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A decade of editing the European economic review
Eckstein, Zvi; Gal-Or, Esther; Gylfason, Thorvaldur; … - 2011
few anecdotes to illustrate the work of an academic journal editor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280668
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Publications: German economic research institutes on track
Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
The request for a strengthening of academic research at the German economic research institutes by the German Science Council more than a decade ago was founded on the crucial insight that sound policy advice the traditional task of the institutes can only be guaranteed in the long term if it is...
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How should peer-review panels behave?
Sgroi, Daniel; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2012
Many governments wish to assess the quality of their universities. A prominent example is the UK's new Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations. This paper suggests a way in which panels could choose...
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The Medical Care Costs of Mood Disorders: A Coarsened Exact Matching Approach
Schurer, Stefanie; Alspach, Michael; MacRae, Jayden; … - 2015
This paper is the first to use the method of coarsened exact matching (CEM) to estimate the impact of mood disorders on medical care costs in order to address the endogeneity of mood disorders. Models are estimated using restricted-use, general practice patient records data from New Zealand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500311
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Do International Study Programmes Pay off for Local Students?
Wang, Zhiling; Pastore, Francesco; Karreman, Bas; van … - 2021
International study programmes are increasing in number worldwide, but little is known about the impact on local students' job prospects, especially in a non-English speaking countries. Using rich administrative data from Statistics Netherlands, we analyse labour market outcomes of native...
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The Medical Care Costs of Mood Disorders: A Coarsened Exact Matching Approach
Schurer, Stefanie; Alspach, Michael; MacRae, Jayden; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper is the first to use the method of coarsened exact matching (CEM) to estimate the impact of mood disorders on medical care costs in order to address the endogeneity of mood disorders. Models are estimated using restricted-use, general practice patient records data from New Zealand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163475
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An examination of the reliability of prestigious scholarly journals: evidence and implications for decision-makers
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2006
because it is about to appear in prestigious journal X. Moreover, those who allocate levels of research funding, such as in … quality in a mechanical way by using journal prestige ratings. The results in this paper suggest that such tendencies are … publish the best article in an issue of a medium-quality journal like the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics than to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267414
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A Decade of Editing the European Economic Review
Eckstein, Zvi; Gal-Or, Esther; Gylfason, Thorvaldur; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
few anecdotes to illustrate the work of an academic journal editor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323387
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The Financial Support for Long-Term Elderly Care and Household Savings Behaviour
Ohinata, Asako; Picchio, Matteo - 2015
We analyse how the financial support for long-term elderly care affects the level of household savings. Using a difference-in-differences estimator, we investigate the 2002 Scottish reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all the elderly aged 65 and above residing in Scotland. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307455
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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
Gong, Xiaodong; Breunig, Robert - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328898