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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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6755
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Jee-Yeon
K.
Lehmann
Ana
Nuevo-Chiquero
Marian
Vidal-Fernandez
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Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments
The critical role of prenatal and early childhood conditions on adult outcomes has been the focus of a rich body of research. In this paper, we examine various pre- and postnatal investments as ...
(published as 'The Early Origins of Birth Order Differences in Children's Outcomes and Parental Behavior' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, 123 - 156)
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J10, J13, I24
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6754
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Randall
K. Q.
Akee
Miriam
Jorgensen
Uwe
Sunde
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Constitutions and Economic Development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations
This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects ...
(revised version published as 'Critical junctures and economic development – Evidence from the adoption of constitutions among American Indian Nations' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43 (4), 844 - 861)
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D72, N12, O11, O43, P16
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6753
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Ronald
Bachmann
Daniel
Baumgarten
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How Do the Unemployed Search for a Job? Evidence from the EU Labour Force Survey
Using harmonized micro data, this paper investigates the job search behaviour of the unemployed in Europe. The analysis focuses on the importance of individual and household characteristics in this ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:22)
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J20, J64, C38
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6752
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María
Cervini-Plá
José
I.
Silva
Judit
Vall Castello
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Estimating the Income Loss of Disabled Individuals: The Case of Spain
In this paper, we present both a theoretical and an empirical model in order to identify the effects of disability on wages. In the theoretical model we assume that the wage gap of a disabled worker ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 51, 809–829)
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I10, J24, J31
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6751
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Luc
Behaghel
Bruno
Crépon
Marc
Gurgand
Thomas
Le Barbanchon
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Please Call Again: Correcting Non-Response Bias in Treatment Effect Models
We propose a novel selectivity correction procedure to deal with survey attrition, at the crossroads of the "Heckit" and of the bounding approach of Lee (2009). As a substitute for the instrument ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97 (5), 1070 - 1080)
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C31, C93, J6
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6750
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Aldo
Rustichini
Colin
G.
DeYoung
Jon
E.
Anderson
Stephen
V.
Burks
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Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior
Trait-based personality psychology and economics have taken different approaches to understanding individual differences, with the former emphasizing variables derived from the factor analysis of ...
(revised version published as 'Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic Behavior' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2016, 64, 122-137)
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D83, C72, C93
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6749
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Richard
J.
Long
Tony
Fang
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Do Employees Profit from Profit Sharing? Evidence from Canadian Panel Data
Using panel data from a large sample of Canadian establishments, this paper examines whether employee earnings increase, decrease, or do not change in the period subsequent to adoption of profit ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (4), 899-927)
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J33, J31, J38
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6748
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Pieter
A.
Gautier
Paul
Muller
Bas
van der Klaauw
Michael
Rosholm
Michael
Svarer
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Estimating Equilibrium Effects of Job Search Assistance
Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there are no spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that this assumption is violated for a Danish activation ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36 (4), 1073-1125)
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C21, E24, J64
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6746
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Giovanni
S. F.
Bruno
Floro
Ernesto
Caroleo
Orietta
Dessy
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Stepping Stones versus Dead End Jobs: Exits from Temporary Contracts in Italy after the 2003 Reform
In this paper we study labor market transitions out of temporary jobs in Italy focussing on an interesting period of the Italian recent history: the one immediately following the last labor market ...
(published in: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2013, 1, 31-60)
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J24, C41, C33, C35, J6
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6745
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Gabriella
Sjögren
Lindquist
Eskil
Wadensjö
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Income Distribution among those of 65 Years and Older in Sweden
The population of Sweden is ageing and the number of pensioners is increasing. This means that the incomes of older people and the income differences between older and younger people and among ...
