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Real Wage Flexibility in the European Union: New Evidence from the Labour Cost Data,
Jan Babecký and Kamil Dybczak, from Czech National Bank (2012)
Keywords: Labour cost indices, real wage rigidity, structural VAR.

Effect of Tariff Liberalization on Mexico’s Income Distribution in the presence of Migration,
Rafael Garduno-Rivera and Kathy Baylis, from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2012)
Keywords: International Relations/Trade, Labor and Human Capital

Reconsidering the effect of economic development on urban unemployment under non-homothetic preferences,
Nobuyuki Takeuchi, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
Keywords: sector-specific capital; Harris-Todaro model; economic development; non-homothetic preference; urban unemployment

Older Workers' Training Opportunities in Times of Workplace Innovation,
Elisabetta Magnani, from ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales (2012)
Keywords: Employer-provided training, hour constraints, older workers, technological change, organizational change

Exploration for human capital: Theory and evidence from the MBA labor market,
Camelia Kuhnen and Paul Oyer, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
Keywords: investment, hiring, human capital, real options, exploration, MBA labor market

Schooling achievement amongst Zimbabwean children during a period of economic chaos, 2001-2007/8,
Catherine Larochelle and Jeffrey Alwang, from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2012)
Keywords: Labor and Human Capital

How to choose your minor? Decision making variables used in the selection of a minor by undergraduate students from a Dutch university of applied sciences,
Rita Van Deuren and Sicco Santema, from Maastricht School of Management (2012)
Keywords: minor, higher education, Dutch university, bachelor

Academic Dishonesty in Egypt: A Nation-wide Study of Students in Higher Education,
Menatallah Darrag, Dina Yousri and Ahmed Badreldin, from The German University in Cairo, Faculty of Management Technology (2012)
Keywords: Academic dishonesty, higher education, Egypt

Asymmetric information and overeducation,
Concetta Mendolicchio, Dimitri Paolini and Tito Pietra, from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] (2012)
Keywords: Bildungsinvestitionen ; Gleichgewichtstheorie ; Humankapital ; ökonomische Theorie

The fading scope of labour – remarks about the lost rationale of a common term,
Stefan Mann and Henry Wüstemann, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
Keywords: labor, redistributional/reproductive function, paid work, unpaid work

NEW RISKS, OLD WELFARE Japanese university students, work-related anxieties and sources of support,
Tuukka Toivonen, Junya Tsutsui and Haruka Shibata, from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University (2012)
Keywords: Youth, Risk, Post-industrialization, University students, Employment, School-to-work transition, Work-life balance

Quantitative reduction in retirement benefits by the 2011 Spanish Social Security reform,
Manuela Bosch-Princep (Universitat de Barcelona) and Daniel Vilalta (Independent Pension Consultant), from Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia (2012)

Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South,
Suresh Naidu, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective,
Costas Meghir, Mårten Palme and Marieke Schnabel, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

Do Male-Female Wage Differentials Reflect Differences in the Return to Skill? Cross-City Evidence From 1980-2000,
Paul Beaudry and Ethan Lewis, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

The CEO Labour Market in China's Public Listed Companies,
Alex Bryson, John Forth and Minghai Zhou, from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2012)
Keywords: executive compensation, CEOs, corporate governance, tournaments, firm-specific human capital, China

Evaluating a bilingual education program in Spain: the impact beyond foreign language learning,
Jesus Carro and Brindusa Anghel, from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012)
Keywords: Bilingual education; Program evaluation; Teaching in english

Public-private wage gaps in the period prior to the adoption of the euro: an application based on longitudinal data,
Maria Campos, from Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department (2012)

Theoretical and practical arguments for modeling labor supply as a choice among latent jobs,
John Dagsvik, Zhiyang Jia, Tom Kornstad and Thor Thoresen, from Statistics Norway, Research Department (2012)
Keywords: Labor supply; Random utility models; Tax reforms

