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The matching efficiency of the standard matching function is known to follow a pro-cyclical pattern. An observed … rightward shift in the UK's Beveridge Curve after the Great Recession, suggests a decrease in the matching efficiency between … characteristics of unemployed, using the standard aggregate matching function. Consistent with the findings for the US (Barnichon and …
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Can early childhood interventions compensate for innate deficits? In this paper, I study the forced right-hand writing of left-handed children (“switching”). While previous literature has found that, due to innate cognitive deficits, left-handers obtain less human capital and lower wages...
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Do investments in soft skills pay off in terms of student achievement? This paper evaluates a large private-sector program in this area, EPIS, based on individual and small-group sessions of mediators that seek to improve the non-cognitive skills (e.g. motivation, self-esteem, conscientiousness)...
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demand and reduced working hours so as to stabilize workers’ income. In a matching framework such an arrangement increases …
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demand and reduced working hours so as to stabilize workers' income. In a matching framework such an arrangement increases …
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