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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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7887
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Cassandra
M. D.
Hart
Aaron
Sojourner
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Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools
This paper studies the relationship between teacher unionization and student achievement. Generally stable patterns of teacher unionization since the 1970s have historically presented challenges in ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2015. 55 (4), 422-448)
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I21, J5, J45, J24, H75, D24
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7886
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Ralitza
Dimova
Subal
C.
Kumbhakar
Kai
Sun
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More Is Better! What Can Firm-Specific Estimates of the Impact of Institutional Quality on Performance Tell Us?
We introduce a novel approach to modeling the impact of institutional quality on firm performance. Our methodology enables us to estimate the marginal effect of institutional quality on TFP, factor ...
(published as 'Is Tinkering with Institutional Quality a Panacea for Firm Performance? Insights from a Semiparametric Approach to Modeling Firm Performance' in: Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22 (1), 1-22)
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C14, D24, K31, O43
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7884
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Krisztina
Kis-Katos
Bambang
Suharnoko
Sjahrir
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The Impact of Fiscal and Political Decentralization on Local Public Investments in Indonesia
We investigate the effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the sub-national level. Based on panel data for 271 Indonesian districts for the ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (2), 344-365)
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H72, H75
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7883
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Frédéric
Docquier
Tobias
Müller
Joaquín
Naval
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Informality and Long-Run Growth
One of the most salient features of developing economies is the existence of a large informal sector. This paper uses quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(4), 1040-1085)
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O11, O15, O17
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7882
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Susanne
Prantl
Alexandra
Spitz-Oener
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Interacting Product and Labor Market Regulation and the Impact of Immigration on Native Wages
Does interacting product and labor market regulation alter the impact of immigration on wages of competing native workers? Focusing on the large, sudden and unanticipated wave of migration from East ...
(published as 'The Impact of Immigration on Competing Natives’ Wages: Evidence from German Reunification' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (1), 79–97)
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J61, L50, J3
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7881
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Giovanni
Facchini
Eleonora
Patacchini
Max
F.
Steinhardt
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Migration, Friendship Ties and Cultural Assimilation
Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without a local companion ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, 117, 619-649.)
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A14, J15, J61
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7880
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Barry
R.
Chiswick
Paul
W.
Miller
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International Migration and the Economics of Language
This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its primary focuses are on:
(1) the effect of the language skills of an individual ...
(published in: Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Immigration, 1A, Elsevier, 2015)
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J15, J24, J31, J61
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7876
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Lucija
Muehlenbachs
Stefan
Staubli
Mark
A.
Cohen
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The Effect of Inspector Group Size and Familiarity on Enforcement and Deterrence
The paper provides new insights into the productivity of teams and the relationship between the inspector and the inspected party. Exploiting exogenous variation in the number of inspectors that are ...
(revised version published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016, 3 (1), 159-204)
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Q58, K42
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7875
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Nicolas
R.
Ziebarth
Maike
Schmitt
Martin
Karlsson
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The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, ...
(revised version published as: Karlsson, M.; Zierbarth, N.R., 'Population health effects and health-related costs of extreme temperatures: Comprehensive evidence from Germany' in:Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 91, 93-117)
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I12, I18, Q51, Q53, Q54, Q58
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7874
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Arun
Advani
Tymon
Sloczynski
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Mostly Harmless Simulations? On the Internal Validity of Empirical Monte Carlo Studies
In this paper we evaluate the premise from the recent literature on Monte Carlo studies that an empirically motivated simulation exercise is informative about the actual ranking of various estimators ...
(superseded by IZA Discussion Paper No. 11862)
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C15, C21, C25, C52
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7872
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Pierluigi
Balduzzi
Emanuele
Brancati
Fabio
Schiantarelli
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Financial Markets, Banks' Cost of Funding, and Firms' Decisions: Lessons from Two Crises
We test whether financial fluctuations affect firms' decisions, through their impact on banks' cost of funding. We exploit two shocks to Italian bank CDS spreads and equity valuations: the 2007-2009 ...