(published in: Marek Szczpanski (ed.), Old Age Crisis and Pension Reform. Where do we stand?, Poznan: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology, 2013 )
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J14, D31, H55
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6744
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Stefan
Boes
Stephan
Nüesch
Steven
Stillman
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Aircraft Noise, Health, and Residential Sorting: Evidence from Two Quasi-Experiments
We explore two unexpected changes in flight regulations to identify the causal effect of aircraft noise on health. Detailed yearly noise metrics are linked with panel data on health outcomes using ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2013, 22 (9), 1037 - 1051)
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I10, Q53, C23
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6743
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Peter
Dungan
Tony
Fang
Morley
Gunderson
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Macroeconomic Impacts of Canadian Immigration: Results from a Macro-Model
We use a macro-econometric forecasting model to simulate the impact on the Canadian economy of a hypothetical increase in immigration. Our simulations generally yield positive impacts on such factors ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations , 2013, 51 (1), 174-195)
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J15, E17, J18
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6742
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Tony
Fang
Al-Karim
Samnani
Milorad
M.
Novicevic
Mark
N.
Bing
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Liability-of-Foreignness Effects on Job Success of Immigrant Job Seekers
We examined the liability-of-foreignness (LOF) hypothesis for immigrant and native job seekers by analyzing a national dataset that tracks their use of job-search methods and their associated job ...
(published in: Journal of World Business (Columbia); 2013, 48 (1), 98–109)
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J15, J71, J78
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6741
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Graziella
Bertocchi
Arcangelo
Dimico
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De Jure and De Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a ...
(revised version published in: Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, 28, 321-345)
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J15, N41, O43, P16
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6740
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Matthew
J.
Lindquist
Joeri
Sol
Mirjam
C.
van Praag
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Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children?
Parental entrepreneurship is a strong, probably the strongest, determinant of own entrepreneurship. We explore the origins of this intergenerational association in entrepreneurship. In particular, we ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 32 (2), 269–296)
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J24, J62, L26
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6739
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Giuseppe
De Luca
Claudio
Rossetti
Daniela
Vuri
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In-Work Benefits for Married Couples: An Ex-Ante Evaluation of EITC and WTC Policies in Italy
This paper investigates labor supply and redistributive effects of in-work benefits for Italian married couples using a tax-benefit microsimulation model and a multi-sectoral discrete choice model of ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014, 3, 23 (2014))
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I38, H31, H53
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6738
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Simon
Burgess
Carol
Propper
Marisa
Ratto
Emma
Tominey
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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency
This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (605), F117 - F141)
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J33, J45, D23
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6737
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Pieter
Serneels
Marijke
Verpoorten
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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Economic Performance: Evidence from Rwanda
Important gaps remain in the understanding of the economic consequences of civil war. Focusing on the conflict in Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this ...
(published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2015, 59 (4), 555-592)
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O0, E2, O5
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6736
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Lisa
A.
Cameron
Manisha
Shah
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Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Cash transfer programs can provide important financial support for poor households in developing countries and are becoming increasingly common. However the potential for mistargeting of program ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (2), 381-415)
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O12, O15, I38
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6735
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Olivier
B.
Bargain
Kristian
Orsini
Andreas
Peichl
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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US: New Results
We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (3), 723-838)
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C25, C52, H31, J22
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6732
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Susana
Ferreira
Alpaslan
Akay
Finbarr
Brereton
Juncal
Cuñado
Peter
Martinsson
Mirko
Moro
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Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe
Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we analyse the ...
(published in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 88, 1-10)
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I31, Q51, Q53, Q54
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6731
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Sander
M.
Hoogendoorn
Mirjam
C.
van Praag
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Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the causal impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field ...
(revised version available here)
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J15, L25, C93, L26, M13, D83
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6730
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Martin
Biewen
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Additive Decompositions with Interaction Effects
This paper proposes a comprehensive, path-independent decomposition formula of changes into ceteris paribus effects and interaction effects. The formula implies a reassessment of sequential ...
(revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21 (9), 636-642)
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J31, J71, C02, D31
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6729
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Evelyn
L.
Lehrer
Yu
Chen
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Delayed Entry into First Marriage: Further Evidence on the Becker-Landes-Michael Hypothesis
In their pioneering research, Becker, Landes and Michael (1977) found that beyond age 30 there is a positive relationship between women's age at first marriage and marital instability. They ...
