
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12097
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Delia
Furtado
Kerry
L.
Papps
Nikolaos
Theodoropoulos
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Who Goes on Disability When Times Are Tough? The Role of Social Costs of Take-Up Among Immigrants
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) take-up tends to increase during recessions. We exploit variation across immigrant groups in the non-pecuniary costs of participating in SSDI to examine ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 143, 103983)
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E32, J61, H55, I18
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12096
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Eric
M.
Gibbons
Allie
Greenman
Peter
Norlander
Todd
A.
Sorensen
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Monopsony Power and Guest Worker Programs
Guest workers on visas in the United States may be unable to quit bad employers due to barriers to mobility and a lack of labor market competition. Using H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B program data, we ...
(published in: Antitrust Bulletin, 2019, 64 (4), 540-565)
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J42, F22
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12092
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Mattias
Engdahl
Mathilde
Godard
Oskar
Nordström Skans
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Early Labor Market Prospects and Family Formation
We use quasi-random variation in graduation years during the onset of a very deep national recession to study the relationship between early labor market conditions and young females' family ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (5) 1564-1598)
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E32, I26, J12, J13 J22, J31
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12091
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Matteo
Bobba
Luca
Flabbi
Santiago
Levy Algazi
Mauricio
Tejada
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Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation
We develop a search and matching model where firms and workers produce output that depends both on match-specific productivity and on worker-specific human capital. The human capital is accumulated ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2021, 223 (2), 433-453)
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J24, J3, J64, O17
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12090
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Egbert
L. W.
Jongen
Maaike
Stoel
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The Elasticity of Taxable Labour Income in the Netherlands
We study the elasticity of taxable labour income in the Netherlands. We use a large and rich data set, including both financial and demographic variables, for the period 1999–2005. The 2001 tax ...
(published in: De Economist, 2019, 167(4), 359-386. )
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H24, H31, J22
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12087
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J. David
Brown
Misty
L.
Heggeness
Suzanne
M.
Dorinski
Lawrence
Warren
Moises
Yi
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Estimating the Potential Effects of Adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
The self-response rate is a key driver of the cost and quality of a census. The addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could affect the self-response rate. We predict the effect of the ...
(published as 'Predicting the Effect of Adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census' in: Demography, 2019, 56 1173–1194.)
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C8, F22, J1
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12086
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Rémi
Suchon
Marie Claire
Villeval
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The Effects of Status Mobility and Group Identity on Trust
In a laboratory experiment we test the interaction effects of status and group identity on interpersonal trust. Natural group identity is generated by school affiliation. Status (expert or agent) is ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, 430-463)
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C92, D91, J62
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12085
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Daniel
L.
Millimet
Hao
Li
Punarjit
Roychowdhury
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Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States
The economic mobility of individuals and households is of fundamental interest. While many measures of economic mobility exist, reliance on transition matrices remains pervasive due to simplicity and ...
(published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38, 732-753)
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C18, D31, I32
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12084
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Kristiina
Huttunen
Tuomas
Pekkarinen
Roope
Uusitalo
Hanna
Virtanen
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Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime
We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by admission cut-offs to upper secondary schools in Finland. We combine data on ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218, 104804)
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K42, I2
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12082
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Anna
Bindler
Nadine
Ketel
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Scaring or Scarring? Labour Market Effects of Criminal Victimisation
Little is known about the costs of crime to victims and their families. In this paper, we use unique and detailed register data on victimisations and labour market outcomes from the Netherlands to ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (4), 939-970)
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K4, J01, J12, I1
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12081
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Achim
Ahrens
Christian
B.
Hansen
Mark
E
Schaffer
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lassopack: Model Selection and Prediction with Regularized Regression in Stata
This article introduces lassopack, a suite of programs for regularized regression in Stata. lassopack implements lasso, square-root lasso, elastic net, ridge regression, adaptive lasso and ...
(published in: Stata Journal, 2020, 20 (1), 176-235. )
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C53, C55, C87
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12080
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Volker
Grossmann
Aderonke
Osikominu
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Let the Data Speak? On the Importance of Theory-Based Instrumental Variable Estimations
In absence of randomized controlled experiments, identification is often aimed via instrumental variable (IV) strategies, typically two-stage least squares estimations. According to Bayes' rule, ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2019, 20, e831-e851)
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C10, C36, O11
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12079
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Kurt
Schmidheiny
Sebastian
Siegloch
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On Event Study Designs and Distributed-Lag Models: Equivalence, Generalization and Practical Implications
We discuss important features and pitfalls of panel-data event study designs. We derive the following main results: First, event study designs and distributed-lag models are numerically identical ...
