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An Empirical Analysis of the Swaption Cube
Trolle, Anders B. - 2010
significantly related to the characteristics of agents' belief distributions for the macroeconomy, with GDP beliefs the most …
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Worker Absence and Productivity : Evidence from Teaching
Herrmann, Mariesa A - 2010
, duration, and cause of absences among teachers to address many of the potential biases from the endogeneity of worker absence …
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Do Differences in Schools’ Instruction Time Explain International Achievement Gaps? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Lavy, Victor - 2010
The time that children spend in school varies across countries. Do these differences explain international gaps in pupils' academic achievements? In this paper, I estimate the effects of instructional time on students' achievement using PISA 2006 data, which includes data samples from over 50...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139755
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Permanent Income and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Rothstein, Jesse - 2011
Analysts often examine the black-white test score gap conditional on family income. Typically only a current income measure is available. We argue that the gap conditional on permanent income is of greater interest, and we describe a method for identifying this gap using an auxiliary data set to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118242
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Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market : Theory and Empirics
Lang, Kevin - 2011
duration differentials when combined with either random or directed search even when strong prejudice is not widespread, but no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120204
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Maternity Leave and Children's Cognitive and Behavioral Development
Baker, Michael - 2011
duration of maternity leave in Canada, which significantly increased the amount of first-year maternal care. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124231
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Nonlinear Policy Rules and the Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design
Card, David - 2012
unemployment insurance benefits on the duration of joblessness in Austria, where the benefit schedule has kinks at the minimum and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097659
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Duration Dependence and Labor Market Conditions : Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment
Kroft, Kory - 2012
This paper studies the role of employer behavior in generating "negative duration dependence" -- the adverse effect of … with local labor market conditions, and find that duration dependence is stronger when the labor market is tighter. We … of duration dependence based on employer screening, employer ranking, and human capital depreciation. Our results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100673
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Deep Recessions, Fast Recoveries, and Financial Crises : Evidence from the American Record
Bordo, Michael D. - 2012
Do steep recoveries follow deep recessions? Does it matter if a credit crunch or banking panic accompanies the recession? Moreover does it matter if the recession is associated with a housing bust? We look at the American historical experience in an attempt to answer these questions. The answers...
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Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market
Farber, Henry S. - 2013
unemployment exit rate and a small increase in the expected duration of unemployment. The effects on exits and duration are …
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