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10542 Nick Zubanov
Bram Cadsby
Fei Song
The
An investor's choice between safe and risky assets has long been seen as a behavior toward risk: more risk-averse investors buy more of the safe asset. Applying this intuition to incentive pay ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (4), 1997 - 2016)
M52
10541 Elish Kelly
Alan Barrett
Recent Developments in the Irish Labour Market: Is It All Good News?
Across many countries, the rise of atypical work has been noted whereby employees are increasingly in less secure contractual situations. While this might lead to more flexible labour markets, there ...
(published as "Atypical Work and Ireland's Labour Market Collapse and Recovery" in: Economic and Social Review, 2017, 48 (4) 463-488)
J41, J48
10540 Gabriele Pellegrino
Mariacristina Piva
Marco Vivarelli
Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs?
In this work, we test the employment impact of distinct types of innovative investments using a representative sample of Spanish manufacturing firms over the period 2002-2013. Our GMM-SYS estimates ...
(published as 'Beyond R&D: The role of Embodied Technological Change in Affecting Employment' in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2019, 29, 1151-1171.)
O33
10539 David Autor
David Dorn
Lawrence Katz
Christina Patterson
John Van Reenen
Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share
The recent fall of labor's share of GDP in numerous countries is well-documented, but its causes are poorly understood. We sketch a "superstar firm" model where industries are increasingly ...
(published in: American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, 2017, 107(5), 180-185)
E24, J31, L11
10538 Jason M. Fletcher
Stefanie Schurer
Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences
We test whether adverse childhood experiences – exposure to parental maltreatment and its indirect effect on health – are associated with age 30 personality traits. We use rich longitudinal data from ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017, 17(2), 20150212)
J24, J13, I0
10537 Emily A. Beam
Joshua Hyman
Caroline Theoharides
The Relative Returns to Education, Experience, and Attractiveness for Young Workers
Understanding employer preferences for characteristics of young workers is crucial to designing effective policies to reduce youth unemployment in developing countries. We conduct a randomized resume ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 68 (2), 391–428)
J23, J24, J70, C93
10536 Ian Walker
Yu Zhu
University Selectivity and the Graduate Wage Premium: Evidence from the UK
We study the relative labour market wage outcomes of university graduates in the UK using the Labour Force Survey (LFS), matched to mean standardised admission scores at the ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 230-249)
I23, I26
10535 Joshua Angrist
Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction: Through Our Classes, Darkly
The past half-century has seen economic research become increasingly empirical, while the nature of empirical economic research has also changed. In the 1960s and 1970s, an empirical economist's ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31 (2), 125–144)
A22
10534 Tirthatanmoy Das
Solomon Polachek
Estimating Labor Force Joiners and Leavers Using a Heterogeneity Augmented Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier
We derive a non-standard unit root serial correlation formulation for intertemporal adjustments in the labor force participation rate. This leads to a tractable three-error component model, which in ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 199, 156-172.)
C23, C51, J21
10533 Frank Mueller-Langer
Benedikt Fecher
Dietmar Harhoff
Gert G. Wagner
The Economics of Replication
Replication studies are considered a hallmark of good scientific practice. Yet they are treated among researchers as an ideal to be professed but not practiced. To provide incentives and favorable ...
(published in: Research Policy, 2019, 48 (1), 62-83)
A1, B4, C12, C13
10532 Michael Lechner
Anthony Strittmatter
Practical Procedures to Deal with Common Support Problems in Matching Estimation
This paper assesses the performance of common estimators adjusting for differences in covariates, such as matching and regression, when faced with so-called common support problems. It also shows how ...
(published in: Econometric Reviews, 2019, 38 (2), 193-207 )
C21, J68
10531 Paul Muller
Bas van der Klaauw
Arjan Heyma
Comparing Econometric Methods to Empirically Evaluate Job-Search Assistance
We test whether different empirical methods give different results when evaluating job-search assistance programs. Budgetary problems at the Dutch unemployment insurance (UI) administration in March ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35 (5), 526-547)
J64, C14, C31
10530 Chung Choe
Seeun Jung
Ronald L. Oaxaca
Identification and Decompositions in Probit and Logit Models
Probit and logit models typically require a normalization on the error variance for model identification. This paper shows that in the context of sample mean probability decompositions, error ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59, 1479–1492 .)
