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Lessons from the laureates
Breit, William; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2009
This paper uses as source material twenty-three autobiographical essays by Nobel economists presented since 1984 at … one planned in advance but one that evolved via the marketplace for ideas. -- Nobel economists ; economic thought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003799843
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How well are women represented at the AEA meeting? : a study of the 1985 - 2010 programs
Cunningham, Rosemary T.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2012
, economics still lags many other fields. Previous research has documented gender gaps in tenure, promotion and publication, some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548188
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Adverse selection and incentives in an early retirement program
Whelan, Kenneth T.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Hallock, Kevin F. - 2011
We evaluate potential determinants of enrollment in an early retirement incentive program for non-tenure-track employees at a large university. Using administrative records on the eligible population of employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements, historical employee count and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516910
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The Academic writings of Craufurd D. W. Goodwin
In: History of political economy 51 (2019) 1, pp. 11-21
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Craufurd Goodwin and History of Political Economy : a double anniversary
Hoover, Kevin D. - In: History of political economy 43 (2011) 2, pp. 247-255
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The hostility of William Stanley Jevons toward John Stuart Mill : the fourth dimension
Stack, David - In: History of political economy 52 (2020) 1, pp. 77-99
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519063
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Institution formation and cooperation with heterogeneous agents
Kube, Sebastian; Schaube, Sebastian; … - 2014
Driven by an ever-growing number of studies that explore the effectiveness of institutional mechanisms meant to mitigate cooperation problems, recent years have seen an increasing interest in the endogenous implementation of these institutions. In this paper, we test within a unified framework...
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Time is of the essence: climate adaptation induced by existing institutions
Bento, Antonio; Miller, Noah; Mookerjee, Mehreen; … - 2021
In the absence of first-best climate policy, we demonstrate that existing government institutions and policy established for reasons unrelated to climate change may induce climate adaptation. We examine the impact of temperature on ambient ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013,...
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Unemployment traps : do financial dis-incentives matter?
Pedersen, Peder J.; Smith, Nina - 2001
This paper analyses the importance of financial dis-incentives for workers in Denmark. Based on a panel survey which is … merged to a number of administrative registers it is possible to calculate precise measures of the economic incentives for … also the fixed costs of work. The results indicate large dis-incentives effects for some groups, especially low paid women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401025
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Like father, like daughter (unless there is a son) : sibling sex composition and women's STEM major choice in college
Oguzoglu, Umut; Ozbeklik, Serkan - 2016
We investigate the potential role of fathers in females' decision to choose a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) major in college. The main innovation of our paper is to analyze how sibling sex composition affects the probability of being a STEM major in college for females...
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