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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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4090
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Martin
Huber
Michael
Lechner
Conny
Wunsch
Thomas
Walter
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Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three ...
(published as 'Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare Dependency and Increase Employment?' in: German Economic Review, 2011, 12 (2), 182-204)
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J68
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4089
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Stephen
Gibbons
Olmo
Silva
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Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?
We provide estimates for the effect of attending a Faith school on educational achievement using a census of primary school pupils in England. We argue that there are no credible instruments for ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3) , 589-635)
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I20, J24, Z12
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4088
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William
E.
Even
David
A.
Macpherson
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The Growth of Participant Direction in Defined Contribution Plans
Since 1990, most pension plans have shifted the responsibility for directing pension assets to the employee. This study summarizes some of the possible explanations for this rapid shift toward ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2010, 49(2), 190–208)
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J32
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4086
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Glenn
C.
Blomquist
Paul
A.
Coomes
Christopher
Jepsen
Brandon
C.
Koford
Kenneth
Troske
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Estimating the Social Value of Higher Education: Willingness to Pay for Community and Technical Colleges
Much is known about private returns to education in the form of higher earnings. Less is known about social value, over and above the private, market value. Associations between education and ...
(revision published in: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2014, 5 (1), 3-42)
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I2, H4, H23
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4085
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Anton
Hemerijck
Werner
Eichhorst
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Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms
The paper challenges the widespread view that Bismarckian countries with a strong role of social insurance and labor market regulation are less successful than other employment regimes and hard to ...
(published in: Bruno Palier (ed.), A long good-bye to Bismarck, Amsterdam: AUP, 2010, 301-332)
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J26, J68
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4082
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William
E.
Even
David
A.
Macpherson
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Is Bigger Still Better? The Decline of the Wage Premium at Large Firms
This study shows that the wage premium paid by large firms fell over the past 20 years and that the decline in the size premium has been most pronounced among the least educated work force. Empirical ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78(4), 1181-1201)
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J31, J32, J33
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4081
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Denis
Conniffe
Donal
O'Neill
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Efficient Probit Estimation with Partially Missing Covariates
A common approach to dealing with missing data is to estimate the model on the common subset of data, by necessity throwing away potentially useful data. We derive a new probit type estimator for ...
(published in: D. Drukker (ed.): Advances in Econometrics, Vol. 27A, Missing Data Methods, 2011, 213-249.)
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C25, G11
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4080
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Martin
G.
Kocher
Ganna
Pogrebna
Matthias
Sutter
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Leadership Styles
We use a laboratory experiment to examine whether and to what extent other-regarding preferences of team leaders influence their leadership style in choice under risk. We find that leaders who prefer ...
(revised and extended version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 88, 109-132)
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C91, C92, D70, D81
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4079
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Brian
Krogh
Graversen
Jan
C.
van Ours
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How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations: The Effects of Distance
In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more ...
(published as 'An Activation Program as a Stick to Job Finding' in: Labour, 2011, 25 (2), 167 - 181)
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C41, H55, J64, J65
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4078
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Daniel
L.
Millimet
Le
Wang
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Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some?
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship ? particularly on child health ? is ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 60 (1), 155-195)
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C14, D10, I12, O12
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4077
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Getinet
Astatike
Haile
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Unhappy Working with Men? Workplace Gender Diversity and Employee Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: A WERS2004 Based Analysis
This paper attempts to establish empirically the link between workplace gender diversity and employee job-related well-being. Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for ...
(Published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 329-350)
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J16, J82, J7, I31
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4076
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Sourafel
Girma
Holger
Görg
Joachim
Wagner
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Subsidies and Exports in Germany: First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data
We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2009, 55 (3), 179-195)
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F13, F14, H29
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4073
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Alberto
Abadie
Guido
W.
Imbens
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A Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators
Matching estimators are widely used in statistical data analysis. However, the distribution of matching estimators has been derived only for particular cases (Abadie and Imbens, 2006). This article ...
