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9608 Susan L. Averett
Erin K. Fletcher
The Relationship between Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI and Preschool Obesity
The increasing prevalence of obesity during pregnancy raises concerns over the intergenerational transmission of obesity and its potential to exacerbate the current obesity epidemic. The fetal ...
(published in: Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century (pp. 201-219). 2017. Springer International Publishing.)
I12, J13
9606 Clemens Fuest
Andreas Peichl
Sebastian Siegloch
Do Higher Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages?
This paper estimates the incidence of corporate taxes on wages using a 20-year panel of German municipalities. Administrative linked employer-employee data allows estimating heterogeneous worker and ...
(revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (2), 393 - 418)
H2, H7, J3
9604 Francois Gerard
Miikka Rokkanen
Christoph Rothe
Identification and Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Manipulated Running Variable
A key assumption in regression discontinuity analysis is that units cannot manipulate the value of their running variable in a way that guarantees or avoids assignment to the treatment. Standard ...
(published as 'Bounds on treatment effects in regression discontinuity designs with a manipulated running variable' in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11 (3), 839-870)
C14, C21, C26, C51
9603 Sako Musterd
Szymon Marci?czak
Maarten van Ham
Tiit Tammaru
Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: Increasing Separation between Poor and Rich
Socio-economic inequality is on the rise in major European cities as are the worries about that, since this development is seen as threatening social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively ...
(published in: Urban Geography, 2017, 38 (7), 1062-1083 )
N94, O18, P25, R21, R23
9602 Kadi Mägi
Kadri Leetmaa
Tiit Tammaru
Maarten van Ham
Types of Spatial Mobility and the Ethnic Context of Destination Neighbourhoods in Estonia
Most studies of the ethnic composition of destination neighbourhoods after residential moves do not take into account the types of moves people have made. However, from an individual perspective, ...
(published as: 'Types of spatial mobility and change in people's ethnic residential contexts' in: Demographic Research, 2016, 34, 1161-1192)
J15, J61, R20, R23
9600 Marco Caliendo
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Juliane Hennecke
Arne Uhlendorff
Job Search, Locus of Control, and Internal Migration
Internal migration can substantially improve labor market efficiency. Consequently, policy is often targeted towards reducing the barriers workers face in moving to new labor markets. In this paper ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Locus of Control and Internal Migration' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 79, 1-19.)
J61
9599 Isaac Ehrlich
Jinyoung Kim
Immigration, Human Capital Formation and Endogenous Economic Growth
Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill composition of migrants in major destination countries, including the US, has been rising ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2015, 9 (4), 518 - 563)
F22, F43, O15, O4
9598 Kalena E. Cortes
Jane Arnold Lincove
Can Admissions Percent Plans Lead to Better Collegiate Fit for Minority Students?
Why do so many students mismatch when choosing a college? A plausible hypothesis is a lack of information about the likelihood of admission. This study contributes to the literature on mismatch by ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2016, 106 (5), 348-354)
I21, I23, J15
9597 Massimiliano Tani
Local Signals and the Returns to Foreign Education
This paper exploits a quasi-experiment to shed light on whether the wage penalty experienced by migrants reflects poor schooling quality in the country of education or employers' discrimination in ...
(revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 61, 174-190.)
J24, J61, J70
9594 Manuel Bagues
Mauro Sylos-Labini
Natalia Zinovyeva
Connections in Scientific Committees and Applicants' Self-Selection: Evidence from a Natural Randomized Experiment
We examine how the presence of connections in scientific committees affects researchers' decision to apply and their chances of success. We exploit evidence from Italian academia, where in order to ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 58, 81-97)
I23, M51, J45
9593 Daniel S. Hamermesh
Citations in Economics: Measurement, Uses and Impacts
I describe and compare sources of data on citations in economics and the statistics that can be constructed from them. Constructing data sets of the post-publication citation histories of articles ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2018, 56, 111 - 156)
A11, J01, B31
9592 Pablo Lavado
Gustavo Yamada
Fear of Labor Rigidities: The Role of Expectations on Employment Growth in Peru
Many studies have been conducted to analyze the effect of stricter Employment Protection Legislation (EPL). However, almost all of them has focused on an ex-post impact; leaving aside a second but ...
