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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
11416 Ana Petrović
David Manley
Maarten van Ham
Freedom from the Tyranny of Neighbourhood: Rethinking Socio-Spatial Context Effects
Theory behind neighbourhood effects suggests that different geographies and scales affect individual outcomes. We argue that neighbourhood effects research needs to break away from the tyranny of ...
(published in: Progress in Human Geography, 2020, 44 (6), 1103 - 1123)
I30, J60, P46, R23
11415 Mauro Lanati
Alessandra Venturini
Cultural Change and the Migration Choice
Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country cultural differences – such as common language, ethnicity, genetic traits or ...
(published in: Review of World Economy, 2021, 157, 799 - 852)
F16, F22, Z10
11412 Charles Courtemanche
Augustine Denteh
Rusty Tchernis
Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation
Administrative data are considered the "gold standard" when measuring program participation, but little evidence exists on the potential problems with administrative records or their implications for ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 202 228)
C81, H51, I12, I18
11411 David Gill
Victoria L. Prowse
Measuring Costly Effort Using the Slider Task
Using real effort to implement costly activities increases the likelihood that the motivations that drive effort provision in real life carry over to the laboratory. However, unobserved differences ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2019, 21, 1-9)
C91, C13
11410 Silvia Garcia Mandico
Pilar Garcia-Gomez
Anne C. Gielen
Owen O'Donnell
Earnings Responses to Disability Benefit Cuts
Using Dutch administrative data, we assess the work and earnings capacity of disability insurance (DI) recipients by estimating employment and earnings responses to benefit cuts. Reassessment of DI ...
(published as 'Earnings responses to disability insurance stringency' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101880)
H53, H55, J14, J22
11409 Tomi Kyyrä
Tuuli Paukkeri
Using a Kinked Policy Rule to Estimate the Effect of Experience Rating on Disability Inflow
We study whether the experience rating of employers' disability insurance premiums affects the inflow to disability benefits in Finland. To identify the causal effect of experience rating, we exploit ...
(published as "Does Experience Rating Reduce Sickness and Disability Claims? Evidence from Policy Kinks" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 61, 178-192)
J14, J26, H32
11408 Benjamin Elsner
Florian Wozny
The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-Run Evidence from Exposure Outside the Womb
This paper studies the long-term effect of radiation on cognitive skills. We use regional variation in nuclear fallout caused by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, which led to a permanent increase in ...
(published as 'Long-run exposure to low-dose radiation reduces cognitive performance' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 118, 102785)
J24, Q53
11406 Arnaud Lefranc
Intergenerational Earnings Persistence and Economic Inequality in the Long-Run: Evidence from French Cohorts, 1931-1975
This paper analyzes long-term trends in intergenerational earnings persistence in France for male cohorts born between 1931 and 1975. This time period has witnessed important changes in the French ...
(published in: Economica, 2018, 85 (340), 808 - 845)
D1, D3, J3
11405 Paolo Brunori
Vito Peragine
Laura Serlenga
Upward and Downward Bias When Measuring Inequality of Opportunity
Estimates of the level of inequality of opportunity have traditionally been interpreted as lower bounds due to the downward bias resulting from the partial observability of circumstances that affect ...
(published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2019, 52 (4), 635 - 661)
C52, D3, D63
11404 Martin Leites
Xavier Ramos
The Effect of Relative Concern on Life Satisfaction: Relative Deprivation and Loss Aversion
Income comparisons are important for individual well-being. We examine the shape of the relationship between relative income and life satisfaction, and test empirically if the features of the value ...
(published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23, 3485 - 3515)
D6, I31
11403 Christian Grund
Krystina Titz
Further Training and Affective Commitment
We investigate the relation of further training and employees' affective commitment. In doing so, we distinguish between a support effect and a participation effect: On the one hand we analyze how a ...
(revised version published as 'Affective Commitment through Further Training: The Roles of Firm Provision and Employee Participation' in: Review of Managerial Science, 2022, 16, 1195-1226. )
M53, M12, J24
11402 Paul Bingley
Lorenzo Cappellari
Workers, Firms and Life-Cycle Wage Dynamics
Studies of individual wage dynamics typically ignore firm heterogeneity, whereas decompositions of earnings into worker and firm effects abstract from life-cycle considerations. We study firm effects ...
