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Teenage Pregnancy in Mexico: Evolution and Consequences
Arceo-Gómez, Eva Olimpia; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We analyze the consequences of a teenage pregnancy event in the short- and long-run in Mexico. Using longitudinal and cross-section data, we match females who got pregnant and those that did not based on a propensity score. In the short-run, we find that a teenage pregnancy causes a decrease of...
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Trends in earnings inequality and earnings instability among US couples : how important is assortative matching?
Hryshko, Dmytro; Juhn, Chinhui; McCue, Kristin - 2014
We examine changes in inequality and instability of the combined earnings of married couples over the 1980-2009 period using two U.S. panel data sets: Social Security earnings data matched to Survey of Income and Program Participation panels (SIPP-SSA) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics....
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Improving schools through school choice : an experimental study of deferred acceptance
Klijn, Flip; Pais, Joana; Vorsatz, Marc - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107836
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Career Progression and Formal versus On-the-Job Training
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We develop a dynamic discrete choice model of training choice, employment and wage growth, allowing for job mobility, in a world where wages depend on firm-worker matches, as well as experience and tenure and jobs take time to locate. We estimate this model on a large administrative panel data...
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The Mechanism Design Approach to Student Assignment
Pathak, Parag A. - In: Annual Review of Economics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 513-536
assignment has raised new theoretical questions for the theory of matching and assignment. This article reviews some of this …
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Matching with a handicap: The case of smoking in the marriage market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2010
We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … short supply. The model generates clear cut conditions regarding matching patterns. Using CPS data and its Tobacco Use … are satisfied. There are fewer mixed couples where the wife smokes than vice-versa, and matching is assortative on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278624
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Trends in Earnings Inequality and Earnings Instability among U.S. Couples: How Important Is Assortative Matching?
Hryshko, Dmytro; Juhn, Chinhui; McCue, Kristin - 2014
We examine changes in inequality and instability of the combined earnings of married couples over the 1980-2009 period using two U.S. panel data sets: Social Security earnings data matched to Survey of Income and Program Participation panels (SIPP-SSA) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481616
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Matching with a handicap : the case of smoking in the marriage market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2010
We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … short supply. The model generates clear cut conditions regarding matching patterns. Using CPS data and its Tobacco Use … are satisfied. There are fewer "mixed" couples where the wife smokes than vice-versa, and matching is assortative on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314277
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Matching with a Handicap: The Case of Smoking in the Marriage Market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2011
We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … short supply. The model generates clear cut conditions regarding matching patterns. Using CPS data and its Tobacco Use … are satisfied. There are fewer "mixed" couples where the wife smokes than vice-versa, and matching is assortative on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353435
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Matching with a Handicap: The Case of Smoking in the Marriage Market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic … - 2012
We develop a matching model on the marriage market, where individuals have preferences over the smoking status of … short supply. The model generates clear cut conditions regarding matching patterns. Using CPS data and its Tobacco Use … are satisfied. There are fewer “mixed” couples where the wife smokes than vice-versa, and matching is assortative on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643304