(published in: Latin American Research Review, 2023, 58 (4), 875-891.)
J21, J23, J24, J46, J32
9589 Alexander Muravyev
Aleksey Oshchepkov
The Effect of Doubling the Minimum Wage on Employment: Evidence from Russia
We take advantage of a natural experiment in the minimum wage setting in Russia to study the employment consequences of large hikes in the minimum wage. In September 2007, the Russian government ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5:6)
J38, J23
9588 Hartmut Lehmann
Tiziano Razzolini
Anzelika Zaiceva
Worker Flows and Labour Market Adjustment during the Great Recession: Evidence from a Large Shock
This paper analyzes how the labor market adjusts to the Great Recession. To this aim, we use the data for Latvia, a country that has experienced one of the most severe recessions in Europe and a ...
(thoroughly revised version published as 'The Great Recession and Labor Market Adjustment: Evidence from Latvia' in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2020, 62 (1), 149 - 181.)
J6, J21, P20, P23
9587 John T. Addison
Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of the needs of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, greater attention is ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, 5: 19)
D02, E02, E24, E25, E61, J48, J50, J51, J52, J53, J58, P51
9586 Nezih Guner
Andrii Parkhomenko
Gustavo Ventura
Managers and Productivity Differences
We document that for a group of high-income countries (i) mean earnings of managers tend to grow faster than for non managers over the life cycle; (ii) the earnings growth of managers relative to non ...
(published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2018, 29, 256-282.)
E23, E24, J24, M11, O43, O47
9585 Peter Fredriksson
Lena Hensvik
Oskar Nordström Skans
Mismatch of Talent: Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility
We examine the direct impact of idiosyncratic match quality on entry wages and job mobility using unique data on worker talents matched to job-indicators and individual wages. Tenured workers are ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (11), 3303-3338.)
J64, J24, J31, J62
9584 Stijn Baert
Do They Find You on Facebook? Facebook Profile Picture and Hiring Chances
We investigate whether the publicly available information on Facebook about job applicants affects employers' hiring decisions. To this end, we conduct a field experiment in which fictitious job ...
(revised version published as 'Facebook profile picture appearance affects recruiterd first hiring decisions' in: New Media & Society, 2018, 20 (3), 1220 - 1239)
C93, D83, J24, J79, L86
9583 Lutz Bellmann
Olaf Hübler
Are Working Time Accounts Beneficial for German Establishments?
This contribution investigates whether working time accounts are beneficial for the performance of German establishments. Based on the representative German Establishment Panel of the Institute for ...
(published as 'Working time accounts and firm performance in Germany' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4:24)
C22, D21, J21, J22
9582 Dirk Van de gaer
Xavier Ramos
Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity Based on Counterfactuals
The theoretical literature on inequality of opportunity formulates basic properties that measures of inequality of opportunity should have. Standard methods for the measurement of inequality of ...
(published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, 55, 595–627)
D3, D63, C1
9581 Erik Bengtsson
Daniel Waldenström
Capital Shares and Income inequality: Evidence from the Long Run
This paper investigates the relationship between the capital share in national income and personal income inequality over the long run. Using a new historical cross-country database on capital shares ...
(published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78 (3), 712-74)
D30, N30
9580 Niamh Holton
Donal O'Neill
The Changing Nature of Irish Wage Inequality from Boom to Bust
The dramatic change in economic conditions in Ireland over the last 10 years provides an opportunity to examine the impact of large macroeconomic shocks on inequality. We analyse wage inequality in ...
(published in: Economic and Social Review, 2017, 48 (1):1-26)
J31
9579 Andreas Kuhn
The Individual Perception of Wage Inequality: A Measurement Framework and Some Empirical Evidence
This paper presents a simple conceptual framework specifically tailored to measure individual perceptions of wage inequality. Using internationally comparable survey data, the empirical part of the ...
