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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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9583
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Lutz
Bellmann
Olaf
Hübler
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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)
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C22, D21, J21, J22
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9582
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Dirk
Van de gaer
Xavier
Ramos
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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)
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D3, D63, C1
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9581
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Erik
Bengtsson
Daniel
Waldenström
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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)
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D30, N30
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9580
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Niamh
Holton
Donal
O'Neill
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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)
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J31
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9579
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Andreas
Kuhn
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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)
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D31, D63, J31
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9578
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Joop
Hartog
Pedro
Raposo
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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)
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J310, D860
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9576
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John
Bennett
Ioana
Chioveanu
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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)
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J38, J31
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9573
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Semih
Tumen
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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)
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D85, J31, J64
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9572
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Philip
Du Caju
François
Rycx
Ilan
Tojerow
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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)
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D14, D91, J12
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9568
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Charlene
M.
Kalenkoski
Eakamon
Oumtrakool
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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)
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D10, D13
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9567
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Thomas
J.
Kniesner
Galib
Rustamov
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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)
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C31, D03, D12, L94, Q41
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9565
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Bram
Cadsby
Jim
Engle-Warnick
Tony
Fang
Fei
Song
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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)
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J30, J24, J33, C93, C91
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9564
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Mario
Lackner
Rudi
Stracke
Uwe
Sunde
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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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)
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D84, D90, M51, J33
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9562
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Hugo
Reis
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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)
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I25, I28
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9561
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Oana
Borcan
Mikael
Lindahl
Andreea
Mitrut
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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)
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I21, I24, K42
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9560
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Leanne
Giordono
Todd
Pugatch
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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. )
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O15, I21, I25
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9559
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Pau
Balart
Matthijs
Oosterveen
Dinand
Webbink
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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)
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J24
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9558
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Seth
Gershenson
Alison
Jacknowitz
Andrew
Brannegan
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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.)
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I21
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9556
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Stijn
Baert
Bart
Cockx
Matteo
Picchio
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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)
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C33, C35, I21
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9555
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Jens
Ruhose
Ludger
Woessmann
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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)
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I21, J24, O47
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9554
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Stephen
B.
Holt
Seth
Gershenson
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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.)
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I2
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9553
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Andrew
C.
Eggers
Ronny
Freier
Veronica
Grembi
Tommaso
Nannicini
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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)
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C21, D72
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9552
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Juan
Chaparro
Aaron
Sojourner
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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)
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J13, J24, O15
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9551
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Sinem
H.
Ayhan
Selin
Pelek
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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)
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I30, I38, J18, C23
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9549
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Kathleen
Mullen
Stefan
Staubli
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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)
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H55, J14, J22
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9545
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Carmen
Camacho
Fabio
Mariani
Luca
Pensieroso
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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)
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O17, F22, J61
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9544
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Silvia
Mendolia
Alex
Tosh
Oleg
Yerokhin
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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.)
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J15, Z10
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9542
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Maurice
Schiff
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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)
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F22, J24, J61, O15
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9541
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Evans
Jadotte
Xavier
Ramos
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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. )
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C39, F22, F24, J22
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9540
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Milena
Nikolova
Monica
Roman
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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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 )
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I30, I31, F22, P30, Z10
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9539
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Ken
Clark
Stephen
Drinkwater
Catherine
Robinson
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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)
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J61, F22, J21
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9538
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Simone
Bertoli
Vianney
Dequiedt
Yves
Zenou
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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)
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F22, K37, J61
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9537
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Khalid
Sekkat
Ariane
Szafarz
Ilan
Tojerow
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Women at the Top in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
This paper uses worldwide firm-level data to scrutinize the governance factors that favor gender diversity in leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is ...
(published as 'Female corporate owners and female CEOs' in: Economics Letters, 2023, 232, 111285)
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O15, J71, G32, M51, D22
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9536
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Stijn
Baert
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Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
We investigate risk aversion as a driver of labour market discrimination against homosexual men. We show that more hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based ...
(revised version published as 'Hiring a Gay Man, Taking a Risk?: A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion' in: Journal of Homosexuality, 2018, 65 (8), 1015 - 1031)
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C91, J15, J71
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9535
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Julie
Moschion
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Gender Gaps in Early Educational Achievement
This paper analyzes the source of the gender gap in third grade numeracy and reading. We adopt an Oaxaca-Blinder approach and decompose the gender gap in educational achievement into endowment and ...
(published in Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (4), 1093–1134)
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J16, I21, I24
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9534
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Francine
D.