C35, J16, D81, J71
10529 Wolfgang Frimmel
Martin Halla
Jörg Paetzold
The Intergenerational Causal Effect of Tax Evasion: Evidence from the Commuter Tax Allowance in Austria
Does tax evasion run in the family? To answer this question, we study the case of the commuter tax allowance in Austria. This allowance is designed as a step function of the distance between the ...
(revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (6), 1843-1880, )
H26, A13, H24, J62, D14
10528 Wenchao Li
Changcheng Song
Shu Xu
Junjian Yi
Household Portfolio Choice, Reference Dependence, and the Marriage Market
This paper bridges the financial market and the marriage market using a reference-dependent mechanism. Male-biased sex ratios induce families with sons to hold more risky assets, since competitive ...
(published as 'High Sex Ratios and Household Portfolio Choice in China' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (2), 465-490)
D03, G02, G11
10526 Elise de Vuijst
Maarten van Ham
Parents and Peers: Parental Neighbourhood- and School-Level Variation in Individual Neighbourhood Outcomes over Time
There is a link between the socio-economic outcomes of parents and their children over the life course. Intergenerational transmissions were repeatedly shown for socioeconomic characteristics and ...
(published in: European Sociological Review, 2019, 35 (1), 15–28)
I30, J60, P46, R23
10524 Inés Berniell
Jan Bietenbeck
The Effect of Working Hours on Health
Does working time causally affect workers' health? We study this question in the context of a French reform which reduced the standard workweek from 39 to 35 hours, at constant earnings. Our ...
(revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2020, 39, 100901)
I10, I12, J22
10523 Anna D’Ambrosio
Roberto Leombruni
Tiziano Razzolini
Native-Migrant Differences in Trading Off Wages and Workplace Safety
Applying propensity score reweighting to Italian administrative data covering the period 1994-2012, we study the conditional distributions of injuries by wage of native and foreign workers and ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Trading off wage for workplace safety? Gaps between immigrants and natives in Italy' in Economia Politica, 2022, 39, 903–960)
J28, J70
10522 Davide Dragone
Giovanni Prarolo
Paolo Vanin
Giulio Zanella
Crime and the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
We provide first-pass evidence that the legalization of the cannabis market across US states may be inducing a crime drop. Exploiting the recent staggered legalization enacted by the adjacent states ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 159, 488-501)
K23, K42
10519 Soo Hong Chew
Junjian Yi
Junsen Zhang
Songfa Zhong
Risk Aversion and Son Preference: Experimental Evidence from Chinese Twin Parents
We study the role of risk aversion underlying son preference in patriarchal societies, where sons serve as better insurance for old-age support than daughters. The implications of an insurance motive ...
(published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (8), 3496 - 3970)
C93, D01, D80, J13
10517 Antonio A. Arechar
Simon Gächter
Lucas Molleman
Conducting Interactive Experiments Online
Online labor markets provide new opportunities for behavioral research, but conducting economic experiments online raises important methodological challenges. This particularly holds for interactive ...
(revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 2018, 21( 1), 99 -131)
C71, C88, C90, D71
10516 Hippolyte D'Albis
Ekrame Boubtane
Dramane Coulibaly
International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France
This article examines the causal relations between non-European immigration and the characteristics of the housing market in host regions. We constructed a unique database from administrative records ...
(published in: International Regional Science Review, 2019, 42(2), 147-180)
E20, F22, J61
10513 Bernt Bratsberg
Oddbjørn Raaum
Knut Røed
Immigrant Labor Market Integration across Admission Classes
We examine patterns of labor market integration across immigrant groups. The study draws on Norwegian longitudinal administrative data covering labor earnings and social insurance claims over a ...
(published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2017, 7 , 17-54.)
