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Social pressure influences decisions of individuals: evidence from the behavior of football referees

Dohmen, Thomas J. - 2005

Analyzing the neutrality of referees during twelve German premier league (1st Bundesliga) football seasons, this paper documents evidence that social forces influence agents' preferences and decisions. Those, who are appointed to be impartial, tend to favor the home team as they systematically...

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The impact of childhood health on adult labor market outcomes

Smith, James P. - 2009

This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood-levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that collects these SES measures in a panel who were...

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The impact of Chernobyl on health and labour market performance in the Ukraine

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2009

causal impact of poor health on labour force participation, hours worked and wages. There appears to be a significant …

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Are lone mothers responsive to policy changes? Evidence from a workfare reform in a generous welfare state

Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara - 2009

There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our...

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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from Israel

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004

outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives? wages … alternative hypotheses using data from Israel?s Labor Force and Income Surveys from 1989 to 1999. We find that wages of both men … segment. A 10 percent increase in the share of immigrants lowers natives? wages in the short run by 1 to 3 percent, but this …

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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives? Transitions from Employment

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004

This paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives? probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labor market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and experience....

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Petersberger Erklaerung: Anstoesse fuer eine zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsmarktpolitik

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; von Hagen, Jürgen - 1998

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Active labor market policy evaluations: a meta-analysis

Card, David Edward; Kluve, Jochen; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2009

This paper presents a meta-analysis of recent microeconometric evaluations of active labor market policies. Our sample consists of 199 program estimates drawn from 97 studies conducted between 1995 and 2007. In about one-half of these cases we have both a short-term impact estimate (for a...

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Workplace heterogeneity and the rise of West German wage inequality

Card, David E.; Heining, Jörg; Kline, Patrick - 2013

dramatic rise in West German wage inequality. Our estimates suggest that the increasing dispersion of West German wages has …-match component of wage variation is small and stable over time. Decomposing changes in mean wages between different education groups …

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The earned income tax credit, health, and happiness

Boyd-Swan, Casey; Herbst, Chris M.; Ifcher, John; … - 2013

This paper contributes to the small but growing literature evaluating the health effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). In particular, we use data from the National Survey of Families and Households to study the impact of the 1990 federal EITC expansion on several outcomes related to...

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