(revised version published as `The Individual (Mis-)Perception of Wage Inequality: Measurement, Correlates and Implications' in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59, 2039-2069)
D31, D63, J31
9578 Joop Hartog
Pedro Raposo
Are Starting Wages Reduced by an Insurance Premium for Preventing Wage Decline? Testing the Prediction of Harris and Holmstrom (1982)
In the model of Harris and Holmstrom (1982) workers pay an insurance premium to prevent a wage decline. As employers are unable to assess the ability of a labour market entrant, they would offer a ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 105-119)
J310, D860
9576 John Bennett
Ioana Chioveanu
The Optimal Minimum Wage with Regulatory Uncertainty
For two different regulatory standards, we examine the optimal minimum wage in a competitive labour market when the government is uncertain about supply and demand. Solutions are related to ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19 (6), 1099-1116)
J38, J31
9573 Semih Tumen
Informal versus Formal Search: Which Yields a Better Pay?
Estimates on the effect of job contact method – i.e., informal versus formal search – on wage offers vary considerably across studies, with some of them finding a positive correlation between getting ...
(published in: International Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, 12(3), 257-277)
D85, J31, J64
9572 Philip Du Caju
François Rycx
Ilan Tojerow
Unemployment Risk and Over-Indebtedness: A Micro-Econometric Perspective
We study how unemployment effects the over-indebtedness of households using the new European Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). First, we assess the role of different labor market ...
(also available as: European Central Bank Working Papers, 2016, No. 1908)
D14, D91, J12
9568 Charlene M. Kalenkoski
Eakamon Oumtrakool
The Caregiving Responsibilities of Retirees: What Are They and How Do They Affect Retirees' Well-being?
Using data from the 2010 and 2012 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) and the associated Well-being Modules, this paper examines how caregiving affects the well-being of retirees who are caregivers. ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (13), 1298-1310)
D10, D13
9567 Thomas J. Kniesner
Galib Rustamov
Differential and Distributional Effects of Energy Efficiency Surveys: Evidence from Electricity Consumption
Our research investigates the magnitude of the effect of residential energy efficiency audit programs on later household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of ...
(published in: Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, 2018, 9(3), 375-406)
C31, D03, D12, L94, Q41
9565 Bram Cadsby
Jim Engle-Warnick
Tony Fang
Fei Song
Psychological Incentives, Financial Incentives, and Risk Attitudes in Tournaments: An Artefactual Field Experiment
Tournaments are widely used to assign bonuses and determine promotions because of the link between relative performance and rewards. However, performing relatively well (poorly) may also yield ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 72, 64-79)
J30, J24, J33, C93, C91
9564 Mario Lackner
Rudi Stracke
Uwe Sunde
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field
This paper investigates empirically whether decision makers are forward looking in dynamic strategic interactions. In particular, we test whether decision makers in multi-stage tournaments take ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, 2020, 179, 544-565)
D84, D90, M51, J33
9562 Hugo Reis
Girls' Schooling Choices and Home Production: Evidence from Pakistan
The paper develops and estimates a dynamic structural model that allows for the interrelations between girls' schooling and mothers' labor market participation decision, in a rural area of Pakistan ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2020, 61 (2), 783-819)
I25, I28
9561 Oana Borcan
Mikael Lindahl
Andreea Mitrut
Fighting Corruption in Education: What Works and Who Benefits?
We investigate the distributional consequences of a corruption-fighting initiative in Romania targeting the endemic fraud in a high-stakes high school exit exam, which introduced CCTV monitoring of ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (1), 180-209)
I21, I24, K42
9560 Leanne Giordono
Todd Pugatch
Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia
Informal school fees – for uniforms, books, and other supplies – are substantial in developing countries, often several times formal tuition. We evaluate a scholarship program that alleviated ...
(published as 'Non-tuition Costs, School Access and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambia' in: Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26 (2), 140-168. )
O15, I21, I25
9559 Pau Balart
Matthijs Oosterveen
Dinand Webbink
Test Scores, Noncognitive Skills and Economic Growth
Many studies have found a strong association between economic outcomes of nations and their performance on international cognitive tests. This association is often interpreted as evidence for the ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 63, 134-153)
J24
9558 Seth Gershenson
Alison Jacknowitz
Andrew Brannegan
Are Student Absences Worth the Worry in U.S. Primary Schools?
