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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Praag, C. Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more...
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Who Is Hit Hardest during a Financial Crisis? The Vulnerability of Young Men and Women to Unemployment in an Economic Downturn
Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The current financial and economic crisis has resulted in the worst global recession since World War II. The subsequent destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and stay stubbornly high for some time to come,...
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The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...
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Endophilia or Exophobia: Beyond Discrimination
Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolas; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The immense literature on discrimination treats outcomes as relative: One group suffers compared to another. But does a difference arise because agents discriminate against others – are exophobic – or because they favor their own kind – are endophilic? This difference matters, as the...
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Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds
Saiz, Albert; Simonsohn, Uri - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The internet and other large textual databases contain billions of documents: is there useful information in the number of documents written about different topics? We propose, based on the premise that the occurrence of a phenomenon increases the likelihood that people write about it, that the...
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Liberty and the Post-Utilitarian Society
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
. Recently economists' assumption of rational actors has come under sustained attack. Behavioural economics has suggested that …. Individual responsibility is seriously undermined, as is faith in markets. He concludes that supporters of individual freedom … need to move away from utilitarian reasoning, reassert core values of autonomy and responsibility, and define strict limits …
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A Citation-Analysis of Economic Research Institutes
Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The citation analysis of the research output of the German economic research institutes presented here is based on publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index for the 2000–2009 period. The novel feature of the paper is that a count data model quantifies...
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Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland: Defizite und Potenziale
Boockmann, Bernhard; Buch, Claudia M.; Schnitzer, Monika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Moderne Evaluationsmethoden auf der Basis ökonometrischer Verfahren und randomisierter Feldexperimente machen es für immer mehr Politikbereiche möglich, die Wirksamkeit wirtschaftspolitischer Maßnahmen zu überprüfen. Gleichwohl sind diese Methoden in der deutschen Evaluationspraxis nicht...
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Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Politikberatung
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Politikentscheidungen gestalten die Wohlfahrt von Nationen, aber ihre Praxis erfolgt komplexen Regeln. Evidenzbasierte Politikberatung durch Wissenschaftler will forschungsbasierten harten Fakten und Restriktionen Gewicht geben. Der Beitrag diskutiert Herausforderungen und Erfolgsbedingungen...
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A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: 2014-2015 Edition
Cawley, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This guide, updated for the 2014-15 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
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