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Ranking Leading Econometrics Journals Using Citations Data from ISI and RePEc

Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2014

value relative to others. The RAMs include the impact factor, mean citations and non-citations, journal policy, number of …The paper focuses on the robustness of rankings of academic journal quality and research impact of 10 leading … econometrics journals taken from the Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science (ISI) Category of Economics, using citations data from ISI …

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Regional structure of wages and external economies in Spain

Melendez, Esteban Sanroma; Lobo, Raul Ramos - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 1999

Regional data on wages for the Spanish economy show that workers who live in developed regions earn more than workers in other regions. Literature on external economies provides a possible explanation of why firms do not move from these regions to others where wages are lower. Previous studies...

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Capital humano local y productividad en las provincias espanolas

Melendez, Esteban Sanroma; Lobo, Raul Ramos - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2001

explained by the impact of exogenous local human capital external economies, but by other demand factors. …

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Network mechanisms and social ties in markets for low- and unskilled jobs: (theory and) evidence from North-India

Iversen, Vegard Iversen; Torsvik, Gaute - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2011

Abstract: Workplace referrals may resolve incentive problems that arise due to incomplete contracts. We use an in-depth primary data set covering low- and unskilled migrants from Western Uttar Pradesh (India), to examine this and alternative explanations for referral-based recruitment. We find...

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The effects of unemployment benefits on migration in lagging regions

Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona; … - 2013

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Is the Growing Skill Premium a Purely Metropolitan Issue?

Chung, Chul; Clark, Jeremy; Kim, Bonggeun - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2008

This paper documents that virtually all of the growth in the skilled wage premium over the 1980’s in the United States was confined to metropolitan areas. Explanations for the growth in the skilled wage premium will therefore need to take location into account.

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Spanish unemployment: Normative versus analytical regionalisation procedures

Duque, Juan Carlos; Lobo, Raul Ramos; Ortuno, Manuel Artis - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2004

In applied regional analysis, statistical information is usually published at different territorial levels with the aim of providing information of interest for different potential users. When using this information, there are two different choices: first, to use normative regions (towns,...

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They seek it here, they seek it there, they seek it everywhere. But where is employment found?

Boman, Anders - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

This paper uses a unique possibility to link unemployed individuals’ stated willingness to move with administrative data, giving us the possibility to analyse the effects of mobility on labour market outcome. Furthermore, we can do this not only for those who actually move, but also for...

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Intergovernmental grants and fiscal competition

Jakobsson, Niklas; Nordblom, Katarina - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

can explain why all Swedish municipalities implemented the maximum child-care fee although it had a negative impact on …

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Structural adjustment and endogenous worker recall probabilities

Meland, Frode; Torsvik, Gaute - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2002

In this paper we investigate the incentives of unemployed workers to wait for a recall when recall probabilities are endogenously determined by the waiting decisions of others. Because of a positive externality that arise when workers seek new employment, an excessive number of workers choose to...

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