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Modelling Low Pay Transition Probabilities, Accounting for Panel Attrition, Non-Response, and Initial Conditions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen P. - CESifo - 2004
drop-out mechanisms (panel attrition, non-employment) and ‘initial conditions’ (base-year low pay status). This model, and … initial conditions and retention of employment are more important than the ‘survey’ selection mechanism (attrition). However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766114
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Strategic R&D with Knowledge Spillovers and Endogenous Time to Complete
Kort, Peter M.; Lukach, Ruslan; Plasmans, Joseph - CESifo - 2007
asymmetry in R&D efficiency between firms is an important factor determining feasibility of the preemption and attrition … scenarios in competitive R&D with time to build. Scenarios of attrition and preemption games are most likely to occur when … competitors have similar R&D efficiencies. In case of largely asymmetric firms the games of attrition and preemption are very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094248
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Political Leader Survival: Does Competence Matter?
Yu, Shu; Jong-A-Pin, Richard - CESifo - 2013
We examine whether economic and military competence of political leaders affect their duration in office. We introduce leader heterogeneity in the selectorate theory of Bueno de Mesquita et al. (2003) and derive the hypothesis that in the presence of a revolutionary threat, economic competence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711139
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Sample Selectivity and the Validity of International Student Achievement Tests in Economic Research
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2010
Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583720
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Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability
Bijwaard, Govert; Kippersluis, Hans van; Veenman, Justus - CESifo - 2013
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality using a structural equation model suggested by Conti et al. (2010). We extend their model by allowing for a duration dependent variable, and an ordinal educational variable. Data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877909
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How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job; Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Knoef, Marike; Ours, Jan C. van - CESifo - 2014
We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The experiment was performed at the level of municipalities in The Netherlands, a country with...
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Government Deficits in the European Union: An Analysis of Entry and Exit Dynamics
Bayar, Ali; Smeets, Bram - CESifo - 2009
The extent of government deficits and debt has been one of the most debated issues in recent years. However, much less has been contributed about their dynamics. Yet, the issue of entering into and exiting from excessive deficits is critical in the Economic and Monetary Union since the Stability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013070
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Scarring Effects of Remaining Unemployed for Long-Term Unemployed School-Leavers
Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - CESifo - 2011
This study investigates whether and to what extent further unemployment experience for youths who are already long-term unemployed imposes a penalty on subsequent labor market outcomes. We propose a flexible method for analyzing the effect on wages aside of transitions from unemployment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293491
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Overeducation at the Start of the Career - Stepping Stone or Trap?
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Verhaest, Dieter - CESifo - 2012
This study investigates whether young unemployed graduates who accept a job below their level of education accelerate or delay the transition into a job that matches their level of education. We adopt the Timing of Events approach to identify this dynamic treatment effect using monthly calendar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550834
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Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Development? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - CESifo - 2012
This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550835