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What makes a good conference? : analysing the preferences of labor economists

Borghans, Lex; Romans, Margo; Sauermann, Jan - 2010

respect to conference characteristics. Based on a sample of European labour economists, preferences are measured using the …) conferences. We find that the keynote speakers are the most important element in the preference for a conference, followed by the … location of the conference. There is substantial heterogeneity in the taste of labour economists especially with respect to …

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Experimental evidence on the effects of early meetings and activation

Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2012

We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...

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Conference presentations and academic publishing

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Pham, Tho; Talavera, Oleksandr - 2019

at three leading economics conferences over the 2006- 2012 period. The results show a positive link between conference …

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Performance pay and earnings : evidence from personnel records

Pekkarinen, Tuomas (contributor); Riddell, Chris (contributor) - 2006

This paper examines the effects of performance pay on earnings using linked employee-employer panel data from Finland …

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Education policy and intergenerational income mobility : evidence from the Finnish comprehensive school reform

Pekkarinen, Tuomas (contributor); … - 2006

reform on the intergenerational income mobility in Finland. The Finnish comprehensive school reform of 1972 …

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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries

Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006

This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....

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Long-term effects of forced migration

Sarvimäki, Matti; Uusitalo, Roope; Jäntti, Markus - 2009

comparable non-migrants. After World War II, Finland ceded a tenth of its territory to the Soviet Union and resettled the entire …

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Labour market effects of the polytechnic education reform : the Finnish experience

Böckerman, Petri; Hämäläinen, Ulla; Uusitalo, Roope - 2009

This paper evaluates the labour market effects of the introduction of the polytechnic education system in Finland. The …

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School tracking and development of cognitive skills

Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Kerr, Sari - 2009

The Finnish comprehensive school reform replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. We estimate the effect of this reform on the test scores in the...

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The looks of a winner : beauty, gender and electoral success

Berggren, Niclas (contributor); Jordahl, Henrik (contributor) - 2006

"We study the role of beauty in politics. For the first time, focus is put on differences in how women and men evaluate female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have collected 16,218 assessments by 2,772 respondents of...

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