(published in: Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2018, 36, 1-15)
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D92, G21, J23
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7871
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John
T.
Addison
Paulino
Teixeira
Katalin
Evers
Lutz
Bellmann
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Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: Cooperative Industrial Relations?
The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem has been used to justify positive as well as negative effects of unionism. At ...
(revised version published as 'Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: A Case of Cooperative Industrial Relations?' in: Industrial Relations, 2017, 56(1), 73-121.)
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J51, J53, O31
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7870
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Tony
Fang
Ying
Ge
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Chinese Unions and Enterprises Performance
This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance. We show that Chinese unions have a strong "State-Party voice" face and a ...
(published in: Asian Business & Management, 2019,18, 281–300.)
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J51, J52, J53
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7869
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Richard
J.
Long
Tony
Fang
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Profit Sharing and Workplace Productivity: Does Teamwork Play a Role?
The conditions under which profit sharing affects workplace productivity have never been fully understood. Using panel data, this paper examines whether there is any link between adoption of an ...
(published in: Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, 2021, 76 (1), 90-114 )
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J33, J24, J54
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7868
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Amelie
F.
Constant
Simone
Schüller
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Ethnic Spatial Dispersion and Immigrant Identity
Ethnic groups tend to agglomerate and assemble, mostly in urban areas. While ethnic clustering is critically debated in societies and the consequences for economic outcomes are under debate in ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2024, 22 (2), 205 - 230)
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J15, R23, Z10
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7867
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Alexandra
Rudolph
Friedrich
Schneider
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International Human Trafficking: Measuring Clandestinity by the Structural Equation Approach
Worldwide human trafficking (HT) is the third most often registered international criminal activity, ranked only after drug and weapon trafficking. The aim of the paper is to measure the extent of HT ...
(published in: Social Inclusion, 2017, 5 (2), 39 - 58)
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C39, F22, K42, K49
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7866
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Joseph
Ferrie
Timothy
J.
Hatton
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Two Centuries of International Migration
This is a draft chapter for B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of International Migration. It provides an overview of trends and developments in international migration ...
(published in: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller (eds.): Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, 1A)
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F22, N30, N40
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7863
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Benjamin
Elsner
Gaia
Narciso
Jacco
J. J.
Thijssen
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Migrant Networks and the Spread of Misinformation
Diaspora networks provide information to future migrants and influence both their decision to migrate and their success in the host country. While the existing literature explains the effect of ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (3), 659-688)
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F22, J15, J61
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7862
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Alpaslan
Akay
Olivier
B.
Bargain
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants
This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluctuations in macroeconomic conditions in their country of origin. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel for the ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (2), 351-373)
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C90, D63
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7861
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Costanza
Biavaschi
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Eastern Partnership Migrants in Germany: Outcomes, Potentials and Challenges
Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migration ...
(revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3:7 )
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J15, J24, J61, J62
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7860
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Mehtap
Akgüç
Corrado
Giulietti
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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The RUMiC Longitudinal Survey: Fostering Research on Labor Markets in China
This paper describes the Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC), a unique data source in terms of spatial coverage and panel dimension for research on labor markets in China. ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:5, )
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C81, J01, P36, R23
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7859
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Costanza
Biavaschi
Corrado
Giulietti
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Sibling Influence on the Human Capital of the Left Behind
While a growing literature has analyzed the effects of parental migration on the educational outcomes of children left behind, this is the first study to highlight the importance of sibling ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2015, 9 (4), 403–438.)
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O15, J61
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7858
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Héctor
Bellido
José Alberto
Molina
Anne
Solaz
Elena
G. F.
Stancanelli
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Which Children Stabilize Marriage?
Children can be considered as a marriage-specific investment that increases the value of the marriage, making a divorce more costly. We exploit the richness of pre- and post-marital information from ...