(published as 'On event studies and distributed-lags in two-way fixed effects models: Identification, equivalence, and generalization' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2023, 38 (5), 695-713)
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C23, C51, H00, J08
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12078
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Olaf
Hübler
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The Role of Body Weight for Health, Earnings and Life Satisfaction
Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and ...
(published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 240 (5), 653-676)
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I15, I31, J16, J31
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12077
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D. Mark
Anderson
Kerwin
Kofi
Charles
Daniel
I.
Rees
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Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply to Cutler and Miller
This is a rejoinder to a comment written by Cutler and Miller on our recent paper, "Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality" (IZA DP No. 11773), which reanalyzes data used by Cutler ...
(published as 'Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (2), 166-169.)
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I15, I18
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12075
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Sara
Paulone
Artjoms
Ivlevs
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Emigration and Alcohol Consumption among Migrant Household Members Staying Behind: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Despite the growth of alcohol consumption and international migration in many developing countries, the links between the two remain underexplored. We study the relationship between emigration of ...
(published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 221, 40-48)
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F22, F24, J61, I12
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12074
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Francesco
Pastore
Marco
Pompili
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Assessing the Impact of Off- and On-The-Job Training on Employment Outcomes: A Counterfactual Evaluation of the PIPOL Program
This evaluation study aims to assess the impact of PIPOL, an integrated program of active labor policies, on the employment integration of benefit recipients. To address the issue, we have resorted ...
(published in: Evaluation Review, 2020, 44 (2-3), 145-184)
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D04, J48
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12073
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Garry
F.
Barrett
W. Craig
Riddell
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Ageing and Skills: The Case of Literacy Skills
The relationship between ageing and skills is of growing policy significance due to population ageing, the changing nature of work and the importance of literacy for social and economic well-being. ...
(published in: European Journal of Education, 2019, 54 (1), 60-71)
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I20, J14, J24
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12072
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Johanna
Sophie
Quis
Anika
Bela
Guido
Heineck
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Preschoolers' Self-Regulation, Skill Differentials, and Early Educational Outcomes
Are there skill differentials in young children's competence levels by their self-regulation abilities and do such early life differences mark the onset of increasing disparities in competence ...
(revised version published as 'Preschoolers' self-regulation and early mathematical skill differentials' in: Education Economics, 2021, 29(2), 173-193)
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I21
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12071
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Lili
Kang
Fei
Peng
Yu
Zhu
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Returns to Higher Education Subjects and Tiers in China: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies
Using the recent China Family Panel Studies, we identify the subjects studied by college (2–3 years) graduates and university (4–5 years) graduates. For the university graduates, we can further ...
(published in: Studies in Higher Education, 2019, 46 (8), 1682–1695)
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I23, I26
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12070
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Paul
Anand
Jere
R.
Behrman
Hai-Anh
H
Dang
Sam
Jones
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Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa
Inequalities in the opportunity to obtain a good education in low-income countries are widely understood to be related to household resources and schooling quality. Yet, to date, most researchers ...
(published as 'Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter?' in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 219-243)
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D6, H0, I2, O1
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12068
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Saibal
Kar
Biswajit
Mandal
Sugata
Marjit
Vivekananda
Mukherjee
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Seeking Rent in the Informal Sector
Rent seeking within the vast informal segment of the developing world is a relatively underdexplored topic in the interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how rent seeking ...
(published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2020, 91 (1), 151-164)
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D73, E26, M48
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12063
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Terry
Gregory
Anna
Salomons
Ulrich
Zierahn-Weilage
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Racing With or Against the Machine? Evidence from Europe
A fast-growing literature shows that digital technologies are displacing labor from routine tasks, raising concerns that labor is racing against the machine. We develop a task-based framework to ...
(published as 'Racing With or Against the Machine? Evidence on the Role of Trade in Europe" in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (2), 869 - 906)
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E24, J23, J24, O33
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12062
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Claudio
Labanca
Dario
Pozzoli
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Coordination of Hours within the Firm
Although coworkers are spending an increasing share of their working time interacting with one another, little is known about how the coordination of hours among heterogenous coworkers affects pay, ...