Blau
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Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States – looking both over time with immigrants' ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2015, 4)
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J13, J16, J22, J24, J61
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9533
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Karin
Hederos Eriksson
Anders
Stenberg
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Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households: Evidence from Sweden
Bertrand et al. (2015) show that among married couples in the US, the distribution of the share of the household income earned by the wife exhibits a sharp drop just to the right of .50. They argue ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2022, 124 (3), 744 - 772)
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D10, J12, J16
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9532
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Wei
Huang
Yi
Zhou
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One-Child Policy, Marriage Distortion, and Welfare Loss
Using plausibly exogenous variations in the ethnicity-specific assigned birth quotas and different fertility penalties across Chinese provinces over time, we provide new evidence for the transferable ...
(published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 May 2023)
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H20, I31, J12, J13, J18
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9531
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Anna
Kurowska
Michal
Myck
Katharina
Wrohlich
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Making Work Pay: Increasing Labour Supply of Secondary Earners in Low Income Families with Children
In-work support through the tax-benefit system has proved to be an effective way of increasing labour supply of lone mothers and first earners in couples in a number of OECD countries. At the same ...
(published in: Contemporary Economics, 2017, 11(2), 161-170)
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J22, J13, J18
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9530
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Ann
P.
Bartel
Maya
Rossin-Slater
Christopher
J.
Ruhm
Jenna
Stearns
Jane
Waldfogel
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Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households
This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers' leave-taking, as well as on the division of leave between mothers and fathers in dual-earner ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018, 37 (1), 10-37)
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J2, J13, J18
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9529
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David
Neumark
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Policy Levers to Increase Jobs and Increase Income from Work after the Great Recession
The depth of the Great Recession, the slow recovery of job creation, the downward trend in labor force participation, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 5, 6 (2016) )
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J2, J3, J6
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9528
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Jan
Kabátek
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Happy Birthday, You're Fired! The Effects of Age-Dependent Minimum Wage on Youth Employment Flows in the Netherlands
This paper investigates the effects of the age-dependent minimum wage on youth employment flows in the Netherlands. The Dutch minimum wage for workers aged 15-23 is defined as a step-wise increasing ...
(published in: ILR Review, 2021,74 (4), 1008 - 1035)
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J23, J31, J38, M51
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9527
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Robert
E.
Hall
Andreas
I.
Mueller
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Wage Dispersion and Search Behavior
We use a rich new body of data on the experiences of unemployed job-seekers to determine the sources of wage dispersion and to create a search model consistent with the acceptance decisions the ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126 (4), 1594-1637)
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J31, J32, J64
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9526
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Abel
Brodeur
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Terrorism and Employment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks
This paper examines the economic consequences of terror attacks and the channels through which terrorism affects local economies. I rely on an exhaustive list of terror attacks over the period ...
(published as 'The Effect of Terrorism on Employment and Consumer Sentiment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4), 246-82)
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D72, D74, C13, P16
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9525
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Carlos
Carrillo-Tudela
Michael
Graber
Klaus
Wälde
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Unemployment and Vacancy Dynamics with Imperfect Financial Markets
This paper proposes a simple general equilibrium model with labour market frictions and an imperfect financial market. The aim of the paper is to analyse the transitional dynamics of unemployment and ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 50, 128-143)
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J63, J64, G10
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9522
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Sriya
Iyer
Anand
Shrivastava
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Religious Riots and Electoral Politics in India
The effect of ethnic violence on electoral results provides useful insights into voter behaviour in democratic societies. Religious riots have claimed more than 14,000 lives in India since 1950. We ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 131, 104-122)
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Z12, D72, D74
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9519
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Xi
Chen
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Status Concern and Relative Deprivation in China: Measures, Empirical Evidence, and Economic and Policy Implications
Status concern and the feelings of relative deprivation affect individual behavior and well-being. Traditional norms and the alarming inequality in China have made relative deprivation more and more ...
(published in: China: An International Journal, 2016, 14 (1), 151-170.)
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I14, I18, I32, B41
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9518
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Mehtabul
Azam
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Intergenerational Educational Persistence among Daughters: Evidence from India
We examine educational transmission between fathers (mothers) and daughters in India for daughters born during 1962-1991. We find that educational persistence, as measured by the regression ...
(revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2016, 16 (4), 201601146)
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J6, I28
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9517
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Laurent
Gobillon
Matthieu
Solignac
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Homeownership of Immigrants in France: Selection Effects Related to International Migration Flows
We investigate the difference in homeownership rates between natives and first-generation immigrants in France, and how this difference evolves over the 1975-1999 period, by using a large ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, 20(2), 355-396)
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J15, R21
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9516
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Remus
Gabriel
Anghel
Matloob
Piracha
Teresa
Randazzo
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Migrants' Remittances: Channelling Globalization
In the past twenty years the ever-growing levels of migrants' remittances made state agencies, international organizations, scholars and practitioners to increasingly consider remittances as one of ...
(revised version published in: Leila Simona Talani and Simon McMahon (eds.), Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, Edward Elgar 2015, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 11, 234-258.)
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F22, F24
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