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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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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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12048
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Esther Mirjam
Girsberger
Romuald
Meango
Hillel
Rapoport
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Regional Migration and Wage Inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). We exploit unique data from a unified labour force ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2020, 48 (2), 385-404)
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F22, J61, O15
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12046
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James
J.
Heckman
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The Race between Demand and Supply: Tinbergen's Pioneering Studies of Earnings Inequality
Understanding inequality and devising policies to alleviate it was a central focus of Jan Tinbergen's lifetime research. He was far ahead of his time in many aspects of his work. This essay places ...
(published in: De economist, 2019, 167, 243–258)
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B31, D31, D33, D63, I24, J20, P21
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12043
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Marco
Caliendo
Carsten
Schröder
Linda
Wittbrodt
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The Causal Effects of the Minimum Wage Introduction in Germany: An Overview
In 2015, Germany introduced a statutory hourly minimum wage that was not only universally binding but also set at a relatively high level. We discuss the short-run effects of this new minimum wage on ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2019, 20 (3), 257-292)
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J22, J23, J31, J38
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12042
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Olga
Demidova
Alena
Kolyagina
Francesco
Pastore
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Marshallian vs Jacobs Effects: Which One Is Stronger? Evidence for Russia Unemployment Dynamics
This paper is devoted to the study of diversification and specialization influence on one of the main indicators of Russian labour market, the unemployment growth. The purpose of the work is to find ...
(published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2020, 55, 244-258.)
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J64, L16, L25, L52, R23
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12041
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Tymon
Sloczynski
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Average Gaps and Oaxaca's Blinder Decompositions: A Cautionary Tale about Regression Estimates of Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes
In this paper I demonstrate, both theoretically and empirically, that the interpretation of regression estimates of between-group differences in economic outcomes depends on the relative sizes of ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73 3), 705–729)
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C21, I24, J15, J31, J71
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12039
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Michael
C.
Knaus
Michael
Lechner
Anthony
Strittmatter
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Machine Learning Estimation of Heterogeneous Causal Effects: Empirical Monte Carlo Evidence
We investigate the finite sample performance of causal machine learning estimators for heterogeneous causal effects at different aggregation levels. We employ an Empirical Monte Carlo Study that ...
(published in: Econometrics Journal, 2021, 24 (1), 134-161)
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C21
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12038
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Bruce
D.
Meyer
Nikolas
Mittag
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Misreporting of Government Transfers: How Important Are Survey Design and Geography?
Recent studies linking household surveys to administrative records reveal high rates of misreporting of program receipt. We use the FoodAPS survey to examine whether the findings of these studies of ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 230-253)
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C81, D31, I32, I38
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12036
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Alessio
Muscillo
Paolo
Pin
Tiziano
Razzolini
Francesco
Serti
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Does "Network Closure" Beef up Import Premium?
We investigate whether network closure in the supply chain can explain the heterogeneity observed in import premia. Using unique panel data on trade flows among beef farms in the Italian region of ...
(substantially revised version published in: Social Networks, 2023, 73, 89-103.)
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D22, D85, F10, F14, L14, O13
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12035
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David
Audretsch
Marian
Hafenstein
Alexander
S.
Kritikos
Alexander
Schiersch
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Firm Size and Innovation in the Service Sector
A rich literature links knowledge inputs with innovative outputs. However, most of what is known is restricted to manufacturing. This paper analyzes whether the three aspects involving innovative ...
(published as 'Microfirms and innovation in the service sector' in: Small Business Economics, 2020, 55 (4), 997-1018)
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L25, L60, L80, O31, O33
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12034
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Joshua S.
Gans
Andrew
Leigh
Martin
Schmalz
Adam
Triggs
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Inequality and Market Concentration, When Shareholding Is More Skewed Than Consumption
Economic theory suggests that monopoly prices hurt consumers but benefit shareholders. But in a world where individuals or households can be both consumers and shareholders, the impact of market ...
