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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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16184
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Jason
W.
Miller
Jonathan
Phares
Stephen
V.
Burks
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Job Creation and Job Destruction Dynamics in the U.S. Truck Transportation Industry, 1995-2019
Every year, approximately 27% of all jobs in the U.S. truck transportation sector (NAICS 484) are reshuffled across motor carriers as existing carriers grow or shrink, new entrants begin operations, ...
(revised version published as 'Job Gain and Job Loss Dynamics in the Truck Transportation Industry' in: Journal of Business Logistics, 2024, 45 (3), e123912024)
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J21, J63, L92
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16181
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Marco
Alberto
De Benedetto
Maria
De Paola
Vincenzo
Scoppa
Janna
Smirnova
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Erasmus Program and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design
We study the impact that participation in the Erasmus program produces on a number of labor market outcomes. By implementing a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design, we show that participating in the ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2025, 93, 102675)
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C26, D04, I23, I26, J00
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16180
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Anna
Adamecz
John
Jerrim
Jean-Baptiste
Pingault
Nikki
Shure
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Overconfident Boys: The Gender Gap in Mathematics Self-Assessment
It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is the same. We examine the drivers of this male overconfidence in self-assessed ...
(published as 'Peers, parents, and self-perceptions: the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 33 (2025))
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I24, J16
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16179
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Eugene
Malthouse
Charlie
Pilgrim
Thomas
Hills
Daniel
Sgroi
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When Fairness Is Not Enough: The Disproportionate Contributions of the Poor in a Collective Action Problem
Many of our most pressing challenges, from combating climate change to dealing with pandemics, are collective action problems: situations in which individual and collective interests conflict with ...
(published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2023, 152 (11), 3229–3242)
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C92, D91, D63
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16178
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Karina
Doorley
Dora
Tuda
Luke
Duggan
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Will Childcare Subsidies Increase the Labour Supply of Mothers in Ireland?
The cost of childcare has a significant impact on the decision of parents – particularly mothers – to work. Prior to the introduction of subsidies for formal childcare in Ireland in 2019 through the ...
(published in: Fiscal Studies, 2025, 46 (2), 239-259)
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J13, J22, C25
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16169
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Mattia
Filomena
Matteo
Picchio
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Unsafe Temperatures, Unsafe Jobs: The Impact of Weather Conditions on Work-Related Injuries
We estimate the impact of temperatures on work-related accident rates in Italy by using daily data on weather conditions matched to administrative daily data on work-related accidents. The ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 224, 851-875)
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J28, J81, Q52, Q54
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16168
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Matteo
Bobba
Veronica
Frisancho
Marco
Pariguana
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Perceived Ability and School Choices: Experimental Evidence and Scale-up Effects
This paper studies an information intervention designed and implemented in the context of a school assignment mechanism in Mexico City. We find that providing students from socio-economically ...
(this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 10360 (2016).)
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D83, I21, I24, J24
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16165
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Martin
B.
Hackmann
Vincent
Pohl
Nicolas
R.
Ziebarth
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Patient versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care
How do patient and provider incentives affect the provision of long-term care? Our analysis of 551 thousand nursing home stays yields three main insights. First, Medicaid-covered residents prolong ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (3), 178–218)
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H51, H75, I11, I13, I18, J14
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16164
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Simone
Moriconi
Giovanni
Peri
Riccardo
Turati
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Are Immigrants More Left Wing than Natives?
We analyze whether second-generation immigrants have different political preferences relative to children of citizens. Using data on individual voting behavior in 22 European countries between 2001 ...
(published as 'Analyzing political preferences of second-generation immigrants across the rural–urban divide', in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, 103740.)
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D72, J61, P16, Z1
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16163
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Luca
Fumarco
S. Michael
Gaddis
Francesco
Sarracino
I.
Snoddy
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Sendemails: An Automated Email Package with Multiple Applications
Correspondence audits are a popular method to examine discrimination in a causal framework. However, they often require sending hundreds or thousands of emails to subjects. The sendemails package ...
(revised version published in:Stata Journal, 2024, 24 (1), 130-160 )
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C8
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16162
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Benjamin
Harrell
Luca
Fumarco
Patrick
Button
David
J.
Schwegman
Kyla
Denwood
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Mental Healthcare Services
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the rate of mental health disorders, as well as demand for mental health services. It remains unclear, however, the extent to which the pandemic impacted access to ...
(published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 420 - 422)
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C93, I14, J16, I11, I18, J15
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16161
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Grace
Lordan
Warn
N.
Lekfuangfu
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Stephen versus Stephanie? Does Gender Matter for Peer-to-Peer Career Advice
Occupational segregation is one of the major causes of the gender pay gap. We probe the possibility that individual beliefs regarding gender stereotypes established in childhood contribute to ...
