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Heterogeneity in the production of human capital
Polachek, Solomon W.; Das, Tirthatanmoy; … - 2013
population wide estimate of the rental rate of human capital. To illustrate heterogeneity in the production of human capital, we …
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The Heterogeneous Impact of Pension Income on Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme
Cheng, Lingguo; Liu, Hong; Zhang, Ye; Zhao, Zhong - 2015
income on independent living as well as considerable heterogeneity. The elderly with easy access to their adult children …
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Equality Concerns and the Limits of Self-Governance in Heterogeneous Populations
Gangadharan, Lata; Nikiforakis, Nikos; Villeval, Marie … - 2015
Mechanisms to overcome social dilemmas provide incentives to maximize efficiency. However, often – such as when agents are heterogeneous – there is a trade-off between efficiency and equality. Agents' concerns for equality in such instances can limit the ability of mechanisms to promote...
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New Evidence on Linear Regression and Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
Sloczynski, Tymon - 2015
conclusions change dramatically after allowing for heterogeneity in effects. …
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Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field
Lackner, Mario; Stracke, Rudi; Sunde, Uwe; … - 2015
particular, we test whether decision makers in multi-stage tournaments take heterogeneity induced changes of continuation values …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420735
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Informal versus Formal Search: Which Yields a Better Pay?
Tumen, Semih - 2015
effects and (ii) unobserved worker heterogeneity in terms of the inherent cost of maintaining connections within a productive … informal network. The model predicts that a greater degree of unobserved heterogeneity tilts the estimates toward producing a … contact methods and wage offers requires a careful assessment of the unobserved heterogeneity and peer influences in the …
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Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysit - 2013
. Focusing on English, we also explore the heterogeneity in returns to different levels of proficiency by frequency of English …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329151
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Immigrants and Firms' Productivity: Evidence from France
Mitaritonna, Cristina; Orefice, Gianluca; Peri, Giovanni - 2014
Immigrants may complement native workers, increase productivity, allow specialization by skill in the firm and lower costs. These effects could be beneficial for the firm and increase its productivity and profits. However not all firms use immigrants. Allowing firms to have differential fixed...
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The Consequences of Long Term Unemployment: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Abraham, Katharine G.; Haltiwanger, John C.; Sandusky, … - 2016
from the outset of their spells (heterogeneity). Another is that their bad outcomes are a consequence of the extended … previous researchers that we use to control for individual heterogeneity that might be affecting subsequent labor market … likelihood of subsequent employment. This finding is inconsistent with the heterogeneity ("bad apple") explanation for why the …
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Fiscal Policy and Occupational Employment Dynamics
Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko; Winkler, Roland - 2017
We document substantial heterogeneity in occupational employment dynamics in response to government spending shocks …
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