F22, H55, J22
10512 Michael A. Clemens
Ethan Gatewood Lewis
Hannah M. Postel
Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion
An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers intended to improve the terms of employment for domestic workers by deliberately ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (6), 1468–1487.)
J08, J38, F22, J61
10511 Andrea Garnero
The Dog That Barks Doesn't Bite: Coverage and Compliance of Sectoral Minimum Wages in Italy
This paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the level and compliance to sectoral minimum wages in Italy between 2008 and 2015. The results show that minimum wages in Italy are relatively high ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2018)
J08, J31, J52, J83
10508 Giacomo Corneo
Time-Poor, Working, Super-Rich
This paper revisits the standard model of labor supply under two additional assumptions: consumption requires time and some limited amount of work is enjoyable. Whereas introducing each assumption ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 101, 1-19)
J22, H21, H24
10507 Huzeyfe Torun
Semih Tumen
Do Vocational High School Graduates Have Better Employment Outcomes than General High School Graduates?
This paper estimates the causal effect of vocational high school (VHS) education on employment likeli-hood relative to general high school (GHS) education in Turkey using census data. To address ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40(8), 1364-1388)
C26, I21, J21, J24
10505 Claudia Olivetti
Barbara Petrongolo
The Economic Consequences of Family Policies: Lessons from a Century of Legislation in High-Income Countries
We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 31, 205-230)
J13, J16, J18
10504 Alexander Bick
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln
Taxation and Labor Supply of Married Couples across Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis
We document contemporaneous differences in the aggregate labor supply of married couples across 17 European countries and the US. Based on a model of joint household decision making, we quantify the ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2018, 85 (3), 1543–1576)
E60, H20, H31, J12, J22
10503 Evelyn L. Lehrer
Yeon Jeong Son
Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for Children
This paper surveys some of the main strands in the recent literature on the economics of divorce, with a focus on U.S. studies. We begin with a discussion of changes over time in the divorce rate and ...
(published in: S. L. Averett, L. M. Argys, S.D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, Oxford University Press, 2017, 75–96 )
J12
10502 Francesca Barigozzi
Helmuth Cremer
Kerstin Roeder
Women's Career Choices, Social Norms and Child Care Policies
Our model explains the observed gender-specific patterns of career and child care choices through endogenous social norms. We study how these norms interact with the gender wage gap. We show that via ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 168, 162–173)
D13, H23, J16, J22
10500 Maya Rossin-Slater
Maternity and Family Leave Policy
Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the ...
(published in: S.L. Averett, L.M. Margys, S.D. Hoffman (eds.): Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy, Oxford, 2018)
H4, J13, J18, J38
10497 Ernesto Reuben
Krisztina Timko
On the Effectiveness of Elected Male and Female Leaders and Team Coordination
We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is democratically elected or is randomly-selected. Leaders use non-binding messages ...
(published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4, 123-135)
M14, M54, J16, C92
10496 Daniel S. Hamermesh
Katie R. Genadek
Michael C. Burda
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Non-Work at Work
Evidence from the American Time Use Survey 2003-12 suggests the existence of small but statistically significant racial/ethnic differences in time spent not working at the workplace. Minorities, ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2021, 74 (2), 272-292)
J22, J15, J31
10494 Markus Gehrsitz
Martin Ungerer
Jobs, Crime, and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and ...
(published in: Economica, 2022, 89 (355), 592 - 626)
J6, J15, K4, D72
10493 Ghassan Dibeh
Ali Fakih
Walid Marrouch
Decision to Emigrate Amongst the Youth in Lebanon
This paper studies the determinants of youth emigration decisions, which is considered to be one of the main causes of 'Brain Drain' in Arab Mediterranean Countries (AMCs). We focus on the case of ...
(published in: International Migration, 2018, 56 (1), 5-22)
C25, J60, O15
10492 Michael A. Clemens
The Effect of Occupational Visas on Native Employment: Evidence from Labor Supply to Farm Jobs in the Great Recession
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation - which is rarely directly ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, 2022, 30 (5), 1348-1374)
F22, J61, O15
10491 Deniz Karao?lan
Aysit Tansel
Determinants of Obesity in Turkey: A Quantile Regression Analysis from a Developing Country
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by implementing Quantile Regression (QR) methodology. The control factors that we consider ...
