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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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10249
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Guido
Schwerdt
Simon
Wiederhold
Ludger
Woessmann
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Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Expanded international data from the PIAAC survey of adult skills allow us to analyze potential sources of the cross-country variation of comparably estimated labor-market returns to skills in a more ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 153, 15-19)
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J31, I20, O15
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10246
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Alain
Jousten
Mathieu
Lefèbvre
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Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium
We study retirement incentives with augmented option value model à la Stock and Wise (1990). We propose methodological extensions to better reflect the respective incentives faced by singles and ...
(published in: Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 2019, 18 (1), 66 - 87)
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H55, J21, J26
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10245
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Barry
Hirsch
John
V.
Winters
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Rotation Group Bias in Measures of Multiple Job Holding
Reported multiple job holding rates in the U.S. are found to be substantially higher among workers in their first month in the CPS sample (the first rotation group), with rates declining in ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2016, 147, 160-163.)
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J21
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10243
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Hayley
Fisher
Anna
Zhu
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The Effect of Changing Financial Incentives on Repartnering
This paper examines how a reduction in the financial resources available to lone parents affects repartnering. We exploit an Australian natural experiment that reduced the financial resources ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (623), 2833 - 2866)
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J12, J18, H53
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10242
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Laurens
Cherchye
Bram
De Rock
Khushboo
Surana
Frederic
Vermeulen
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Marital Matching, Economies of Scale and Intrahousehold Allocations
We propose a novel structural method to empirically identify economies of scale in household consumption. We assume collective households with consumption technologies that define the public and ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (4), 823 - 837)
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D11, D12, D13, J12
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10240
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Mario
Bossler
Alexander
Mosthaf
Thorsten
Schank
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More Female Manager Hires through More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany
This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We analyze whether the number of hired female managers (respectively the share of ...
(published as 'Are Female Managers More Likely to Hire More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany' in: ILR Review, 2020, 73 (3), 676-704)
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C23, J16, J71, M12
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10237
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David
J.
Bjerk
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Mandatory Minimum Policy Reform and the Sentencing of Crack Cocaine Defendants: An Analysis of the Fair Sentencing Act
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) affected the U.S. federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws for to crack cocaine offenders, and represented the first Congressional reform of sentencing laws in ...
(published in: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2017, 14 (2), 370-396)
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K40
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10236
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Briggs
Depew
Isaac
D.
Swensen
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The Decision to Carry: The Effect of Crime on Concealed-Carry Applications
Despite contentious debate on the role of concealed-carry legislation in the U.S., little is known about individual decisions to legally carry concealed handguns in public. Using data on ...
(published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 4 April 2018)
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K42, I18
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10235
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Francesco
Fasani
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Immigrant Crime and Legal Status: Evidence from Repeated Amnesty Programs
Do general amnesty programs lead to reductions in the crime rate among immigrants? We answer this question by exploiting both cross-sectional and time variation in the number of immigrants legalized ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 887–914)
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F22, J61, K37
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10234
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Christian
Dustmann
Francesco
Fasani
Tommaso
Frattini
Luigi
Minale
Uta
Schönberg
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On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2017, 32 (91), 497–550)
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F22, J15, J61
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10233
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Kusum
Mundra
Fernando
Rios-Avila
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Immigrant Birthcountry Networks and Unemployment Duration: Evidence around the Great Recession
Using data from the CPS this paper examines the role of birth-country networks on immigrants' unemployment duration from 2001 to 2013. We find that networks significantly lower unemployment duration ...
(published in: Empirical Economics 61, 2021, 389 – 415)
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J61, J64, D10
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10232
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Isabel
Palomares-Linares
Maarten
van Ham
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Understanding the Effects of Homeownership and Regional Unemployment Levels on Migration during the Economic Crisis in Spain
The Spanish labour market is characterised by high levels of unemployment, which have increased during the global economic crisis. Spain is also a country which is characterised by a very high ...