(revised version forthcoming as "Earnings Dynamics, Inequality, and Firm Heterogeneity" in: Journal of Applied Econometrics)
J24, J31
11400 Hassan Arouri
Adel Ben-Youssef
Francesco Quatraro
Marco Vivarelli
The Determinants of Young Firms Growth in Tunisia
The aim of this paper is to investigate the growth dynamics of young small firms (in contrast with larger and older incumbents) in a developing country context, using a unique and comprehensive ...
(published as 'Drivers of Growth in Tunisia: Young Firms vs Incumbents' in: Small Business Economics, 2020, 54, 323–340 )
O12, L26
11399 John Forth
Alex Bryson
The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm ...
(published as 'Management practices and SME performance' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 66 (4), 527 - 558)
L25, L26, M12, M52, M53
11397 Tom Kleinepier
Maarten van Ham
The Temporal Dynamics of Neighborhood Disadvantage in Childhood and Subsequent Problem Behavior in Adolescence
Research on neighborhood effects has increasingly focused on how long children have lived in a deprived neighborhood during childhood (duration), but has typically ignored when in childhood the ...
(published in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2018, 47 (8), 1611–1628. )
I30, J60, P46, R23
11396 Elizabeth E. Davis
Won Fy Lee
Aaron Sojourner
Family-Centered Measures of Access to Early Care and Education
This study proposes new family-centered measures of access to early care and education (ECE) services with respect to quantity, cost, and quality and uses them to assess disparities in access across ...
(published in: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2019, 47, 472 - 486 )
J13, R12, R53, H4, L84
11395 Gianna Claudia Giannelli
Chiara Rapallini
Parental Occupation and Children's School Outcomes in Math
We find a positive relationship between math attitude and students' math scores using data obtained from PISA 2012 and a 2SLS model. Math attitude is approximated by three subjective measures: ...
(published in: Research in Economics, 2019, 73 (4), 293-303)
I21, J13, J24
11394 Alexander Ahammer
Martin Halla
Nicole Schneeweis
The Effect of Prenatal Maternity Leave on Short and Long-Term Child Outcomes
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102250)
J13, I18, J28, I13, J83, J88
11392 Diego Zambiasi
Steven Stillman
The Pot Rush: Is Legalized Marijuana a Positive Local Amenity?
This paper examines the amenity value of legalized marijuana by analyzing the impact of marijuana legalization on migration to Colorado. Colorado is the pioneering state in this area having legalized ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (2), 667-679)
I18, R23, K42, C22
11391 Mark Borgschulte
Adriana Corredor-Waldron
Guillermo Marshall
A Path Out: Prescription Drug Abuse, Treatment, and Suicide
In this paper we investigate the dual role of supply restrictions and drug treatment in combating the concurrent rise of opioid abuse and suicide in the United States over the last two decades. We ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 149, 169 - 184)
I12, I18, D11, D12
11390 Alexander Muravyev
Oleksandr Talavera
Unsafe Sex in the City: Risk Pricing in the London Area
This paper studies the incidence, determinants and pricing of unprotected oral sex in the London sex services market. The analysis is based upon matched sex worker-client panel data, which were ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 65(5), 528-549)
J46, J48, K42
11388 Yusi Ouyang
Abebe Shimeles
Erik Thorbecke
Revisiting Cross-Country Poverty Convergence in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries ...
(published in: World Development, 2019, 117 (C), 13 - 28)
O10, O55
11387 Bohdan Kukharskyy
Michael P. Pflüger
Time Is on My Side: Relational Contracts and Aggregate Welfare
This paper develops a simple general equilibrium model which establishes a link between the patience of economic agents and the well-being of nations. We show that firms in long-term oriented ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2019, 71 (3), 709 - 732)
D23, L14, L22, L23, O10
11386 Eliav Danziger
Leif Danziger
The Optimal Graduated Minimum Wage and Social Welfare
This paper analyzes the effects of introducing a graduated minimum wage in a model with optimal income taxation in which a government seeks to maximize social welfare. It shows that the optimal ...
(published in: Transitions through the Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 46), Emerald Publishing, 2018, 55-72.)