(published in: Demographic Research, 2013, 29 (20), 521-542)
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J12
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6728
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Christophe
Jalil
Nordman
François-Charles
Wolff
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On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal
In this paper, we consider a model of on-the-job learning where workers learn informally by watching and imitating colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two ...
(published in: Region et Developpement, 2012, 35, 151-176)
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J24, J31, O12
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6727
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Reza
Arabsheibani
Anita
Staneva
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Is There an Informal Employment Wage Premium? Evidence from Tajikistan
This paper defines informal sector employment and decomposes the difference in earnings distributions between formal and informal sector employees in Tajikistan for 2007. Using the quantile ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:1)
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C14, J21, J30
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6725
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David
Gill
Victoria
L.
Prowse
Michael
Vlassopoulos
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Cheating in the Workplace: An Experimental Study of the Impact of Bonuses and Productivity
We use an online real-effort experiment to investigate how bonus-based pay and worker productivity interact with workplace cheating. Firms often use bonus-based compensation plans, such as group ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 96, 120-134)
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C91, J33
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6723
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John
V.
Winters
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Differences in Employment Outcomes for College Town Stayers and Leavers
Areas surrounding colleges and universities are often able to build their local stock of human capital by retaining recent graduates in the area after they finish their education. This paper ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:11)
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I20, J24, R23
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6722
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Luis
Diaz-Serrano
Enric
Meix-Llop
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Do Fiscal and Political Decentralization Raise Students' Performance? A Cross-Country Analysis
The low quality of education is a persistent problem in many developed countries. Parallel to in the last decades exists a tendency towards decentralization in many developed and developing ...
(published as 'Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services: Cross-Country Evidence from Educational Data' in: Environment & Planning C: Politics and Space, 2019, 37 (7), 1296-1316)
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H11, H77, I21
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6720
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Erik
Snowberg
Justin
Wolfers
Eric
Zitzewitz
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Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting
Prediction markets – markets used to forecast future events – have been used to accurately forecast the outcome of political contests, sporting events, and, occasionally, economic outcomes. This ...
(published in: Handbook of Economic Forecasting, 2013, 2A, 657-684)
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C5, G14
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6718
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Tine Louise
Mundbjerg
Eriksen
Helena
Skyt
Nielsen
Marianne
Simonsen
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The Effects of Bullying in Elementary School
Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon. We show that both children who are being bullied and children who bully suffer in terms of long-term outcomes. We rely on rich survey and register-based ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (4), 839-871)
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L14, I21
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6716
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Mirco
Tonin
Michael
Vlassopoulos
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Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment' in: Management Science, 2015, 61(8), 1795-1811)
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D64, J24, J32, L3, M14, M52
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6714
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Søren
Dalsgaard
Helena
Skyt
Nielsen
Marianne
Simonsen
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The Effects of Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD on Children's Health
We are the first to investigate longer-term effects of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on children's health. We rely on a difference-in-differences strategy while exploiting Danish register-based ...
(substantially extended version available as IZA DP#8208)
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I1
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6713
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Herbert
Brücker
Elke
J.
Jahn
Richard
Upward
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Migration and Imperfect Labor Markets: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK
We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are characterized by considerable differences in labor market institutions and welfare ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 66, 205-225)
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F22, J31, J61
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6712
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Riemer
Faber
Pierre
Koning
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Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24 (1), 60 - 95 )
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H77, H20, H71, I38
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6710
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Paolo
Crosetto
Antonio
Filippin
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The "Bomb" Risk Elicitation Task
This paper presents the Bomb Risk Elicitation Task (BRET), an intuitive procedure aimed at measuring risk attitudes. Subjects decide how many boxes to collect out of 100, one of which containing a ...
(published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2013, 47(1), 31-65)
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C81, C91, D81
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6709
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José Ignacio
Gimenez-Nadal
Almudena
Sevilla
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Trends in Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis
Using detailed time-use data for seven industrialized countries from the 1970s until today we document general decreases in men's market work coupled with increases in men's unpaid work and child ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56(6), 1338-1359)
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D12, D13, J2
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6708
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Almudena
Sevilla
José Ignacio
Gimenez-Nadal
Jonathan I.