(published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019, 35 (3), 550 - 563)
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D42, D43, D61, D63
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12033
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Sylke
V.
Schnepf
Beatrice
d'Hombres
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International Mobility of Students in Italy and the UK: Does It Pay off and for Whom?
International student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy. Not enough is known about the causal effect of studying abroad on labour market outcomes. This is because ...
(revised version published in: Higher Education 2021, 82, 1173-1194.)
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I23, I24. I26
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12032
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Jane
Falkingham
Corrado
Giulietti
Jackline
Wahba
Chuhong
Wang
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The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions
This paper is the first attempt to study the causal impact of "Brexit", namely the UK's departure from the European Union (EU), on the post-graduation mobility decisions of EU students in the UK. We ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2021, 89 (2), 139-171.)
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J15, J61
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12030
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Herbert
Brücker
Albrecht
Glitz
Adrian
Lerche
Agnese
Romiti
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Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes
In this paper, we analyze how the formal recognition of immigrants' foreign occupational qualifications affects their subsequent labor market outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on a novel ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (2), 497–525)
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J15, J24, J44, J61
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12028
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Chad
Sparber
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Substitution between Groups of Highly-Educated, Foreign-Born, H-1B Workers
Highly-educated foreign-born workers can secure legal US employment through the H-1B program. The annual cap on H-1B issuances varies across individuals' US educational experience, H-1B work history, ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101756)
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J61, F22
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12027
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David
Carroll
Jaai
Parasnis
Massimiliano
Tani
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Teaching, Gender and Labour Market Incentives
The concentration of women in the teaching profession is widely noted and generally attributed to gender differences in preferences and social roles. Further, gender segregation exists within this ...
(revised version published as 'Why do women become teachers while men don't?' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (2), 793-823)
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I26, J16, J24, J31
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12026
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Iga
Magda
Ewa
Cukrowska-Torzewska
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Do Female Managers Help to Lower Within-Firm Gender Pay Gaps? Public Institutions vs. Private Enterprises
We analyze the link between the presence of female managers and the size of the firm-level gender pay gap, looking separately at the private and public sector. Using a large linked employer-employee ...
(published as 'Do Women Managers Lower Gender Pay Gaps? Evidence from Public and Private Firms' in: Feminist Economics, 2019, 25 (4), 185 - 210)
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J16, J31, J45
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12025
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Daniel
Fernández-Kranz
Jennifer
Louise
Roff
Hugette
Sun
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Can Reduced Child Support Make Joint Custody Bad for Children? The Role of Economic Incentives in U.S. Divorce Law on Child Outcomes
This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child health and human capital measures. State laws vary widely in the treatment of child ...
(published as 'Can economic incentives for joint custody harm children of divorced parents? Evidence from state variation in child support laws' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 189, 1 - 27)
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J12, J13, J22, I12, I29, K36
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12024
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Andriana
Bellou
Emanuela
Cardia
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Great Depression and the Rise of Female Employment: A New Hypothesis
The cohorts of women born at the turn of the 20th century increased markedly their participation in the labor market when older. These are the first cohorts who worked after their childbearing years. ...
(published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2021, 80, 101383)
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J21, N32, J01
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12022
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Peter
J.
Kuhn
Kailing
Shen
Shuo
Zhang
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Gender-Targeted Job Ads in the Recruitment Process: Evidence from China
We document how explicit employer requests for applicants of a particular gender enter the recruitment process on a Chinese job board. We find that 95 percent of callbacks to gendered jobs are of the ...
(published as 'Gender-Targeted Job Ads in the Recruitment Process: Facts from a Chinese Job Board in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 147, 201531.)
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J16, J63, J71
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12021
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Daniele
Checchi
Simona
Cicognani
Nevena
Kulic
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Gender Quotas or Girls' Networks? Evidence from an Italian Research Selection
This article investigates the role of the gender composition of selection committees and the role of connections in promoting women in research activities. Exploiting a newly collected data set on ...
(published in: Work Employment and Society 2019, 33 (3), 462-482)
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J70
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