Date of birth, family background, and the 11 plus exam: short- and long-term consequences of the 1944 secondary education reforms in England and W ales,
Robert Hart, Mirko Moro and J Roberts, from University of Stirling, Division of Economics (2012)
Keywords: 1944 Education Act; date of birth; family background; qualifications; earnings

Human Capital, Consumption, and Housing Wealth in Transition,
Jarko Fidrmuc and Matus Senaj, from Research Department, National Bank of Slovakia (2012)
Keywords: consumption function, housing wealth effect, human capital, survey data

The effect of primary school closures on educational attainments of students,
Kristof De Witte and Chris Klaveren, from Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research (2012)
Keywords: School closure; Student attainments; Education Inspectorate; Primary education

Taxation and Redistribution of Residual Income Inequality,
Mikhail Golosov, Pricila Maziero and Guido Menzio, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service,
Ernesto Dal Bó, Frederico Finan and Martín Rossi, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

The Behavioralist Goes to School: Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Improve Educational Performance,
Steven Levitt, John List, Susanne Neckermann and Sally Sadoff, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

Child-Care Costs and Mothers' Employment Rates. An Empirical Analysis for Austria,
Helmut Mahringer and Christine Zulehner, from WIFO (2012)

Estimating the Income Gain of Seasonal Labour Migration,
Mario Liebensteiner, from WIFO (2012)

The distribution of talent across contests,
Ghazala Azmat and Marc Möller, from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2013)
Keywords: contests, sorting, ability, prize allocation.

Gender gaps in performance: Evidence from young lawyers,
Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer, from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2015)
Keywords: performance measures, gender gaps, high-skilled professionals

The effect of trade liberalization on payroll tax evasion and labor informality,
Lourenco Paz, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
Keywords: informal labor markets; trade liberalization; payroll tax evasion

Wage rigidity and employment adjustment at the firm level: evidence from survey data,
Fernando Martins and Daniel Dias, from Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department (2012)

The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment,
Dieter von Fintel, Rulof Burger and Servaas van der Berg, from Economic Research Southern Africa (2012)

Gender Gaps in the Labor Market and Aggregate Productivity,
David Cuberes and Marc Teignier, from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics (2012)
Keywords: gender inequality; entrepreneurial talent; factor allocation; aggregate productivity

Do Professors Really Perpetuate the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a French Higher Education Institution,
Thomas Breda and Son Thierry Ly, from Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE (2012)
Keywords: discrimination, gender stereotypes, natural experiment, sex and science

The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Local Labour Markets,
Giulia Faggio and Henry Overman, from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2012)
Keywords: Local labour markets, public and private sector employment, wages

The Role of Awareness, Information Gathering and Processing in School Choice,
Ghazala Azmat and José García-Montalvo, from Barcelona School of Economics (2012)
Keywords: school choice, education in developing country, information gathering, household behavior

LABOUR MARKET REFORMS AND OUTCOMES IN ESTONIA,
Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski and Balázs Égert, from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2012)
Keywords: Labour market reforms, search model, Estonia, OECD countries

Does human capital endowment of FDI recipient countries really matter? Evidence from cross-country firm level data,
Sumon Bhaumik and Ralitza Dimova, from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2012)
Keywords: Human capital; Training; Firm-level efficiency; Multinational enterprises

Rebellion against Reason? A Study of Expressive Choice and Strikes,
Christa Brunnschweiler, Colin Jennings and Ian MacKenzie, from CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich (2012)
Keywords: strikes, expressive voting

Wage setting and unemployment in a general equilibrium model,
Michele Gori and Antonio Villanacci, from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa (2012)
Keywords: unemployment; wage setting function; income distribution; general equilibrium.

