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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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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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10180
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Mette
Foged
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Family Migration and Relative Earnings Potentials
A unitarian model of family migration in which families may discount wives' private gains is used to derive testable predictions regarding the type of couples that select into migrating. The ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 87-100 )
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F22, D19, J16, J61
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10179
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Alexander
Bick
Bettina
Brüggemann
Nicola
Fuchs-Schündeln
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Hours Worked in Europe and the US: New Data, New Answers
We use national labor force surveys from 1983 through 2011 to construct hours worked per person on the aggregate level and for different demographic groups for 18 European countries and the US. We ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economic, 2019, 121 (4), 1381 - 1516)
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E24, J21, J22
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10178
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Aysit
Tansel
Zeynel Abidin
Ozdemir
Emre
Aksoy
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Does the Unemployment Invariance Hypothesis Hold for Canada?
This article explores the long-run relationship between unemployment rate and labor force participation rate in Canada. The cointegration analysis vindicates the existence of a long-run relationship ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Unemployment Invariance Hypothesis, Added and Discouraged Workers in Canada' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (7), 929-936. )
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E24, J64, J21
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10177
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Marco
Caliendo
Steffen
Künn
Arne
Uhlendorff
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Earnings Exemptions for Unemployed Workers: The Relationship between Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Job Quality
In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income by working a few hours per week. The intention is to keep unemployed job seekers attached to the labour market and to ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 177-193)
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J64, C41, C33
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10176
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Niaz
Asadullah
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Who Trusts Others? Community and Individual Determinants of Social Capital in a Low Income Country
This study presents new evidence on individual and community-specific determinants of social trust using data from 96 villages in Bangladesh. We find perceived institutional trust to be positively ...
(published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2017, 41(2): 515-544.)
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O12, Z1
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10174
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Jakub
Cerveny
Jan
C.
van Ours
Martin
A.
van Tuijl
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Effects of a Red Card on Goal-Scoring in World Cup Football Matches
We examine the effect of the sending-off of a player on the goal-scoring rates in FIFA World Cup matches in tournaments from 1998 to 2014. We use a hazard rate framework in which the effect of a red ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2018, 55 (2), 883-903.)
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Z29
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10173
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Clara
Welteke
Katharina
Wrohlich
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Peer Effects in Parental Leave Decisions
This paper analyzes to what extent parental leave decisions of mothers with young children depend on the decisions made by their coworkers. The identification of peer effects, which are defined as ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 56 (2), 146-163.)
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C31, J22, D04
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10171
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John
Ifcher
Homa
Zarghamee
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The Rapid Evolution of Homo Economicus: Brief Exposure to Neoclassical Assumptions Increases Self-Interested Behavior
Economics students have been shown to exhibit more selfishness than other students. Because the literature identifies the impact of long-term exposure to economics instruction (e.g., taking a ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2018, 75 ,55 - 65)
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A2, D6, C9, C7, A1
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10169
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Nekeisha
Spencer
Solomon
Polachek
Eric
Strobl
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How Do Hurricanes Impact Achievement in School? A Caribbean Perspective
This study examines whether hurricanes have any impact on performance in standardized examinations. The analysis uses a panel of thirteen Caribbean countries and over 800 schools for the period 1993 ...
(published in: Natural Hazards, 2016, 84(2), 1437-1462.)
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I2, Q54
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10167
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Ernest
Boffy-Ramirez
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The Heterogeneous Impacts of Business Cycles on Educational Attainment
In this study I examine the impact of fluctuations in the unemployment rate before high school graduation on educational attainment measured 30 years later. I find evidence that educational ...
(published in: Education Economics, 2017, 25 (6), 554-561)
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I2, I22, J1, J18, J24
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10165
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Nicholas
W.
Papageorge
Seth
Gershenson
Kyungmin
Kang
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Teacher Expectations Matter
We develop and estimate a joint model of the education and teacher-expectation production functions that identifies both the distribution of biases in teacher expectations and the impact of those ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102(2): 234-251.)
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I2, D84, J15
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10164
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David
E.
Bloom
Elizabeth
Mitgang
Benjamin
Osher
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Demography of Global Aging
Individuals aged 65 years and older currently make up a larger share of the population than ever before, and this group is predicted to continue growing both in absolute terms and relative to the ...
(published in: Jean-Pierre Michel (ed.), Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, Oxford University Press, 2017, 3 - 10)
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J10, J11, J14
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10163
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David
E.
Bloom
Dara
Lee
Luca
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The Global Demography of Aging: Facts, Explanations, Future
Population ageing is the 21st century's dominant demographic phenomenon. Declining fertility, increasing longevity, and the progression of large-sized cohorts to the older ages are causing elder ...
(published in: J. Poot, M. Roskruge (eds.), Population Change and Impacts in Asia and the Pacific, Springer, 2020 )
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J11, J14, N30
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