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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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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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6695
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Pernilla
Andersson Joona
Nabanita
Datta Gupta
Eskil
Wadensjö
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Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence
The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied extensively. In the Swedish context this question is of great policy relevance ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2014, 3:9)
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J61, I21, J24, J31, F22
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6694
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Aimee
Chin
N. Meltem
Daysal
Scott A.
Imberman
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Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas
Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 107, 63-78)
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I21, J24
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6693
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Pia
M.
Orrenius
Madeline
Zavodny
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Immigrants in Risky Occupations
This chapter reviews the economics literature on immigrant-native differentials in occupational risk. It begins by briefly explaining the theory of compensating wage differentials. It then provides a ...
(published in: Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.), The International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, 214-226)
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J15, J61, J81
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6692
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Xavier
de Luna
Per
Johansson
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Testing for Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects in the Presence of a Quasi-Instrument
The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When ...
(published as 'Testing for the Unconfoundedness Assumption Using an Instrumental Assumption' in: Journal of Causal Inference, 2014, 2, 187-199)
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C26, C52
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6691
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Stefan
Eriksson
Per
Johansson
Sophie
Langenskiöld
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What is the Right Profile for Getting a Job? A Stated Choice Experiment of the Recruitment Process
We study the recruitment behavior of Swedish employers using data from a stated choice experiment. In the experiment, the employers are first asked to describe an employee who recently and ...
(published in: Emperical Economics, 2017, 53, 803 - 826)
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J71
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6690
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Sebastian
Till
Braun
Michael
Kvasnicka
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Immigration and Structural Change: Evidence from Post-War Germany
Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a ...
(published in: Journal of International Economics, 2014, 93 (2), 253-269)
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J61, J21, C36, N34
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6689
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Dirk
Bethmann
Michael
Kvasnicka
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A Theory of Child Adoption
Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Development, 2022, 47 (2), 101-114)
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J12, J13, D02
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6688
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Jérôme
Adda
Francesca
Cornaglia
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Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply
This paper shows that smoking intensity, i.e. the amount of nicotine extracted per cigarette smoked, responds to changes in excise taxes and tobacco prices. We exploit data covering the period 1988 ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103(7), 3102-3114)
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D12, H25, I12
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6685
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Wolfgang
Dauth
Sebastian
Findeisen
Jens
Suedekum
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The Rise of the East and the Far East: German Labor Markets and Trade Integration
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe – in the period 1988–2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed ...
(revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (6), 1643-1675)
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F16, J31, R11
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6684
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Nick
Drydakis
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Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Cypriot Labour Market: Distastes or Uncertainty?
Sexual orientation and employment bias is examined in Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus: Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos) by implementing an experiment for the period 2010-2011. The design is aimed at ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35(5), 720–744)
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C93, J7, J82
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6683
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Anders
Böhlmark
Mikael
Lindahl
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Independent Schools and Long-Run Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's Large Scale Voucher Reform
This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent-school sector at the compulsory level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in ...
(published in: Economica, 2015, 82(327), 508-551)
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I2, H4
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6681
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Gordon
B.
Dahl
Katrine
Vellesen
Loken
Magne
Mogstad
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Peer Effects in Program Participation
The influence of peers could play an important role in the take up of social programs. However, estimating peer effects has proven challenging given the problems of reflection, correlated ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2014, 104 (7), 2049-2074)
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D62, J13, I38
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6680
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Susan
L.
Averett
Yang
Wang
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The Effects of EITC Payment Expansion on Maternal Smoking
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the largest anti-poverty program in the U.S. In 1993, the EITC benefit levels were changed significantly based on the number of children in the family such that ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2013, 22 (11), 1344-1359)
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I12, I38
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6679
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Ugo
Colombino
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Equilibrium Simulation with Microeconometric Models: A New Procedure with an Application to Income Support Policies
Many microeconometric models of discrete labour supply include alternative-specific constants meant to account for (possibly besides other factors) the density or accessibility of particular types of ...
(substantially revised version published as 'A new equilibrium simulation procedure with discrete choice models' in: International Journal of Microsimulation, 2013, 6 (3), 25-49)
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C35, C53, H31, J22
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6678
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Hani
Mansour
Terra
McKinnish
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Who Marries Differently-Aged Spouses? Earnings, Ability and Appearance
In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present robust evidence that men and women who are married to differently-aged spouses ...
(published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96(3), 577-580)
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J12, J16
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6676
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Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes
Kusum
Mundra
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Immigrant Homeownership and Immigration Status: Evidence from Spain
Because of the many advantages of homeownership for immigrants and for the communities where immigrants reside, a variety of countries have implemented policies that facilitate immigrant ...
(published in: Review of International Economics, Special Issue: Migration and Culture, 2013, 21(2), 204-218.)
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R21, J61
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6675
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David
W.
Johnston
Wang-Sheng
Lee
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Extra Status and Extra Stress: Are Promotions Good for Us?
Promotions ordinarily involve higher wages and greater privileges; but they also often involve increased responsibility, accountability and work hours. Therefore, whether promotions are good for ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 32-54)
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I0, I31, J62
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6674
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Karina
Doorley
Eva
Sierminska
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Myth or Fact? The Beauty Premium across the Wage Distribution
We apply an innovative technique to allow for differential effects of physical appearance and self-confidence across the wage distribution, as traditional methods can confound opposing effects at ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 129, 29–34 )
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D31, J24, J30, J70
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6673
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Karen
A.
Mumford
Peter
N.
Smith
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Peer Salaries and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace
We explore the relationship between reported job satisfaction and own wage, relative wage and average comparison group wage; allowing for asymmetry in these responses across genders. We find that the ...
(published in: Manchester School, 2015, 83 (3), 307 -313 )
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J3, J7, J28
|
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6672
|
Xavier
Ramos
Dirk
Van de gaer
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Empirical Approaches to Inequality of Opportunity: Principles, Measures, and Evidence
We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems ...
(substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(5), 855-883)
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D3, D63
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