Decomposing the increase in TIMSS Scores in Ghana: 2003-2007,
Christos Sakellariou, from The World Bank (2012)
Keywords: Tertiary Education,Education For All,Secondary Education,Teaching and Learning,Primary Education

The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption: Evidence from a "Xeroxed" Exam,
Oana Borcan, Mikael Lindahl and Andreea Mitrut, from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2012)
Keywords: school principles; bribes; high-stakes tests

The Aftermath of Accelerating Algebra: Evidence from a District Policy Initiative,
Charles Clotfelter, Helen Ladd and Jacob Vigdor, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)

Overeducation at the start of the career - stepping stone or trap?,
Stijn Baert, Bart Cockx and Dieter Verhaest, from Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management (2012)
Keywords: overqualification, underemployment, school-to-work transitions, duration analysis, dynamic treatment

Self-Employment after Socialism: Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital,
Michael Fritsch and Alina Rusakova, from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (2012)
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, parental role models, human capital

Effects of entrepreneurship education at universities,
Viktor Slavtchev, Stavroula Laspita and Holger Patzelt, from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (2012)
Keywords: entrepreneurship education, university, entrepreneurial intentions, academic entrepreneurship, difference-in-differences approach

Spousal Labor Supply Responses to Government Programs: Evidence from the Disability Insurance Program,
Susan Chen, from University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2012)

Insuring student loans against the financial risk of failing to complete college,
Satyajit Chatterjee and Felicia Ionescu, from Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2012)
Keywords: Student loans; Insurance

Time Use of Mothers and Fathers in Hard Times: The US Recession of 2007-09,
Günseli Berik and Ebru Kongar, from Levy Economics Institute (2012)
Keywords: Economics of Gender; Unemployment; Time Use; Economic Crises

When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems,
Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta, from USI Università della Svizzera italiana (2012)
Keywords: culture; family ties, pension design

Exchange Rate, External Orientation of Firms and Wage Adjustment,
Francesco Nucci and Alberto Pozzolo, from Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli (2012)
Keywords: Exchange Rate, FirmsÕ Foreign Exposure, Wages.

A Simple Model of Trade, Job Task Offshoring and Social Insurance,
Susanna Thede, from Lund University, Department of Economics (2012)
Keywords: Heckscher-Ohlin; Producer conditions; Labor-market adjustments; Insurance design

Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean: An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008,
Claudia Tello, Raul Ramos and Manuel Artís, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: wage inequality, quantile regressions, decomposition

The Wage Premium of Foreign Education: New Evidence from Australia,
Gavin Chan, Chris Heaton and Max Tani, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: education, economic assimilation, immigration

Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?,
Daniel Hamermesh, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: height, market responses, discrimination, beauty

Hard Evidence on Soft Skills,
James Heckman and Tim Kautz, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: IQ, achievement tests, personality, cognition

The Quest for More and More Education: Implications for Social Mobility,
Joanne Lindley and Stephen Machin, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: educational inequality, education, social mobility, wage differentials, inequality, wages

Youth Crime and Education Expansion,
Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie and Sunčica Vujić, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: education expansion, youth crime

A Price for Flexibility? The Temp Agency Wage Gap in Sweden 1998-2008,
Pernilla Andersson Joona and Eskil Wadensjö, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: temporary agency employment, wages

Causal Returns to Schooling and Individual Heterogeneity,
Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Winfried Pohlmeier, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: returns to schooling, human capital, heterogeneity

Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme,
Farzana Afridi, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay and Soham Sahoo, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: education, labour, bargaining, gender

Gender Discrimination in the Australian Graduate Labour Market,
Ian Li and Paul Miller, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: discrimination, gender, graduates, overeducation

How Well Are Women Represented at the AEA Meeting? A Study of the 1985-2010 Programs,
Rosemary Cunningham and Madeline Zavodny, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: women in economics, economics profession, academic labor market

Employment Effects of State Legislation against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers,
Sarah Bohn and Magnus Lofstrom, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: undocumented, immigration, Hispanic, unauthorized, illegal, Arizona

Does Promoting School Attendance Reduce Child Labour? Evidence from Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Project,
Jacobus de Hoop and Furio Rosati, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: Burkina Faso, child labour, regression discontinuity, school participation

Can Value-Added Measures of Teacher Performance Be Trusted?,
Cassandra Guarino, Mark D. Reckase and Jeffrey Wooldridge, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: value-added, teacher labor markets, education, student achievement