(published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2012, 107 (498), 833-843 )
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C13, C14, C21
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4072
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Pernilla
Andersson Joona
Lena
Nekby
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TIPping the Scales towards Greater Employment Chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for Newly-Arrived Immigrants Based on Random Program Assignment
A Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants to Sweden was implemented from October 2006 to June 2008 in order to meet the main criticisms directed at existing introduction ...
(updated version published as 'Intensive Coaching of New Immigrants: An Evaluation Based on Random Program Assignment' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114 (2), 576-600)
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J15, J64, J68, J61, C41
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4071
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Jean-Olivier
Hairault
François
Langot
Sébastien
Ménard
Thepthida
Sopraseuth
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance for Older Workers
This paper shows that optimal unemployment insurance contracts are age-dependent. Older workers have only a few years left on the labor market prior to retirement. This short horizon implies a more ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (5-6), 509-519)
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C61, J64, J65
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4070
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Denis
Fougère
Erwan
Gautier
Hervé
Le Bihan
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Restaurant Prices and the Minimum Wage
We examine the effect of the minimum wage on restaurant prices. We contribute to both the study of economic impact of the minimum wage and to the micro patterns of price stickiness. For that purpose, ...
(published in: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2010, 42 (7), 1199-1234)
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E31, D43, L11
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4069
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Jürg
Schweri
Joop
Hartog
Stefan
C.
Wolter
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Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?
We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving parametric and non-parametric measures to capture expected wage risk. These wage risk ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (2), 215-227)
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D8, I2, J2, J3
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4067
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Evelyn
L.
Lehrer
Vivian
L.
Lehrer
Ramona
Krauss
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Religion and Intimate Partner Violence in Chile: Macro- and Micro-Level Influences
The Catholic Church has had a strong influence on the Chilean legal and social landscape in ways that have adversely affected victims of intimate partner violence; e.g., it succeeded until just five ...
(published in: Social Science Research, 2009, 38(3), 635-643 )
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Z12, J12, J16
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4065
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John
T.
Addison
Christopher
J.
Surfield
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Atypical Work and Employment Continuity
Atypical employment arrangements such as agency temporary work and contracting have long been criticized as offering more precarious and unstable work than regular employment. Using data from two ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48 (4), 655-683)
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J40, J60, J63, M50
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4061
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Nauro
F.
Campos
Martin
Gassebner
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International Terrorism, Political Instability and the Escalation Effect
What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9/11 remain elusive. The careful investigation of the relative roles of economic and ...
(published in: Economics & Politics, 2013, 25 (1), 27-47)
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C25, D72, F59, H56, P48
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4060
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Richard
A.
Easterlin
Laura
Angelescu McVey
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Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox
There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per capita. This is true for three groups of countries analyzed separately ? 17 ...
(published in: R.A. Easterlin, Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle, Chapter 5, Oxford University Press, 2011)
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I31, D60, O10, P27
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4059
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Gregory
De Walque
Olivier
Pierrard
Henri
R.
Sneessens
Raf
Wouters
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Sequential Bargaining in a New-Keynesian Model with Frictional Unemployment and Staggered Wage Negotiation
We consider a model with frictional unemployment and staggered wage bargaining where hours worked are negotiated every period. The workers' bargaining power in the hours negotiation affects both ...
(published in: Annales d’économie et de statistique, 2009, 95-96, 221-250)
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E31, E32, E52, J64
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4058
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Tuomas
Pekkarinen
Roope
Uusitalo
Sari
Pekkala Kerr
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School Tracking and Development of Cognitive Skills
The Finnish comprehensive school reform replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish ...
(published in Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (3), 577-603.)
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H52, I21
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4057
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Michal
Bauer
Julie
Chytilová
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The Impact of Education on the Subjective Discount Rate in Ugandan Villages
Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58 (4), 643–669)
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C93, D91, O12
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4056
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Alberto
Alesina
Paola
Giuliano
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Preferences for Redistribution
This paper discusses what determines the preferences of individuals for redistribution. We review the theoretical literature and provide a framework to incorporate various effects previously studied ...