(forthcoming in: Journal of Human Capital)
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J24
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16159
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Kazuhiro
Kumo
Cristiano
Perugini
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Religion, Ideology and Fertility
In this paper, we investigate how attachment to religion is connected to conservative gender role beliefs and to what extent they, in turn, materialize into fertility decisions. We also test the ...
(published as 'Religion, Gender Norms and Fertility in Muslim Post-Communist Economies' in: Post-Communist Economies, 2024, 36 (8), 1035–1065. )
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J13, J16, Z12, P20
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16158
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Christian
Dustmann
Mikkel
Mertz
Anna
Okatenko
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Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood
Using an identification strategy based on random assignment of refugees to different municipalities in Denmark between 1986 and 1998, we find strong evidence that gang crime rates in the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (653), 1901–1936)
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J1, K4, I3
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16157
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Junsen
Zhang
Shulan
Fei
Yanbing
Wen
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How Does the Beauty of Wives Affect Post-Marriage Family Outcomes? Helen's Face in Chinese Households
Research on the economics of beauty has persistently emphasized beauty premiums in the labor market but ignored its influence within existing marriages. We examine the physical appearance of the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 212, 122-137 )
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J10, J13
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16156
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Valentina
Di Iasio
Jackline
Wahba
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Expecting Brexit and UK Migration: Should I Go?
This paper examines the impact of the 2016 UK referendum and expecting Brexit on migration flows and net migration in the UK. We employ a Difference-in-Differences strategy and compare EU migration ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 157, 104484)
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F22, J61, J48
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16154
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Bineet
Mishra
Eswar
Prasad
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A Simple Model of a Central Bank Digital Currency
We develop a general equilibrium model that highlights the trade-offs between physical and digital forms of retail central bank money. The key differences between cash and central bank digital ...
(published in: Journal of Financial Stability, 2024, 73, 101282)
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E4, E5, E61
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16153
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Andrea
Albanese
Bart
Cockx
Muriel
Dejemeppe
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Long-Term Effects of Hiring Subsidies for Low-Educated Unemployed Youths
We use a regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy for low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 235, 105137)
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C21, J08, J23, J24, J64, J68, J61
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16152
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Gunnar
Brandén
Martin
Nybom
Kelly
Vosters
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Like Mother, like Child? The Rise of Women's Intergenerational Income Persistence in Sweden and the United States
We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women ...
(forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics)
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J62, J12, J16, J24
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16149
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Chunbing
Xing
Yan
Sun
Chuliang
Luo
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Higher Education Opportunity and the Choice of Vocational vs. Academic High School
This research uses CHIP data of 2018 to examine the impact of higher education opportunities on the middle school graduates' choice between academic and vocational high schools. The findings indicate ...
(published in: China Economic Quarterly International, 2023, 3, 119–131)
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I24, I25, I26, H75
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16148
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Mengbing
Zhu
Yi
Li
Chunbing
Xing
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Husbands' Wages and Married Women's Labor Supply in Urban China
This study examines the impact of husbands' wages on their wives' labor force participation rates and hours worked in urban China from 1995 to 2018. We find that an increase in husbands' wages ...
(published in: China Economic Review, 2023, 82, 102609.)
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D13, D31, J16, J21
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16146
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Holger
Görg
Anna
Jacobs
Saskia
Meuchelböck
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Who Is to Suffer? Quantifying the Impact of Sanctions on German Firms
In this paper, we use a novel firm level dataset for Germany to investigate the effect of sanctions on export behaviour and performance of German firms. More specifically, we study the sanctions ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 228, 106767)
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F1, F14, F51, L25
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16145
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Nicolas
Gendron-Carrier
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Prior Work Experience and Entrepreneurship: The Careers of Young Entrepreneurs
I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my ...
(forthcoming in: Journal of Labor Economics)
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J24, J31, J62, L26
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16143
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Gabriella
Conti
Pamela
Giustinelli
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For Better or Worse? Subjective Expectations and Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs in Health Behavior
We provide a framework to disentangle preferences and beliefs in health behavior and apply it to lockdown compliance in the UK. We estimate a model of compliance choice with uncertain costs and ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2025, 34, 992 - 1012)
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C25, C83, D84, I12, I18
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16141
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Matthias
Rodemeier
Andreas
Löschel
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Information Nudges, Subsidies, and Crowding Out of Attention: Field Evidence from Energy Efficiency Investments
How can information substitute or complement financial incentives such as Pigouvian subsidies? We answer this question in a large-scale field experiment that cross-randomizes energy efficiency ...