(published as 'Do children of the first marriage deter divorce?' in: Economic Modelling, 2016, 55, 15-31)
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J12, J13, J19
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7857
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Valeria
Maggian
Marie Claire
Villeval
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased ...
(revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 19 (3), 663-685, 2016)
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C91, D03, D63
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7856
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Timothy
M.
Diette
Ruth
Uwaifo Oyelere
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Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2014, 104 (5), 412-417)
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I20, I21, J15, J24
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7854
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Gabriel
Burdin
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Equality under Threat by the Talented: Evidence from Worker-Managed Firms
Are high-ability individuals more likely to quit egalitarian regimes? Does the threat of exit by talented individuals restrict the redistributive capacity of democratic organizations? This paper ...
(revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126(594), 1372-1403)
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H00, J54, J62, M52, P0
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7853
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Sylvi
Rzepka
Marcus
Tamm
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Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers
The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 48 (35), 3307-3321)
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I24, J24, J42
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7852
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Michael
Fritsch
Alexander
S.
Kritikos
Katharina
Pijnenburg
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Business Cycles, Unemployment and Entrepreneurial Entry: Evidence from Germany
We investigate whether people are more willing to become self-employed during boom periods or during recessions and to what extent business cycles or unemployment levels influence entries into ...
(published in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2015, 11(2), 267-286)
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L26, E32
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7851
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Almas
Heshmati
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The Effect of Credit Guarantees on R&D Investment of SMEs in Korea
Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival, performance and R&D investment. This study attempts to identify determinants of ...
(published in: Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 2015, 23 (3), 407-421. )
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C13, D92, G28, L25, O32, O38
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7850
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Guido
Schwerdt
Simon
Wiederhold
Ludger
Woessmann
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Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC
Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2015, 73, 103-130)
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J31, I20
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7849
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Tiziano
Razzolini
Roberto
Leombruni
Giovanni
Mastrobuoni
Mario
Pagliero
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Beneath the Surface: The Decline in Gender Injury Gap
Despite its policy relevance there is little evidence on the joint evolution of gender differences in wages and workplace safety. Between 1994 and 2002 Italian micro-level data show a decline in both ...
(substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 282-288)
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J16, J28, J31
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7848
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Hani
Mansour
Terra
McKinnish
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Couples' Time Together: Complementarities in Production versus Complementarities in Consumption
Economists have previously suggested that gains from marriage can be generated by complementarities in production (gains from specialization and exchange) or by complementarities in consumption ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27, 1127-1144)
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J12, J13, J16
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7847
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Stijn
Baert
Lynn
Decuypere
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Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions
In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that ...
(revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters , 2014, 21 (9), 597 - 601)
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C91, J24, J71
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7846
|
Chris
M.
Herbst
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Universal Child Care, Maternal Employment, and Children's Long-Run Outcomes: Evidence from the U.S. Lanham Act of 1940
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the Lanham Act of 1940, a heavily-subsidized and universal child care program that was administered throughout the U.S. during World War II. I begin by ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 519–564)
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J13
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7845
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Stijn
Baert
Elsy
Verhofstadt
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Labour Market Discrimination against Former Juvenile Delinquents: Evidence from a Field Experiment
We identify hiring discrimination against former juvenile delinquents in a direct way. To this end we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We find that labour market ...
(revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2015, 47 (11), 1061 - 1072)
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C93, J2, J71
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7844
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Hartmut
Lehmann
Anzelika
Zaiceva
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Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia
Informal activities impact countries' economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is not easy and it is crucial to provide a valid definition of it. This paper ...
(published in: Journal of International Development, 2015, 27 (4), 464 - 488)
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J31, J40, P23
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7842
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Sarah
Bohn
Todd
Pugatch
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U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice
We provide the first evidence on the causal effect of border enforcement on the full spatial distribution of Mexican immigrants to the United States. We address the endogeneity of border enforcement ...