(published in: Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin, Matthew O. Jackson (eds.): Handbook of Social Economics, Vol. 1A, The Netherlands: North-Holland 2010, 93-131)
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H1
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4055
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Karl
Brenke
Mutlu
Yuksel
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market
The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times ...
(published as 'The Effects of EU Enlargement and the Temporary Measures on the German Labor Market ' in: M. Kahanec and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2009, 111-129)
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J61, F22, E24
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4054
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Michael
P.
Keane
Robert
M.
Sauer
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A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables
This paper develops a simulation estimation algorithm that is particularly useful for estimating dynamic panel data models with unobserved endogenous state variables. The new approach can easily deal ...
(published in: International Economic Review, 2010, 51(4), 925-958)
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C15, C23, C25, J13, J21
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4053
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Wencke
Gwozdz
Alfonso
Sousa-Poza
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Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old: An Analysis for Germany
This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life ...
(published in: Social Indicators Research, 2010, 97(3), 325-339)
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I18, I19, J28
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4051
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Pedro
S.
Martins
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Individual Teacher Incentives, Student Achievement and Grade Inflation
How do teacher incentives affect student achievement? We contribute to this question by examining the effects of the recent introduction of teacher performance-related pay and tournaments in ...
(revised version published in: Public Choice, 2025, 204, 457–481)
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I21, M52, I28
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4050
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Dirk
Antonczyk
Bernd
Fitzenberger
Ute
Leuschner
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Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?
This paper investigates the changes in the German wage structure for full-time working males from 1999 to 2006. Our analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as ...
(published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (2-3), 214-238)
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J24, J31, D31, C43
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4049
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Alexander
K.
Koch
Julia
Nafziger
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Commitment to Self-Rewards
Self-administered rewards are ubiquitous. They serve as incentives for personal accomplish¬ments and are widely recommended as tools for overcoming self-control problems. However, it seems puzzling ...
(published in European Economic Review, 2014, 68, 151-167.)
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A12, C70, D86
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4048
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Harley
Frazis
Jay
Stewart
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How Does Household Production Affect Measured Income Inequality?
Although income inequality has been studied extensively, relatively little attention has been paid to the role of household production. Economic theory predicts that households with less money income ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 3-22)
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D31, J22, D63
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4047
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Vidya
Atal
Kaushik
Basu
John
Gray
Travis
Lee
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Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia
Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher ...
(published in: IJET International Journal of Economic Theory, 2010, 6 (1), 137-148)
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D20, I28, J31
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4046
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Paola
Manzini
Marco
Mariotti
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Choice by Lexicographic Semiorders
We propose an extension of Tversky's lexicographic semiorder to a model of boundedly rational choice. We explore the connection with sequential rationalisability of choice, and we provide axiomatic ...
(published in: Theoretical Economics, 2012, 7 (1), 1-23.)
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D0
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4045
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Carlo
Altavilla
Floro
Ernesto
Caroleo
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Unintended Effects of National-based Active Labour Market Policies
Labour market policies settled at national level imply a “one-size-fits-all” labour market strategy. This strategy might not sufficiently take into account region-specific economic structures. In ...
(published in: Regional Studies, 2011, iFirst)
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C33, J64
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4044
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Benoît
Mahy
François
Rycx
Mélanie
Volral
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Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity in Different Working Environments
This paper investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different working environments. More precisely, it examines the interaction with: i) the skills of the workforce, using a ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011, 49 (3), 460 - 485)
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J31, J24, M52
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4042
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Vincenzo
Caponi
Cevat Burc
Kayahan
Miana
Plesca
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The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions
So far the literature has found that the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on training decisions is ambiguous. On the one hand, the opportunity cost to train is lower during downturns, and thus ...
(revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Advances in Macroeconomics, , 2010, 10 (1), Article 28)
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E32, J24
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4041
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Silvia
Marchesi
Laura
Sabani
Axel
Dreher
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Agency and Communication in IMF Conditional Lending: Theory and Empirical Evidence
We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency ...
