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Student earnings expectations : heterogeneity or noise?

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Hartog, Joop; Nilsson, William; … - 2016 - First draft 12-05-14; revised 26-01-15; this draft 19-09-2016

on ex post outcomes impose a rational structure of expectations on school performance and post-graduation earnings … countries and check for relations of expected probability to graduate and of expected earnings with personal abilities and …

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Labour taxation and foreign direct investment

Egger, Peter (contributor); Radulescu, Doina (contributor) - 2008

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Dissipative advertising signals quality even without repeat purchases

Linnemer, Laurent (contributor) - 2008

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"Unwarranted" wage changes and the return on capital

Katsimē, Margarita; Kalyvitēs, Sarantēs; Moutos, Thomas - 2009

Casual empiricism suggests that unwarrantedʺ wage changes, defined as the part of wage growth that is not explained by changes in labour productivity, are negatively associated with the return on capital. The main point of this paper is to show that unwarrantedʺ wage changes have no causal...

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The impact of fiscal policy on profits

Katsimē, Margarita; Sarantides, Vassilis - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of fiscal policy on profits using panel data for 19 high-income OECD countries during the period 1975-1999. We estimate a profit equation in which profits depend on a set of fiscal variables. Our empirical method is based on a consistent treatment of the...

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An analysis of the impact of public infrastructure on productivity performance of Mexican industry

Mamatzakis, Emmanuel C. (contributor) - 2007

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Returns to ICT skills

Oliver, Falck; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon - 2016

How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labor markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries. Our identification strategy relies on the...

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The information value of central school exams

Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

market. Our difference-in-difference model estimates whether the earnings difference between individuals with high and low … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in …

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China's profits and losses from currency intervention, 1994 - 2011

Jin, Hailong; Choi, Eun Kwan - 2013

China's currency policy has been criticized for its apparent pursuit of mercantile advantage by artificially stimulating exports, which potentially have adverse effects on other economies. While China's currency policy may have positive output effects, there may be additional profits or losses....

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Returns to skills around the world : evidence from PIAAC

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - 2014

different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of … the focus on early-career earnings leads to underestimating the lifetime returns to skills by about one quarter. On … States. Estimates are remarkably robust to different earnings and skill measures, additional controls, and various subgroups …

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