Gershuny
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Leisure Inequality in the United States: 1965-2003
This paper exploits the complex sequential structure of the diary data in the American Heritage Time Use Study (AHTUS) and constructs three classes of indicators that capture the quality of leisure ...
(published in: Demography, 2012, 49(3), 939-964)
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C13, C23, D13, J12, J16, Z13
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6707
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Kristiina
Huttunen
Jenni
Kellokumpu
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The Effect of Job Displacement on Couples' Fertility Decisions
This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish longitudinal employer-employee data (FLEED) matched to birth records. We distinguish between male and female job losses. ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34 (2), 403-442)
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J65, J13, J12
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6706
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Monique
de Haan
Erik
Plug
José
Rosero
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Birth Order and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Ecuador
In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data. Using family fixed effects models ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (2), 359-392)
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D1, I2, J1
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6705
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Chandler
McClellan
Erdal
Tekin
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Stand Your Ground Laws and Homicides
The controversies surrounding Stand Your Ground laws have recently captured the nation's attention. Since 2005, eighteen states have passed laws extending the right to self-defense with no duty to ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (3), 621-653 )
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I1, K14, K42
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6704
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Wolfgang
Frimmel
Martin
Halla
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Can Pro-Marriage Policies Work? An Analysis of Marginal Marriages
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a ...
(published in: Demography, 2014, 51(4), 1357-1379)
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J12, H24, H53, I38
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6703
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John
V.
Winters
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Differences in Quality of Life Estimates Using Rents and Home Values
Quality of life differences across areas can be measured by differences in “real wages”, where real wages are computed as nominal wages adjusted for the cost of living. Computing cost of living ...
(published in: Annals of Regional Science, 2013, 51 (2), 377-409)
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R13, R21, R23
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6702
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Andreas
Ravndal
Kostøl
Magne
Mogstad
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How Financial Incentives Induce Disability Insurance Recipients to Return to Work
Disability Insurance (DI) programs have long been criticized by economists for apparent work disincentives. Some countries have recently modified their programs such that DI recipients are allowed to ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (2), 624-655)
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H53, H55, I18, J21
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6701
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
Julia
Bredtmann
Christoph
M.
Schmidt
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Time vs. Money: The Supply of Voluntary Labor and Charitable Donations across Europe
Volunteering plays a prominent role in the charitable provision of goods and services, yet we know relatively little about why individuals spend time and money to the charity. Assuming that ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 32, 80–94)
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H41, J22, L31
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6700
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Daiji
Kawaguchi
Jungmin
Lee
Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
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A Gift of Time
How would people spend time if confronted by permanent declines in market work? We identify preferences off exogenous cuts in legislated standard hours that raised employers' overtime costs in Japan ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 205-216)
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J22, D13
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6699
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Steffen
Altmann
Christian
Traxler
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Nudges at the Dentist
We implement a randomized field experiment to study the impact of reminders on dental health prevention. Patients who are due for a check-up receive no reminder, a neutral reminder postcard, or ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 19-38)
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D03, I11, C93
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6698
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Elena
G. F.
Stancanelli
Arthur
van Soest
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Joint Leisure Before and After Retirement: A Double Regression Discontinuity Approach
In the scant literature on partners' joint retirement decisions one of the explanations for joint retirement is externalities in leisure. In this study, we investigate how retirement affects the ...
(published as 'Partners’ Leisure Time Truly Together Upon Retirement' in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, June 2016)
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D13, J22, J14, C1
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6697
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Cristina
Borra
Maria
Iacovou
Almudena
Sevilla
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The Effect of Breastfeeding on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Development
This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children's cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19(4), 496-515.)
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I10, J0
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6696
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Annabelle
Krause-Pilatus
Ulf
Rinne
Simone
Schüller
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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to analyze the determinants of the persistent native-migrant gap. One part of the gap ...
(revised version published in: International Migration Review, 2015, 49 (3), 757–789)
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J15, J24, I21
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