(published as 'Read my lips: The role of information transmission in multilateral reform design ' in: Journal of International Economics. 2011, 84 (1), 86 - 98)
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C23, D82, F33, N2
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4040
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David
N.F.
Bell
David
G.
Blanchflower
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What Should Be Done about Rising Unemployment in the UK?
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as the current recessions deepens. It begins by trying to accurately date the ...
(published in two parts: 1) published as 'UK unemployment in the Great recessions' in: National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 214, R3-R25; 2) published as 'Underemployment in the UK in the Great Recession' in: National Institute Economic Review, 2011, 215, R1-R11)
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J21
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4039
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Alexander
K.
Koch
Albrecht
Morgenstern
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Coordination under the Shadow of Career Concerns
To innovate, employees need to develop novel ideas and coordinate with each other to turn these ideas into better products and services. Work outcomes provide signals about employees' abilities to ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Topics in Theoretical Economics, 2010, 10 (1), Article 10)
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D86, J30, L14, L20, M12, O30
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4038
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Guglielmo
Maria
Caporale
Thouraya
Hadj Amor Essid
Christophe
Rault
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International Financial Integration and Real Exchange Rate Long-Run Dynamics in Emerging Countries: Some Panel Evidence
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three ...
(published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2011, 20 (6), 789 - 808)
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E31, F0, F31, C15
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4037
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M. Ayhan
Kose
Eswar
Prasad
Kenneth
Rogoff
Shang-Jin
Wei
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Financial Globalization and Economic Policies
We review the large literature on various economic policies that could help developing economies effectively manage the process of financial globalization. Our central findings indicate that policies ...
(published in: Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 5, The Netherlands: North-Holland, 2010, 4283-4362.)
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F02, F21, F36, F4
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4036
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James
P.
Smith
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Re-Constructing Childhood Health Histories
This paper provides evidence about the quality of retrospective childhood health histories given to respondents in the HRS and the PSID. Even though information on early life health events is ...
(published in: Demography 46(2):387-403, May 2009)
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H0, J0
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4034
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Andries
de Grip
Maarten
Lindeboom
Raymond
Montizaan
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Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game
This paper assesses the impact of a dramatic reform of the Dutch pension system on mental health, savings behavior and retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 1–25)
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I12, J08, J14, J26
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4032
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Paola
Giuliano
Prachi
Mishra
Antonio
Spilimbergo
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Democracy and Reforms
Empirical evidence on the relationship between democracy and economic reforms is scarce, limited to few reforms and countries and for few years. This paper studies the impact of democracy on the ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2013, 5(4), 179-204)
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O57, E6
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4030
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Uwe
Dulleck
Rudolf
Kerschbamer
Matthias
Sutter
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The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Credence goods markets are characterized by asymmetric information between sellers and consumers that may give rise to inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study ...
(revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 526-555)
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C72, C91, D40, D82
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4029
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Heather
Antecol
Michael
D.
Steinberger
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Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach
Using 2000 U.S. Census data we illustrate the importance of accounting for household specialization in lesbian couples when examining the sexual orientation gap in female labor supply. Specifically, ...
(published as 'Labor Supply Differences between Married Heterosexual Women and Partnered Lesbians: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 783-805)
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J22, J24
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4028
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Jonathan
Haskel
Raffaella
Sadun
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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Micro Data
We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and 2003. We document a shift to smaller shops, particularly within supermarket ...
(published in: Economica, 2012, 79 (315), 425-448)
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D24, L81
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4027
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Alison
L.
Booth
Patrick
J.
Nolen
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Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?
Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81 (2), 542 - 555)
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C91, C92, J16, J33
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4026
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Alison
L.
Booth
Patrick
J.
Nolen
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Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?
Women and men may differ in their propensity to choose a risky outcome because of innate preferences or because their innate preferences are modified by pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes. ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (558), F56 - F78)
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C9, C91, C92, J16
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