(published online in: Journal of the European Economic Association, jvae058, 21 January 2025)
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D61, D83, H21, Q41, Q48
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16139
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Wim
Naudé
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Melancholy Hues: The Futility of Green Growth and Degrowth, and the Inevitability of Societal Collapse
The economic expansion witnessed in the last 0,08% of modern human history is an anomalous event. It has been compared to a "rocket ship that took off five seconds ago, and nobody knows where it's ...
(published in: W. Naudé (ed.), Economic Growth and Societal Collapse: Beyond Green Growth and Degrowth Fairy Tales, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2023)
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O40, O33, D01, D64
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16137
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Alexander
K.
Koch
Dan
Monster
Julia
Nafziger
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Nudging in Complex Environments
To study the effects of reminder nudges in complex environments, we apply a novel experimental approach based on a computer game in which decision makers have to pay attention to and perform multiple ...
(published as 'Spillover effects of reminder nudges in complex environments' in: PNAS, 2024; 121 (17), e23225491)
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C9, D91
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16135
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Gaurav
Chiplunkar
Jeffrey
Weaver
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Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India
Dowry payments are common in many marriage markets. This paper uses data on over 74,000 marriages in rural India over the last century to explain why the institution of dowry emerges and how it ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 164, 103115)
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J12, N35, O15
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16130
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Oded
Stark
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On a Tendency in Health Economics to Dwell on Income Inequality and Underestimate Social Stress
Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have sought to identify and implement policies aimed at tackling this social ill. A ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2023, 49, 101232)
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D01, D63, D91, I31, Z18
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16129
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Margaret
E.
Brehm
Olga
Malkova
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The Child Tax Credit over Time by Family Type: Benefit Eligibility and Poverty
We examine disparities in Child Tax Credit (CTC) eligibility and anti-poverty effects since 1998 by family type. Initially, single mothers were least likely to be eligible and were underrepresented ...
(published in: National Tax Journal, 2023, 76 (3), 707 - 741)
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H24, H71, J22
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16128
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Liuchun
Deng
Steffen
Müller
Verena
Plümpe
Jens
Stegmaier
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Robots, Occupations, and Worker Age: A Production-Unit Analysis of Employment
We analyze the impact of robot adoption on employment composition using novel micro data on robot use of German manufacturing plants linked with social security records and data on job tasks. Our ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104881)
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J23
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16124
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Thorben
Korfhage
Björn
Fischer
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Long-Run Consequences of Informal Elderly Care and Implications of Public Long-Term Care Insurance
We estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply, incorporating labor market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. We find that in the absence ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 96, 102884)
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I18, I38, J14, J22, J26
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16122
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Bart
Cockx
Sam
Desiere
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Labour Costs and the Decision to Hire the First Employee
Firms without paid employees account for up to 80% of all firms, but only a small minority ever hires. This paper investigates the relationship between labour costs and the decision to hire a first ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104859)
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D22, H25, J08, J23, L26, M13
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16119
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Catarina
Goulăo
Juan
A.
Lacomba
Francisco
Miguel
Lagos
Dan-Olof
Rooth
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Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender When Hiring: A Field Experiment in Spain
Being overweight or obese is associated with lower employment and earnings, possibly arising from employer discrimination. A few studies have used field experiments to show that obese job applicants ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 218, 132-145)
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J64, J71
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16117
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Babs
Jacobs
Guido
Schwerdt
Rolf
Van der Velden
Stan
Vermeulen
Simon
Wiederhold
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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well ...
(this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 14854 (2021).)
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I24, I26, J12, J24, J62
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16116
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Mathias
Dolls
Carla
Krolage
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'Earned, Not Given'? The Effect of Lowering the Full Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions
This paper analyzes behavioral responses to a 2014 reform in the German public pension system that lowered the full retirement age (FRA) of individuals with a long contribution history by up to two ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics; 2023, 223, 104909)
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H55, J14, J18, J26
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16114
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Andrew
Burlinson
Apostolos
Davillas
Monica
Giulietti
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Socioeconomic Inequality in Low-Carbon Technology Adoption
The widespread consumer adoption of low-carbon technologies (LCTs) is a cornerstone of net zero targets worldwide, however LCTs may not be equally distributed across socioeconomic characteristics. ...
(revised version published in: Energy Economics, 2025, 143, 108244)
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L94, Q42, Q55, P46, O33
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16112
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Marie-Noëlle
Lefebvre
Etienne
Lehmann
Michaël
Sicsic
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Estimating the Laffer Tax Rate on Capital Income: Cross-Base Responses Matter!