D60, H21, J30
11385 Ragui Assaad
Rana Hendy
Moundir Lassassi
Shaimaa Yassin
Explaining the MENA Paradox: Rising Educational Attainment, Yet Stagnant Female Labor Force Participation
Despite rapidly rising female educational attainment and the closing if not reversal of the gender gap in education, female labor force participation rates in the MENA region remain low and stagnant, ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2018, 8 (17))
J16, J21, J22, J82
11382 Marianne Bertrand
Patricia Cortes
Claudia Olivetti
Jessica Pan
Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women
In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88 (4), 1936 - 1978)
J12, J16
11381 Sarah Bana
Kelly Bedard
Maya Rossin-Slater
The Impacts of Paid Family Leave Benefits: Regression Kink Evidence from California Administrative Data
Although the United States provides unpaid maternity and family leave to qualifying workers, it is the only OECD country without a national paid leave policy, making wage replacement a pivotal issue ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, 2020, 39 (4), 888-929)
I18, J13, J16, J18
11379 José Azar
Ioana E. Marinescu
Marshall Steinbaum
Bledi Taska
Concentration in US Labor Markets: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data
Using data on the near-universe of online US job vacancies collected by Burning Glass Technologies in 2016, we calculate labor market concentration using the Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) for each ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101886)
J21, J23, J42, K21, L11
11378 John T. Addison
Paulino Teixeira
Philipp Grunau
Lutz Bellmann
Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and agency temps. We report inter al. that works councils are associated with a higher ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2019, 2 (1), 24-46.)
J21, J23, J41, J48, J51, J63, K31
11374 Samuel Lüthi
Stefan C. Wolter
Are Apprenticeships Business Cycle Proof?
Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut ...
(published in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 156, Article number: 3 (2020))
E24, E32, I21, J18, J44
11373 Alex Bryson
Francis Green
Do Private Schools Manage Better?
There is a perception among some commentators and policy analysts that leadership and managerial practices in private schools are superior to those in state schools. Analysing a survey of workplaces ...
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2018, 243, R17-R26)
I21
11372 David Wilkinson
Alex Bryson
Lucy Stokes
Assessing the Variance in Pupil Attainment: How Important Is the School Attended?
We explore the variation in pupil attainment at the end of secondary schooling in England. The paper links data on all schools and all pupils within these schools to analyse the role of the school in ...
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2018, 243, R4-R16)
I21
11371 Gil S. Epstein
Odelia Heizler (Cohen)
Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in primary elections. Using a unique dataset of candidates in Israeli primaries, we ...
(published as 'Minorities and Political Success' in: Economics Bulletin, 2018, 38 (1), 657-671)
J15, D72
11370 Massimiliano Tani
Selective Immigration, Occupational Licensing, and Labour Market Outcomes of Foreign-Trained Migrants
This paper studies occupational licensing as a possible cause of poor labour market outcomes among economic migrants. The analysis uses panel data from Australia, which implements one of the world's ...
(revised version published as 'Occupational Licensing and the Skills Mismatch of Highly Educated Migrants' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, 59 (3), 730 - 756 )
J8, J24, J61
11369 Martin Guzi
Stepan Mikula
Reforms That Keep You at Home: The Effects of Economic Transition on Migration
Theory asserts that individuals' migration decisions depend more on their expectations about future income levels than on their current income levels. We find that the implementation of ...
(published in: published in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2022, 30 (2), 289-310)
F22, J61, O15
11367 Ioana E. Marinescu
Nadav Klein
Andrew Chamberlain
Morgan Smart
Incentives Can Reduce Bias in Online Reviews
Online reviews are a powerful means of propagating the reputations of products, services, and even employers. However, existing research suggests that online reviews often suffer from selection bias ...
(published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2021, 27 (2), 393–407. )
J2, J28, L14, L86
11366 Alessandra Casarico
Mirco Tonin
Pay-What-You-Want to Support Independent Information: A Field Experiment on Motivation
Pay-what-you-want schemes can be a useful tool to finance high quality and independent news media without restricting readership, therefore guaranteeing maximum diffusion. We conduct a field ...
(substantially revised version published as 'A field experiment on fundraising to support independent information' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, 227-250)
C93, D64, H41
11365 Lukas Kiessling
Jonas Radbruch
Sebastian Schaube
The Impact of Self-Selection on Performance
In many natural environments, carefully chosen peers influence individual behavior. In this paper, we examine how self-selected peers affect performance in contrast to randomly assigned ones. We ...
