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Early life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) and the health of older adults in China : a meta-analysis (2008-2023)
Shen, Chi; Chen, Xi - 2024
There is mounting evidence indicating that the aging process initiates during early life stages, with in utero the individual's environment playing a significant role. Consequently, it is crucial to understand the enduring effects of early life circumstances on health in old age. In this study,...
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Where does profit sharing work best? : a meta-analysis on the role of unions, culture, and values
Doucouliagos, Chris; Laroche, Patrice; Kruse, Douglas L.; … - 2018
In this article we re-examine the relationship between group-based profit sharing and productivity. Our meta … productivity on average, with a stronger relationship where there is higher unionisation and in countries where honesty is less … settings where cooperation does not naturally occur. The positive effect of profit sharing on productivity is larger in …
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What works? : a meta analysis of recent active labor market program evaluations
Card, David E.; Kluve, Jochen; Weber, Andrea - 2015
We present a meta-analysis of impact estimates from over 200 recent econometric evaluations of active labor market programs from around the world. We classify estimates by program type and participant group, and distinguish between three different post-program time horizons. Using meta-analytic...
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The own-wage elasticity of labor demand : a meta-regression analysis
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014
Firms' labor demand responses to wage changes are of key interest in empirical research and policy analysis. However, despite extensive research, estimates of labor demand elasticities remain subject to considerable heterogeneity. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive meta-regression...
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Do youth employment programs improve labor market outcomes? : a systematic review
Kluve, Jochen; Puerto, Susana; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; … - 2016
This study reviews the evidence on the impact of youth employment programs on labor market outcomes. The analysis looks at the effectiveness of various interventions and the factors that influence program performance including country context, targeted beneficiaries, program design and...
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The state of hiring discrimination: a meta-analysis of (almost) all recent correspondence experiments
Lippens, Louis; Vermeiren, Siel; Baert, Stijn - 2021
Notwithstanding the improved integration of various minority groups in the workforce, unequal treatment in hiring still hinders many individuals' access to the labour market. To tackle this inaccessibility, it is essential to know which and to what extent minority groups face hiring...
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Are temporary jobs stepping stones or dead ends? : a meta-analytical review of the literature
Filomena, Mattia; Picchio, Matteo - 2021
We present a meta-analysis on the debate about the "stepping stone vs. dead end" hypothesis related to the causal effect of temporary jobs on future labour market performances. We select academic papers published on international peer-reviewed journals from 1990 until 2021. Among 78 observations...
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Quasi-hyperbolic present bias: a meta-analysis
Cheung, Stephen L.; Tymula, Agnieszka; Wang, Xueting - 2021
Quasi-hyperbolic discounting is one of the most well-known and widely-used models to capture self-control problems in the economics literature. The underlying assumption of this model is that agents have a "present bias" toward current consumption such that all future rewards are downweighed...
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Unemployment and health : a meta-analysis
Picchio, Matteo; Ubaldi, Michele - 2022
This paper is a meta-analysis on the relationship between unemployment and health. Our meta-dataset is made up of 327 study results coming from 65 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 1990 and 2021. We find that publication bias is important, but only for those study results...
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Monopsony in labor markets : a meta-analysis
Sokolova, Anna; Sorensen, Todd - 2018
When jobs offered by different employers are not perfect substitutes in the minds of workers, employers gain wage-setting power; the extent of this power can be captured by the elasticity of labor supply that each employer faces. Estimates of this parameter reported by the literature vary...
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