Student absences are a potentially important, yet understudied, input in the educational process. Using longitudinal data from a nationally-representative survey and rich administrative records from ...
(published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2017, 12(2): 137-165.)
I21
9556 Stijn Baert
Bart Cockx
Matteo Picchio
Modeling the Effects of Grade Retention in High School
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34 (3), 403 - 424)
C33, C35, I21
9555 Eric A. Hanushek
Jens Ruhose
Ludger Woessmann
Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2017, 11 (4), 447-486)
I21, J24, O47
9554 Stephen B. Holt
Seth Gershenson
The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions
Representative bureaucracy theory is central to public administration scholarship due to the likely relationship between the demographic composition of the public workforce and both the actual and ...
(published in: Policy Studies Journal, 2019, 47(4), 1063-1093.)
I2
9553 Andrew C. Eggers
Ronny Freier
Veronica Grembi
Tommaso Nannicini
Regression Discontinuity Designs Based on Population Thresholds: Pitfalls and Solutions
In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system, mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is above or below ...
(published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2018, 62 (1), 210-229)
C21, D72
9552 Juan Chaparro
Aaron Sojourner
Same Program, Different Outcomes: Understanding Differential Effects from Access to Free, High-Quality Early Care
The Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) was designed to promote the development of low-birth weight (up to 2,500 grams) and premature (up to 37 weeks gestational age) infants. There is ...
(published as 'Differential effects from access to high-quality early care' in: In A.J. Reynolds, J.A. Temple (eds.): Sustaining Early Childhood Learning Gains, Cambridge, 2019)
J13, J24, O15
9551 Sinem H. Ayhan
Selin Pelek
State Dependence in Welfare Benefits in a Non-Welfare Context
This study contributes to the ongoing debate about welfare dependency centered on the western societies through an empirical analysis, within the context of a developing country. It examines state ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66 (3), 711-735)
I30, I38, J18, C23
9549 Kathleen Mullen
Stefan Staubli
Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance (DI) programs is the elasticity of DI claiming with respect to benefit generosity. Yet, in many countries, ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, 49-63)
H55, J14, J22
9545 Carmen Camacho
Fabio Mariani
Luca Pensieroso
Illegal Immigration and the Shadow Economy
We build a general equilibrium model in which both illegal immigration and the size of the informal sector are endogenously determined. In this framework, we show that indirect policy measures such ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, 1050-1080)
O17, F22, J61
9544 Silvia Mendolia
Alex Tosh
Oleg Yerokhin
Ethnic Diversity and Trust: New Evidence from Australian Data
This paper investigates the relationship between neighbourhood ethnic and linguistic heterogeneity and the formation of an individual's local and general trust. A wide literature across economics and ...
(published in Economic Record, 2016, 92 (299): 648-665.)
J15, Z10
9542 Maurice Schiff
Ability Drain
Is ability drain (AD) economically significant? That immigrants or their children founded over 40% of the Fortune 500 US companies suggests it is. Moreover, brain drain (BD) induces a brain gain ...
(published as 'Ability drain: size, impact, and comparison with brain drain under alternative immigration policies' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 1337- 1354)
F22, J24, J61, O15
9541 Evans Jadotte
Xavier Ramos
The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti
We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances recipient country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region relative to its ...
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (12), 1810-1825. )
C39, F22, F24, J22
9540 Milena Nikolova
Monica Roman
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries
The fall of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe restored ordinary citizens' rights and freedoms and ended their political and social isolation. While the freedom of movement was quickly embraced, ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (3), 658 - 684 )
I30, I31, F22, P30, Z10
9539 Ken Clark
Stephen Drinkwater
Catherine Robinson
Self?Employment amongst Migrant Groups in England and Wales: New Evidence from Census Microdata
Self-employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self-employment and immigration is, ...
(revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 48 (4), 1047-1069)
J61, F22, J21
9538 Simone Bertoli
Vianney Dequiedt
Yves Zenou
Can Selective Immigration Policies Reduce Migrants' Quality?
Destination countries can adopt selective immigration policies to improve migrants' quality. Screening potential migrants on the basis of observable characteristics also influences their ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, 100-109)
F22, K37, J61
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