(published in: Demography, 2015, 52 (5), 1543-1570)
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J15, J61
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7841
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Alfonso
Miranda
Yu
Zhu
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The Causal Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes in the UK
We investigate the extent to which deficiency at English as measured by English as Additional Language (EAL), contribute to the immigrant-native wage gap for female employees in the UK, controlling ...
(published as 'The Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants' Wage in the UK: Correcting for measurement error, endogenous treatment, and sample selection bias' in: Applied Economics Letters, 2021, 28 (5), 349-353 )
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J15, J31, J61, C21
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7840
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Lídia
Farré
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New Evidence on the Healthy Immigrant Effect
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the contribution of selective migration to the health advantage of immigrants upon arrival to the new destination (i.e. the Healthy Immigrant Effect). It ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (2), 365-394)
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J61, I14, C14
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7839
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Catia
Batista
Gaia
Narciso
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Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Do information flows matter for remittance behavior? We design and implement a randomized control trial to quantitatively assess the role of communication between migrants and their contacts abroad ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 203–219.)
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F22, J61, O15
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7838
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Magnus
Lofstrom
Steven
Raphael
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Incarceration and Crime: Evidence from California's Public Safety Realignment Reform
We evaluate the effect of perhaps the largest exogenous decline in a state's incarceration rate in U.S. history on local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that ...
(published in: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2016, 664 (1), 196-220 )
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K40, K42, H11
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7837
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Sonja
C.
de New
Mathias
Sinning
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Locus of Control and Savings
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth accumulation, savings rates, and portfolio choices. Locus of control is a ...
(published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2016, 73, 113-130)
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G02, G11, I31, R21
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7836
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Masaru
Sasaki
Fumio
Ohtake
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Corporate Sports Activity and Work Morale: Evidence from a Japanese Automobile Maker
This paper estimates the factors affecting the relationship between the wins and losses of corporate sports club teams and the work morale of employees, using an original survey of employees from a ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 2013, 6, 37-46)
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L62, M52, M54
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7835
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Damien
Échevin
Bernard
Fortin
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Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk of readmission. To do so, we exploit a major reform implemented in Quebec ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 36, 112-124)
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J33, I10, I12, I18, C41
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7833
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Sonia
R.
Bhalotra
Atheendar
Venkataramani
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Cognitive Development and Infectious Disease: Gender Differences in Investments and Outcomes
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of ...
(revised version available from authors)
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I38, J16, I12, I14, I15, I24, I25, H51
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7832
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Alan
Barrett
Vincent
O'Sullivan
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The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis
The economic crisis of 2008/9 was felt more acutely in Ireland relative to elsewhere and culminated in the international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal ...
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21 (10), 675-678)
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D31, J14
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7831
|
Daniel
L.
Millimet
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Environmental Federalism: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
Environmental federalism refers to the debate over the 'optimal' level of government at which to delegate environmental policymaking. Although this issue receives widespread attention across the ...
(published in: Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2014, 64 (4), 1669-1757)
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H77, Q58
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7830
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John
V.
Winters
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STEM Graduates, Human Capital Externalities, and Wages in the U.S.
Previous research suggests that the local stock of human capital creates positive externalities within local labor markets and plays an important role in regional economic development. However, there ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2014, 48, 190-198)
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J24, R23
|
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7829
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Werner
Eichhorst
Tito
Boeri
An
De Coen
Vincenzo
Galasso
Michael
Jan
Kendzia
Nadia
Steiber
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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?
This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3(19))
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J11, J14, J18, J13, J63, J64
|
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7828
|
Etienne
Lehmann
Paola L.
Montero Ledezma
Bruno
Van der Linden
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Inefficient Equilibrium Unemployment in a Duocentric Economy with Matching Frictions
This article examines unemployment disparities and efficiency in a densely populated economy with two job centers and workers distributed between them. We introduce commuting costs and ...
(published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 91, 26-44. )
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J64, R13, R23
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