(substantially revised version published as ' Self-Selection of Peers and Performance' in Management Science, 2022, 68 (11), 7793 - 8514)
C93, D01, I20, J24, L23
11364 Tjaša Bjedov
Simon Lapointe
Thierry Madies
Marie Claire Villeval
Does Decentralization of Decisions Increase the Stability of Large Groups?
Using a laboratory experiment with nested local and global public goods, we analyze the stability of global groups when individuals have the option to separate, according to the degree of ...
(revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2018, 51 (4), 681-716)
C91, D72, H77
11362 Niaz Asadullah
Maliki Maliki
Madrasah for Girls and Private School for Boys? The Determinants of School Type Choice in Rural and Urban Indonesia
Using a nationally representative data set of Indonesian households and villages, we study the determinants of enrolment in Islamic schools (i.e., madrasahs) and private non-religious vis-à-vis ...
(published in: International Journal of Educational Development, 2018, 62, 96–111 )
D04, I21, O15
11361 Marco Francesconi
Matthias Parey
Early Gender Gaps among University Graduates
We use data from six cohorts of university graduates in Germany to assess the extent of gender gaps in college and labor market performance twelve to eighteen months after graduation. Men and women ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 63-82)
J16, J31, J71
11359 Charlotte Bartels
Cortnie Shupe
Drivers of Participation Elasticities across Europe: Gender or Earner Role within the Household?
We compute participation tax rates across the EU and find that work disincentives inherent in tax-benefit systems largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2023, 30, 167–214)
H24, H31, J22, J65
11357 Marco Di Maggio
Amir Kermani
Kaveh Majlesi
Stock Market Returns and Consumption
This paper employs Swedish data on households' stock holdings to investigate how consumption responds to changes in stock market returns. We instrument the actual capital gains and dividend payments ...
(published in: Journal of Finance, 2020, 75 (6), 3175 - 3219)
E21, D15, G12
11356 Damon Jones
Ioana E. Marinescu
The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund
What are the effects of universal and permanent cash transfers on the labor market? Since 1982, all Alaskan residents have been entitled to a yearly cash dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund. ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, 14 (2), 315–340)
H24, I38, J21, J22
11354 Michael P. Pflüger
City Size, Pollution and Emission Policies
This paper develops a micro-founded city systems model with an endogenous number of cities to explore whether local governments establish the optimal city size when production processes involve ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics 2021, 126, 103391)
H73, R12, Q50
11353 Katharina Janke
David W. Johnston
Carol Propper
Michael A. Shields
The Causal Effect of Education on Chronic Health Conditions
Studies using education policy reforms to isolate causal effects of education on health produce mixed evidence. We analyse an unusually large sample and study chronic health conditions. For ...
(published as 'The causal effect of education on chronic health conditions in the UK' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102252)
I14, I24, I26
11351 Nadine Ketel
Edwin Leuven
Hessel Oosterbeek
Bas van der Klaauw
Do Dutch Dentists Extract Monopoly Rents?
We exploit admission lotteries to estimate the payoffs to the dentistry study in the Netherlands. Using data from up to 22 years after the lottery, we find that in most years after graduation ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 63, 145-158)
J44, I18, I23, C36
11350 Michael Coelli
Gigi Foster
Andrew Leigh
Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia
We explore responses of Australian school principals to the introduction of test score reporting via the My School website in 2010. Our analysis is motivated by the implicit assumption that ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2018, 94 (S1), 73-101)
D83, I21, I28
11349 Chantal Oggenfuss
Stefan C. Wolter
Are They Coming Back? The Mobility of University Students in Switzerland after Graduation
We analyze the internal mobility of university graduates in Switzerland. An empirically interesting question because not all the cantons have a university and therefore in some cantons students have ...
(published in: Review of Regional Research, 2019, 39(2), 189-208)
H52, H75, I23, J61
11348 Alex Bryson
Lucy Stokes
David Wilkinson
Can HRM Improve Schools' Performance?
Evidence on schools' performance is confined to comparisons across schools, usually based on value-added measures. We adopt an alternative approach comparing schools to observationally equivalent ...
(published in: Labour, 2020, 34 (4), 427 - 440 )
I21
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