Search Results - "Journal of Labor Economics"

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The Good, the Bad, and the Average: Evidence on Ability Peer Effects in Schools

by Lavy, Victor Weinhardt, Felix Silva, Olmo Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...We study ability peer effects in English secondary schools using data on four cohorts of students taking age-14 national tests and measuring peers’ ability by...”

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The Impact of Unilateral Divorce on Crime

by Caceres-Delpiano, Julio Fernando Giolito, Eugenio Pedro Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...Using data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Report program and differences in the timing of the reform’s introduction, we find that...”

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The Internal Economics of a University: Evidence from Personnel Data

by Verboven, Frank Haeck, Catherine Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...Using a rich personnel data set of a large European university we find strong evidence for the existence of an internal labor market. First, there is a strong...”

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Performance Pay and the White-Black Wage Gap

by Parent, Daniel Heywood, John S Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...We show that the reported tendency for performance pay to be associated with greater wage inequality at the top of the earnings distribution applies only to...”

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Tasks and Heterogeneous Human Capital

by Yamaguchi, Shintaro Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...This article proposes a new approach to modeling heterogeneous human capital using task data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. The key feature of the...”

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Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out

by Heckman, James J LaFontaine, Paul A Humphries, John Eric Rodríguez, Pedro L Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...The option to obtain a General Educational Development (GED) certificate changes the incentives facing high school students. This article evaluates the effect...”

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Experimentation and Job Choice

by Antonovics, Kate Golan, Limor Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...In this article, we examine optimal job choices when jobs differ in the rate at which they reveal information about workers’ skills. We then analyze how the...”

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Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multistage Elimination Tournaments

by Wibral, Matthias Altmann, Steffen Falk, Armin Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...Promotions play an important role for the provision of incentives in firms. We analyze incentives in multistage elimination tournaments with controlled...”

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On the Use of Expectations Data in Estimating Structural Dynamic Choice Models

by van der Klaauw, Wilbert Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...Despite the importance of expectations in models of decision behavior under uncertainty, few empirical economists have made use of subjective expectations data...”

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The Signaling Role of Promotions: Further Theory and Empirical Evidence

by Waldman, Michael DeVaro, Jed Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...An extensive theoretical literature investigates the role of promotions as a signal of worker ability. We extend the theory by focusing on how the signaling...”

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Does Employer Learning Vary by Occupation?

by Mansour, Hani Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...Models of employer learning have two implications: first, the distribution of wages becomes more dispersed as a cohort of workers gains experience; second, the...”

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Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions: Reply to Priest

by Roth, Alvin E Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...In this reply I describe the unraveling of transaction dates in several markets, including the labor market for new lawyers hired by large law firms. This and...”

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The Impact of Low-Skilled Immigration on the Youth Labor Market

by Smith, Christopher L Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)

“...The employment to population rate of high school–aged youth has fallen by about 20 percentage points since the late 1980s. One potential explanation is...”

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