(published in: Regional Studies, 2020, 54, 515 - 526)
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J21, J61, J64
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10231
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Leo
Feler
Mine
Zeynep
Senses
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Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods
We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (4), 101 - 143)
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F14, F16, H41, H70, R12, R23
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10230
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Björn
Anders
Gustafsson
Xiuna
Yang
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Earnings among Nine Ethnic Minorities and the Han Majority in China's Cities
This paper asks if economic growth and steps towards a market economy have affected earnings gaps between the Han and nine large urban ethnic minorities: Zhuang, Hui, Manchurian, Tujia, Uighur, Miao, ...
(published in Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, 2017, 22 (3), 525-546 )
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J15, J31, J71, P23
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10229
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Joanna
Tyrowicz
Lucas
Van der Velde
Jan
Svejnar
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Effects of Labor Reallocation on Productivity and Inequality: Insights from Studies on Transition
From a theoretical perspective the link between the speed and scope of rapid labor reallocation and productivity growth or income inequality is ambiguous. Do reallocations with more flows tend to ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2017, 31 (3), 712-732)
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D21, D24, D92, G21
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10228
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Luke
Chicoine
Juan
Carlos
Guzman
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Increasing Rural Health Clinic Utilization with SMS Updates: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Uganda
This paper examines an alternative to monitoring staff at a public health clinic in rural Uganda. The program sent SMS updates regarding confirmed attendance of clinic staff and activities to ...
(published in: World Development, 2017, 99, 419-430.)
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I15, J13, O22
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10227
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Xavier
Gine
Monica
Martinez-Bravo
Marian
Vidal-Fernandez
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Are Labor Supply Decisions Consistent with Neoclassical Preferences? Evidence from Indian Boat Owners
This paper studies the labor supply of South Indian boat owners using daily labor participation decisions of 249 boat owners during seven years. We test the standard neoclassical model of labor ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2017, 142, 331-347)
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J22, J31
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10226
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Elena
Nikolova
Milena
Nikolova
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Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia
We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 49, 108 - 122 )
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D02, N31, N41, P16
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10223
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Katharine
G.
Abraham
John
C.
Haltiwanger
L. Kristin
Sandusky
James
R.
Spletzer
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The Consequences of Long Term Unemployment: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
It is well known that the long-term unemployed fare worse in the labor market than the short-term unemployed, but less clear why this is so. One potential explanation is that the long-term unemployed ...
(published in: ILR Review, 2019, 72 (2), 266 - 299)
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J64
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10221
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Bart
Cockx
Eva
Van Belle
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Waiting Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth: No Point?
In Belgium school-leavers are entitled to unemployment benefits after a waiting period and eligible to intensified counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40 (4), 658-687 )
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J64, J65, J68
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10218
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Paul
Anand
Laurence
Roope
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The Development and Happiness of Very Young Children
The paper demonstrates how Sen's (1985) alternative approach to welfare economics can be used to shed light on the wellbeing of very young children. More specifically, we estimate versions of the ...
(published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47, 825 - 851)
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D60, I31, J13
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10217
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
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Discrimination against Female Migrants Wearing Headscarves
Germany is currently experiencing a high influx of Muslim migrants. From a policy perspective, integration of migrants into the labor market is crucial. Hence, a field experiment was conducted that ...
(pubished in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73 (3), 600-627)
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C93, J15, J71
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10216
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Merle
Zwiers
Maarten
van Ham
David
Manley
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Trajectories of Neighborhood Change: Spatial Patterns of Increasing Ethnic Diversity
Western cities are increasingly ethnically diverse and in most cities the share of ethnic minorities is growing. Studies analyzing changing ethnic geographies often limit their analysis to changes in ...
(published in: Population, Space and Place, 2018, 24 (2), e2094)
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J15, O18, R23
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10214
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Uzi
Rebhun
Nadia
Beider
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Linguistic and Economic Adjustment among Immigrants in Israel
This paper analyzes the Hebrew language proficiency, probability of employment, and labor market earnings of immigrants in Israel. It uses the 2010/11 Immigrant Absorption Survey conducted by the ...
(published as 'Language Acquisition, Employment Status, and the Earnings of Jewish and non-Jewish Immigrants in Israel' in: International Migration, 2020, 58 (2), 205 - 232)
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F22, J15, J24, J61
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10213
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Simone
Bertoli
Ilse
Ruyssen
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Networks and Migrants' Intended Destination
Social networks are known to influence migration decisions, but connections between individuals can hardly be observed. We rely on individual-level surveys conducted by Gallup in 147 countries that ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 705–728)
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F22
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10212
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George
J.