(published in: Bogazici University Journal, 2019, 32 (2), 174-184. )
I12, I18, C21
10490 Joachim Marti
John Buckell
J. Catherine Maclean
Jody L. Sindelar
To 'Vape' or Smoke? A Discrete Choice Experiment among Adult Smokers
A growing share of the United States population uses e-cigarettes. In response, policymakers are considering regulating e-cigarettes, or have already done so, due to concerns regarding e-cigarettes' ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (1), 705-725)
C35, I12, I18
10489 Lauren Hersch Nicholas
J. Catherine Maclean
The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Labor Supply of Older Adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
We study the effect of state medical marijuana laws on labor supply among older adults; the demographic group with the highest rates of many health conditions for which marijuana may be an effective ...
(published in: Journal of policy analysis and management, 2019, 38 (2), 455-80.)
I10, I18, J20
10487 Bart Cockx
Muriel Dejemeppe
Andrey Launov
Bruno Van der Linden
Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design
We build and estimate a non-stationary structural job search model that incorporates the main stylized features of a typical job search monitoring scheme in unemployment insurance (UI) and ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36 (1), 75-120 )
J64, J68, C41
10486 Petri Böckerman
Alex Bryson
Antti Kauhanen
Mari Kangasniemi
Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?
Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 67 (1), 31-52)
J28, J8, L23, M54
10485 Barbara Hofmann
Michaela Kreyenfeld
Arne Uhlendorff
Job Displacement and First Birth over the Business Cycle
This paper investigates the impact of job displacement on women's first birth rates, and the variation in this effect over the business cycle. We used mass layoffs to estimate the causal effects of ...
(published in: Demography, 2017, 54, 933-959)
J13, J64, J65
10484 Tomi Kyyrä
Hanna Onerva Pesola
The Effects of UI Benefits on Unemployment and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from a Kinked Benefit Rule
This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor market outcomes. We exploit a piecewise linear relationship between the previous ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82, 1135-1160)
J64, J65
10483 Paul Bingley
Petter Lundborg
Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen
Brothers in Arms: Spillovers from a Draft Lottery
Family members tend to have similar labor market outcomes, but measuring the contribution of behavioral spillovers is difficult. To identify spillovers between brothers, we exploit Denmark's largest ...
(published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 August 2019)
J24, J38, I38, H56
10482 Huu Chi Nguyen
Christophe Jalil Nordman
Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam
Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households' and entrepreneurs' social networks and business performance. We address two related ...
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54 (4), 594 - 618)
D13, D61, O12
10480 Elke J. Jahn
Michael Neugart
Do Neighbors Help Finding a Job? Social Networks and Labor Market Outcomes After Plant Closures
Social networks may affect workers' labor market outcomes. Using rich spatial data from administrative records, we analyze whether the employment status of neighbors influences the employment ...
(substantially revised version in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101825, )
J63, J64, R23
10479 Brady P. Horn
J. Catherine Maclean
Michael R. Strain
Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?
This study investigates whether minimum wage increases in the United States affect an important non-market outcome: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 44 (4), 1986-2007)
I1, I11, I18
10477 Jonathan Gruber
J. Catherine Maclean
Bill Wright
Eric Wilkinson
Kevin G. Volpp
The Impact of Increased Cost-Sharing on Utilization of Low Value Services: Evidence from the State of Oregon
In this study we examine the impact of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program implemented between 2010 and 2013 at a large public employer in the state of Oregon. The program substantially ...
(published as 'The effect of increased cost-sharing on low-value service use' in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (10), 1180-1201)
I1, I11, I18
10474 Quamrul Ashraf
Oded Galor
The Macrogenoeconomics of Comparative Development
The importance of evolutionary forces for comparative economic performance across societies has been the focus of a vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature 2018, 56 (3), 1119–1155)
O11, N10, N30, Z10
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