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This paper analyzes assortative matching between employers and employees and its interrelations with the employment … matching. The correlation between both quality measures is positive. Wage gains amount up to 4% when both quality levels are … equal. In a fairly general matching model, this shape of the wage curve arises due to complementarities of qualities in the …
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This paper reviews recent developments in nonparametric identi.cation of mea- surement error models and their applications in applied microeconomics, in particular, in empirical industrial organization and labor economics. Measurement error models describe mappings from a latent distribution to...
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matching market based on the observation of equilibrium matches and wages. The estimation procedure simultaneously fits both … the matching patterns and the wage curve. Our estimator is suited for applications to a wide range of assignment problems. …
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partners. We use unique data on Thai microcredit borrowing groups to test for homogeneous matching by project riskiness and … in type of risk exposure than they would be under random matching. The results suggest that group lending is improving …
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This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the (short-term) welfare consequences of an alcohol ban. Using … subjective well-being data to proxy individual welfare, I apply a regression discontinuity design where the date of the …
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This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the (short-term) welfare consequences of an alcohol ban. Using … subjective well-being data to proxy individual welfare, I apply a regression discontinuity design where the date of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897296
exogenous changes in the hidden tax induce state-level annual welfare changes that are minimal, ranging from –$1,500 to $4 …
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individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two … considerable gains from matching amounting to an increase in the fraction of very satisfied workers from 53.8 to 58.8 percent … relative to a hypothetical random allocation of workers to the two sectors. -- matching ; ordered probit ; public sector …
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individual data on subjective well-being it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two … analysis with data from the European Social Survey, we find considerable gains from matching amounting to an increase in the …
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individual data on subjective well-being it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two … analysis with data from the European Social Survey, we find considerable gains from matching amounting to an increase in the …
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