Borjas
Joan
Monras
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The Labor Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks
The continuing inflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees into many European countries has ignited much political controversy and raised questions that require a fuller understanding of the ...
(published in: Economic Policy, 2017, 32 (91), 361 - 413)
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J15, J61, J2
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10211
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Brian
Duncan
Hani
Mansour
Bryson
Rintala
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Weighing the Military Option: The Effects of Wartime Conditions on Investments in Human Capital
Military service is an important vehicle through which young Americans invest in their human capital. Using internal military data, we show that county-level exposure to U.S. combat casualties during ...
(published in Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (1), 264-282)
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I20, I22, I26, J22
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10208
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Samuel
R.
Bondurant
Jason
M.
Lindo
Isaac
D.
Swensen
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Substance Abuse Treatment Centers and Local Crime
In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using an identification strategy that leverages variation driven by ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 104, 124 - 133)
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I12, K14, K42
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10207
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Giovanni
Russo
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Job Design and Skill Developments in the Workplace
We investigate the relationship between job complexity and the skills development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS). The results suggest that ...
(published in: S. W. Polachek, K. Pouliakis, G. Russo, K. Tatsiramos (eds.), Skill Mismatch in Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, 45), Emerald Publishing, 2017, 409 - 445)
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J24
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10206
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Pedro
S.
Martins
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Should the Maximum Duration of Fixed-Term Contracts Increase in Recessions? Evidence from a Law Reform
Fixed-term contracts (FTCs) may be an important tool to promote hirings and employment, particularly in recessions or when permanent contracts are costly. Therefore, it may be useful to let some of ...
(published in: International Review of Law and Economics, 2021, 68, 106009)
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J23, J41, J63
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10204
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Alexander
Hijzen
Pedro
S.
Martins
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No Extension Without Representation? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Collective Bargaining
In many countries, notably across Europe, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions that widen the reach of collective agreements beyond their signatory parties to ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 9(5), 1-31)
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J52, J58, J21
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10203
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Huzeyfe
Torun
Semih
Tumen
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The Empirical Content of Season-of-Birth Effects: An Investigation with Turkish Data
Although the season of birth variable is often used as an instrumental variable to estimate the rate of returns to schooling in the labor economics literature, there is an emerging consensus that the ...
(published in: Demographic Research, 2017, 37, 1825-1860)
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C26, I26, J13
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10202
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Dave
E.
Marcotte
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The Returns to Education at Community Colleges: New Evidence from the Education Longitudinal Survey
Community colleges have long been recognized for their potential in providing access to post-secondary education for students of limited means. Indeed, the recent #FreeTuition movement is built on ...
(published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2019, 14 (4), 523-547.)
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I21, I23, I26
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10201
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Sabrina
Hahm
Jochen
Kluve
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Effects of the Bologna Reform on Educational Outcomes: Micro Evidence from Germany
The Bologna Process aimed at harmonizing European higher education systems and at increasing their efficiency. This paper analyzes impacts of the Bologna Reform for Germany by using unique micro data ...
(revised version published as 'Better with Bologna? Tertiary education reform and student outcomes' in: Education Economics, 2019, 27 (4), 425 - 559)
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I21, I28, J24
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10200
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Nicholas
W.
Papageorge
Kevin
Thom
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Genes, Education, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Recent advances have led to the discovery of specific genetic variants that predict educational attainment. We study how these variants, summarized as a genetic score variable, are associated with ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association 2020, 18 (3), 1351 - 1399)
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I24, J24
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10199
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Tarun
Jain
Pushkar
Maitra
Subha
Mani
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Barriers to Skill Acquisition: Evidence from English Training in India
Skill development is increasingly viewed as a way to escape the low education – high unemployment trap in developing countries. Consequently, policy makers in these countries are extensively ...
(published in: World Development, 2019, 114, 314-325)
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I25, J24, J44
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10198
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Deepti
Goel
Ashwini
Deshpande
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Identity, Perceptions and Institutions: Caste Differences in Earnings from Self-Employment in India
Using data from two rounds of the Employment-Unemployment Survey of the National Sample Survey for 2004-5 and 2009-10, we investigate the relationship between social identity, specifically caste ...