(revised version published as 'Constraints on Hours within the Firm' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (2), 473 -503)
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J31, H20, J20
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12061
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Dany
Bahar
Samuel
Rosenow
Ernesto
Stein
Rodrigo
Andres
Wagner
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Export Take-Offs and Acceleration: Unpacking Cross-Sector Linkages in the Evolution of Comparative Advantage
The transition into non-traditional export activities attracts important policy and academic attention. Using international trade data, we explore how alternative linkages relate to the take-off and ...
(published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 48 - 60)
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O14, O33, F14
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12060
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Brian
Bell
Pawel
Bukowski
Stephen
Machin
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Rent Sharing and Inclusive Growth
The long-run evolution of rent sharing is empirically studied. Based upon a comprehensive and harmonized panel of the top 300 publicly quoted British companies over thirty five years, the paper ...
(published as 'The Decline in Rent Sharing' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42, 683-716)
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J30
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12059
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Armin
Falk
Johannes
Hermle
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Relationship of Gender Differences in Preferences to Economic Development and Gender Equality
Preferences - concerning time, risk and social interactions - systematically shape human behavior, and contribute to differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a ...
(published in: Science, 2018, 362 (6412) (data available here: https://gps.iza.org/home))
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C91, D91, D63, D64
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12058
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Charlotte
Saucet
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Motivated Memory in Dictator Games
The memory people have of their past behavior is one of the main sources of information about themselves. To study whether people retrieve their memory self-servingly in social encounters, we ...
(revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 117, 250-275)
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C91, D91, D63, D64
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12057
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Guido
de Blasio
Maria
De Paola
Samuele
Poy
Vincenzo
Scoppa
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Risk Aversion and Entrepreneurship: New Evidence Exploiting Exposure to Massive Earthquakes in Italy
This paper investigates the impact of risk attitudes on the decision to become an entrepreneur. In contrast to previous research, we handle endogeneity issues relying on an instrumental variables ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57, 295-322)
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D81, D91, L26, C36
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12056
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Daniel
Velásquez
Santiago
Medina
Gustavo
Yamada
Pablo
Lavado
Miguel
Núñez
Hugo
Alatrista
Juandiego
Morzan
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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The Effect of Crime News Coverage on Crime Perception and Trust
Crime perception has increased in Peru in recent years, as in other developing and developed countries, in spite of the reduction in crime victimization figures. Our hypothesis is that the news ...
(published in: World Development, 2020, 136, 105111)
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D83, D84, L82
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12055
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Niels-Hugo
Blunch
David
C.
Ribar
Mark
Western
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Under Pressure? Assessing the Roles of Skills and Other Personal Resources for Work-Life Strains
Many working parents struggle to balance the demands of their jobs and family roles. Although we might expect that additional resources would ease work-family constraints, theory and evidence ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18 (3), 883-906)
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I1, I31, J24, J81
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12054
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Kristian Hedeager
Bentsen
Jakob
R.
Munch
Georg
Schaur
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Education Spillovers within the Workplace
Education policies depend in part on the presence of externalities, but very little evidence exists to confirm the existence of such externalities. In this paper we investigate if there are spillover ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 175, 57-59)
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E20, J24, I26
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12053
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Michael
Bahrs
Thomas
Siedler
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University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions
This paper studies whether higher education tuition fees influence the intention to acquire a university degree among high school students and, if so, whether the effect on individuals from ...
(published in: Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40 (2), 117-147)
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I22, I23, I24
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12051
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John
V.
Winters
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In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions
State and local policymakers are very interested in how attending college in one's home state affects the likelihood of living in that state after college. This paper uses cohort-level data from the ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (4), 1400-1426)
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H75, I25, J24, R23
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12050
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Ege
Aksu
Refik
Erzan
Murat
Güray
Kirdar
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The Impact of Mass Migration of Syrians on the Turkish Labor Market
We estimate the effects of the arrival of 2.5 million Syrian migrants in Turkey by the end of 2015 on the labor market outcomes of natives, using a difference-in-differences IV methodology. We show ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102183)
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J21, J31, J61, C26
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12049
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Esther
Arenas-Arroyo
Almudena
Sevilla
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Labor Market Impacts of States Issuing of Driving Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants
Twelve U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, have recently enacted measures granting undocumented immigrants access to driving licenses. We exploit the state and temporal variation in the ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63,101805)
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I38, J15, J22, K37
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