Dynamics of Disability and Work in Canada,
Umut Oguzoglu, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: dynamic panel data models, labour force participation, disability

The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers,
Olivier Bargain, Eliane El Badaoui, Prudence Magejo, Eric Strobl and Frank Walsh, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: informality, self-employment, Burdett and Mortensen model

Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment,
Abigail Wozniak, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: labor market outcome disparities, employer drug testing, discrimination, black employment

Child Care Assistance: Are Subsidies or Tax Credits Better?,
Xiaodong Gong and Robert Breunig, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: discrete choice model, elasticities, labor supply, child care

Employment Protection and Fertility: Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform,
Ervin Prifti and Daniela Vuri, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: policy evaluations, instrumental variables, difference-in-difference, employment protection, fertility

Management of Knowledge Workers,
Hans Hvide and Eirik Kristiansen, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: start-ups, R&D, personnel economics, litigation, intellectual property rights, innovation, entrepreneurship, worker mobility

Wage Effects of High-Skilled Migration: International Evidence,
Volker Grossmann and David Stadelmann, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: wage effects, international high-skilled migration, total factor productivity

Education Policies and Practices: What Have We Learnt and the Road Ahead for Bihar,
Priya Ranjan and Nishith Prakash, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: education, enrollment, out-of-school, Bihar, India

Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Turkey: Is There an Added or a Discouraged Worker Effect?,
Karao?lan, Deniz and Cagla Okten, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: female labor force participation, added worker effect, Turkey

Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantaged Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design,
Pablo Ibarraran, Laura Ripani, Bibiana Taboada, Juan Villa and Brígida García, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: impact evaluation, Dominican Republic, youth training programs, labor market outcomes, employment, life skills

Does Breastfeeding Support at Work Help Mothers and Employers at the Same Time?,
Emilia Del Bono and Chiara Pronzato, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: child outcomes, cognitive development, breastfeeding

Employer Learning and the "Importance" of Skills,
Audrey Light and Andrew McGee, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: employer learning

The Unexpected Appearance of a New German Model,
Werner Eichhorst, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: Germany, flexibility, labor market reforms, employment growth, dualisation

When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools,
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Rocco, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: education, external monitoring, testing

Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil,
Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan and Diana Moreira, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: local governments, test scores, corruption, Brazil

The Economic Status of Asian Americans Before and After the Civil Rights Act,
Harriet Duleep and Seth G. Sanders, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: anti-discrimination legislation, minority economic progress, Asian Americans, Civil Rights Act

Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind,
Francisca Antman, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: education, father absence, migration, gender

What Determines the Share of Labour in National Income? A Cross-Country Analysis,
Marta Guerriero and Kunal Sen, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: labour share of income, functional income distribution, globalisation, technological progress

Do Immigrants Displace Native Workers? Evidence from Matched Panel Data,
Pedro Martins, Matloob Piracha and Jose Varejao, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: matched employer-employee data, displacement, immigrants

Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service,
Ernesto Dal Bó, Frederico Finan and Martín Rossi, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: state building, state capabilities, state capacity, public sector personnel, bureaucracy, public service motivation, labor markets, wages, elasticity of the labor supply, personality

The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption: Evidence from a "Xeroxed" Exam,
Oana Borcan, Mikael Lindahl and Andreea Mitrut, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
Keywords: high-stakes tests, bribes, school principals

Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders,
Emma Gorman, Grant Scobie and Andy Towers, from New Zealand Treasury (2012)
Keywords: Labour force participation; Health; Retirement; New Zealand; Longitudinal survey

Are University Admissions Academically Fair?,
Debopam Bhattacharya, Shin Kanaya and Margaret Stevens, from University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2012)
Keywords: University admissions, affirmative action, economic efficiency, marginal admit, unobserved heterogeneity, threshold-crossing model, conditional stochastic dominance, partial identification

Taxation and Redistribution of Residual Income Inequality,
Mikhail Golosov, Pricila Maziero and Guido Menzio, from Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2012)
Keywords: Unemployment benefit, Income tax, Search frictions, Mechanism design