We theoretically express the Laffer tax rate on capital income as a function of the elasticities of capital income (the "direct" elasticity) and of labor income (the "cross" elasticity) with respect ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2025, 127 (3), 460 - 489)
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H21, H24, H31, C23, C26
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16110
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Risto
Conte
Keivabu
Marco
Cozzani
Joshua
Wilde
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Temperature and Fertility: Evidence from Spanish Register Data
In this paper, we combine administrative data for continental Spain from 2010 to 2018 with meteorological data to identify the effect of temperature on fertility. We demonstrate that warm (25-30°C) ...
(published in: Population Studies, 2024, 79 (2), 283–297. )
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J13, J11, J18, I12, Q54, Q56
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16107
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Andrea
Fazio
Tommaso
G.
Reggiani
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Minimum Wage and Tolerance for High Incomes
We suggest that stabilizing the baseline income can make low-wage workers more tolerant towards high income earners. We present evidence of this attitude in the UK by exploiting the introduction of ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 155, 104445)
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H10, H53, D63, D69, Z1
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16106
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Tiziano
Ropele
Yuriy
Gorodnichenko
Olivier
Coibion
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Inflation Expectations and Misallocation of Resources: Evidence from Italy
Using Italian data that includes both inflation forecasts of firms and external information on their balance sheets, we study the causal effect of changes in the dispersion of beliefs about future ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Insights, 2024, 6 (2), 246–261)
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E31, C83, D84, O47
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16103
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Michele
Ubaldi
Matteo
Picchio
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Intergenerational Scars: The Impact of Parental Unemployment on Individual Health Later in Life
This paper studies whether individuals that experienced parental unemployment during their childhood/early adolescence have poorer health once they reach the adulthood. We used data from the German ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2025, 26 (1), 35-70)
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I14, J13, J62, J65
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16102
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Matthias
Sutter
Michael
Weyland
Anna
Untertrifaller
Manuel
Froitzheim
Sebastian
O.
Schneider
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Financial Literacy, Experimental Preference Measures and Field Behavior – A Randomized Educational Intervention
We present the results of a randomized intervention to study how teaching financial literacy to 16-year old high-school students affects their behavior in risk and time preference tasks. Compared to ...
(this paper presents an update of the former IZA Discussion Paper No. 13566)
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C93, D14, I21
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16101
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Catia
Batista
Pedro
C.
Vicente
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Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. Mobile money brings a substantial reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduction of ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107 (3), 835–844. )
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O12, O15, O16, O33, G20, R23
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16100
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Matthias
Collischon
Karolin
Hiesinger
Laura
Pohlan
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Disability and Labor Market Performance
This paper analyzes the individual-level effects of disability onset on labor market outcomes using novel administrative data from Germany. Combining propensity score matching techniques with an ...
(revised version published online as 'Disability Onset and Labor Market Outcomes ' in: Socio-Economic Review, 10 April 2025)
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I10, J14, J21, J71
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16097
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Leslie
S.
Stratton
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Marriage versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type
Relationships have changed dramatically in the last fifty years. Fewer couples are marrying, more are cohabiting. Reasons for this shift abound, but the shift may have consequences of its own. A ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics: Time Use in Economics, 2023, 51, 187-218)
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J12, J16, I31, Z13
|
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16096
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Gautam
Hazarika
Maroula
Khraiche
Levent
Kutlu
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Gender Equity in Labor Market Opportunities and Aggregate Technical Efficiency: A Case of Equity Promoting Efficiency
This study applies a panel data stochastic frontier analysis to country data towards examining the effect of gender equity in labor market opportunities upon efficiency in the production of GDP. It ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2023, 56 (23), 2806–2817)
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J16
|
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16095
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Antonia
Diaz
Juan
J.
Dolado
Álvaro
Jáńez
Felix
Wellschmied
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Labour Market Reallocation Effects of COVID-19 Policies in Spain: A Tale of Two Recessions
This paper studies short-time work arrangements (ERTEs) when aggregate risk is partially sector-specific. In Spain, the Great Recession and the pandemic recession (aka the Great Contagion) can both ...
(published as 'Labor reallocation effects of furlough schemes: Evidence from two recessions in Spain' in: European Economic Review, 2025, 171, 104894)
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J11, J18, J21, J64
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16092
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Yanran
Chen
Ruochen
Sun
Xi
Chen
Xuezheng
Qin
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Does Extreme Temperature Exposure Take a Toll on Mental Health? Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Long-term exposure to extreme temperatures could threaten individuals' mental health and psychological wellbeing. This study aims to investigate the long-term impact of cumulative exposure to extreme ...
(published in: Environment and Development Economics, 2023, 28 (5), 486-451)
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I12, I18, Q54
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16091
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Mette
Foged
Cynthia
van der Werf
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Access to Language Training and the Local Integration of Refugees
This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio-economic integration. Our identification strategy leverages the opening, closing, and ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 84, 102366)
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J60, J24
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