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Stepping stones versus dead end jobs: Exits from temporary contracts in Italy after the 2003 reform

Bruno, Giovanni S. F.; Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Dessy, … - 2012

In this paper we study labor market transitions out of temporary jobs in Italy focussing on an interesting period of the Italian recent history: the one immediately following the last labor market reform aimed at flexibilizing and liberalizing the Italian labor market by a widespread use of...

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Identifying regional labor demand shocks using sign restrictions

Juessen, Falko; Linnemann, Ludger - 2012

We propose using sign restrictions to identify regional labor demand shocks in a panel VAR of US federal states. Observed migration responds significantly, but less persistently than the residual-based migration measure constructed by Blanchard and Katz (1992).

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Extra status and extra stress: Are promotions good for us?

Johnston, David W.; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2012

Promotions ordinarily involve higher wages and greater privileges; but they also often involve increased responsibility, accountability and work hours. Therefore, whether promotions are good for workers' wellbeing is an empirical question. Using high-quality panel data we estimate pre- and...

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Strengthening state capabilities: The role of financial incentives in the call to public service

Dal Bó, Ernesto; Finan, Frederico S.; Rossi, Martín A. - 2012

We study a recent recruitment drive for public sector positions in Mexico. Different salaries were announced randomly across recruitment sites, and job offers were subsequently randomized. Screening relied on exams designed to measure applicants' intellectual ability, personality, and...

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Labor-market returns to the GED using regression discontinuity analysis

Jepsen, Christopher; Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth - 2012

We evaluate the labor-market returns to General Educational Development (GED) certification using state administrative data. We develop a fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) method to account for the fact that GED test takers can repeatedly retake the test until they pass it. Our technique can...

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Innocent bystanders? Monetary policy and inequality in the US

Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Kueng, Lorenz; … - 2012

We study the effects and historical contribution of monetary policy shocks to consumption and income inequality in the United States since 1980. Contractionary monetary policy actions systematically increase inequality in labor earnings, total income, consumption and total expenditures....

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The civil rights act and the earnings of lower income Hispanic men in the 1960's

Duleep, Harriet; Regets, Mark - 2012

This paper uses Social Security longitudinal earnings records matched to Current Population Survey data to examine changes in the relative earnings of Hispanic men during a period of dramatic change in public and private policies toward race and ethnicity characterized by, but not limited to,...

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Counterfactual analysis in macroeconometrics: An empirical investigation into the effects of quantitative easing

Pesaran, M. Hashem; Smith, Ron P. - 2012

policy change affects the model's parameters and where it does not. It is argued that for ex post policy evaluation it is … solved out for the policy evaluation exercise. An ex post policy ineffectiveness test statistic is proposed. The analysis is … applied to the evaluation of the effects of the quantitative easing (QE) in the UK after March 2009. It is estimated that a …

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Differences in quality of life estimates using rents and home values

Winters, John V. - 2012

Quality of life differences across areas can be measured by differences in real wages where real wages are computed as nominal wages adjusted for the cost of living. Computing cost of living differences involves several important issues, including how housing prices should be measured. Previous...

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Constitutions and economic development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jorgensen, Miriam; Sunde, Uwe - 2012

This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....

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