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1also available:Exemplare Uni Bonn from 1983
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2“...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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3by 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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4“...We assess the strength of information spillovers relating unemployment duration of workers displaced by firm closures to their former colleagues’ current...”
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5“...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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6by 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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7by 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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8“...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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9by 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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10“...Concerns over grade inflation and disparities in grading practices have led institutions of higher education in the United States to adopt various grading...”
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11“...Using large American and British survey data, this paper provides structural estimates of the production functions for birth weight and fetal growth. In...”
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12by 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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13“...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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14by Dubois, Pierre Sadoulet, Elisabeth de Janvry, Alain Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)“...We study the effects of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Progresa on school enrollment and performance in passing grades. We develop a theoretical...”
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15by 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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16“...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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17“...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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18by Ishida, Junichiro Published in Journal of Labor Economics (2012)“...This article explores the consequences of sabotage for the design of incentive contracts. The possibility of sabotage gives rise to a dynamic concern, similar...”
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19by 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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20“...Gibbons and Katz's asymmetric information model of the labormarket predicts that wage losses following displacement should belarger for layoffs than for plant...”