(published as 'Social identity and perceived income adequacy' in: Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24 (2), 339-361)
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J15, O15, P16
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10196
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Artjoms
Ivlevs
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Remittances and Informal Work
This paper studies the effects of remittances on informal employment in the migrants' countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households. Using data from the ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1172-1190)
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F24, J46, J61, R23, O17
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10195
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Louise
Voldby
Beuchert
Maria
Knoth
Humlum
Helena
Skyt
Nielsen
Nina
Smith
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The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence of Disruption?
We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010- 2011 to analyze the impact on student achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, 31-47.)
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I21, J24
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10194
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Robert
G.
Valletta
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Recent Flattening in the Higher Education Wage Premium: Polarization, Skill Downgrading, or Both?
Wage gaps between workers with a college or graduate degree and those with only a high school degree rose rapidly in the United States during the 1980s. Since then, the rate of growth in these wage ...
(published in: C. R. Hulten and V. A. Ramey (eds.), Education, Skills, and Technical Change, Oxford University Press, 2018)
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J31, J24, I23
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10193
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Michael
R.
Ransom
Aaron
Phipps
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The Changing Occupational Distribution by College Major
In this paper we examine the occupational distribution of individuals who hold bachelor degrees in particular fields in the United States using data from the various waves of the National Survey of ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2017, 45, 129-171)
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I23, J24
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10192
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Massimo
Anelli
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The Returns to Elite College Education: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score threshold, to estimate causal returns to college education quality. I use a ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (6), 2824 - 2868)
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I21, I22, I23, I28, J24, J31
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10189
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Vittorio
Pelligra
Tommaso
G.
Reggiani
Daniel
John
Zizzo
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Responding to (Un)Reasonable Requests
We consider the notions of static and dynamic reasonableness of requests in a trust game experiment. We vary systematically the experimental norm of what is expected from trustees to return to ...
(revised version published as 'Responding to (un)reasonable requests by an authority' in: Theory and Decision, 2020, 89 (3), 287-311)
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C91, D01, D03, D63
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10188
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Johannes
Abeler
Daniele
Nosenzo
Collin
Raymond
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Preferences for Truth-Telling
Private information is at the heart of many economic activities. For decades, economists have assumed that individuals are willing to misreport private information if this maximizes their material ...
(published in: Econometrics, 2019, 87 (4), 1115–1153)
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D03, D82, H26, I13, J31
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10187
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Julio
Elias
Nicola
Lacetera
Mario
Macis
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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment
Societies prohibit many transactions considered morally repugnant, although potentially efficiency-enhancing. We conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and ...
(revised version published as 'Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment' in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (8), 2855 - 2888)
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C91, D01, D63, D64, I11
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10186
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Eleonora
Patacchini
Tiziano
Arduini
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Residential Choices of Young Americans
Using detailed data on a cohort of young Americans who were in their late twenties and early thirties in 2008, we investigate the importance of forces different from economic incentives in ...
(published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2016, 34, 69 - 81 )
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A14, C21, D85, R21, Z13
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10185
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Susan
L.
Averett
Julie
K.
Smith
Yang
Wang
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The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Health of Working Teenagers
This paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24 (16), 1127 - 1130)
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I10, I18, J15, J16
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10183
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Benjamin
Artz
Amanda
H.
Goodall
Andrew
J.
Oswald
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Do Women Ask?
Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2018, 57 (4), 611 - 636)
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J31, J71
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10182
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Matthew
D.
Webb
Casey
Warman
Arthur
Sweetman
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Targeting Tax Relief at Youth Employment
Canada's Youth Hires program was a targeted employment subsidy that rebated employment insurance premiums to employers with net increases in insurable earnings for youth aged 18-24. Using a ...
(published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2016, 42 (4), 415–430.)
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J23, J65, J68
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10181
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François
Maniquet
Dirk
Neumann
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Well-Being, Poverty and Labor Income Taxation: Theory and Application to Europe and the U.S.
In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Microecoomics, 2021, 13 (2), 276 - 310)
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D63, H21, I32
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