Labour Economics

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Volume 45, issue C, 2017

When evidence is not enough: Findings from a randomized evaluation of Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) pp. 5-16

Brian Jacob

Reading enjoyment and reading skills: Lessons from an experiment with first grade children pp. 17-25

Dominique Goux, Marc Gurgand and Eric Maurin

Does professional development of preschool teachers improve children's socio-emotional outcomes? pp. 26-39

Bente Jensen, Peter Jensen and Astrid Würtz Rasmussen

Early skill formation and the efficiency of parental investment: A randomized controlled trial of home visiting pp. 40-58

Orla Doyle, Colm Harmon, James Heckman, Caitriona Logue and Seong Hyeok Moon

Gender-specific effects of early childhood intervention: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial pp. 59-78

Malte Sandner and Tanja Jungmann

The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools: Experimental evidence from Chile pp. 79-91

Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman, A. Claudia Martínez and Dario Romero

The effect of incentives on sustainable behavior: evidence from a field experiment pp. 92-106

Laura Rosendahl Huber, Randolph Sloof and Mirjam Praag

Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea pp. 107-115

Alex Armand, Pedro Carneiro, Andrea Locatelli, Selam Mihreteab and Joseph Keating

Learning and earning: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in India pp. 116-130

Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani

Can arts-based interventions enhance labor market outcomes among youth? Evidence from a randomized trial in Rio de Janeiro pp. 131-142

Carla Calero, Veronica Gonzalez Diez, Yuri S.D. Soares, Jochen Kluve and Carlos Corseuil

On the effect of the costs of operating formally: New experimental evidence pp. 143-157

Sebastian Galiani, Marcela Meléndez and Camila Navajas-Ahumada

Is there a rationale to contact the unemployed right from the start? Evidence from a natural field experiment pp. 158-168

Bert Van Landeghem, Frank Cörvers and Andries de Grip

Do public or private providers of employment services matter for employment? Evidence from a randomized experiment pp. 169-187

Kai Rehwald, Michael Rosholm and Michael Svarer

Volume 44, issue C, 2017

Lifecycle variation, errors-in-variables bias and nonlinearities in intergenerational income transmission: new evidence from Canada pp. 1-12

Wen-Hao Chen, Yuri Ostrovsky and Patrizio Piraino

Informal sector under saving: A positive analysis of labour market policies pp. 13-26

Luz Florez

Raising the standard: Minimum wages and firm productivity pp. 27-50

Rebecca Riley and Chiara Rosazza Bondibene

Worker reallocation across occupations: Confronting data with theory pp. 51-68

Etienne Lalé

The gender gap in college major: Revisiting the role of pre-college factors pp. 69-88

Jamin Speer

Heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution: Who profits the most? pp. 89-105

Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

Advising students on their field of study: Evidence from a French University reform pp. 106-121

Nicolas Pistolesi

Women's economic opportunities and the intra-household production of child human capital pp. 122-132

Marianne Bruins

Achievement effects of individual performance incentives in a teacher merit pay tournament pp. 133-150

Margaret Brehm, Scott Imberman and Michael Lovenheim

The positive influence of female college students on their male peers pp. 151-160

Andrew Hill

Re-employment expectations and realisations: Prediction errors and behavioural responses pp. 161-176

Sonja C. Kassenboehmer and Sonja G. Schatz

Working conditions and regulation pp. 177-191

Philipp Weinschenk

Peer delinquency and student achievement in middle school pp. 192-217

Tom Ahn and Justin Trogdon

Coworker networks in the labour market pp. 218-230

Albrecht Glitz

Volume 43, issue C, 2016

Benefits from delay? The effect of abortion availability on young women and their children pp. 6-28

Eirin Mølland

Reproductive rights and the career plans of U.S. college freshmen pp. 29-41

Herdis Steingrimsdottir

Racial and ethnic infant mortality gaps and the role of socio-economic status pp. 42-54

Todd Elder, John H. Goddeeris and Steven Haider

The length of maternity leave and family health pp. 55-71

Louise Voldby Beuchert, Maria Humlum and Rune Vejlin

The youngest get the pill: ADHD misdiagnosis in Germany, its regional correlates and international comparison pp. 72-86

Hannes Schwandt and Amelie Wuppermann

Sex, drugs, and ADHD: The effects of ADHD pharmacological treatment on teens' risky behaviors pp. 87-105

Anna Chorniy and Leah Kitashima

Education and cancer risk pp. 106-121

Edwin Leuven, Erik Plug and Marte Rønning

Profiting from presenteeism? Effects of an enforced activation policy on firm profits pp. 122-128

Anna Godøy

Long-term consequences of workplace bullying on sickness absence pp. 129-150

Tine Louise Eriksen, Annie Hogh and Åse Marie Hansen

Health insurance reform and part-time work: Evidence from Massachusetts pp. 151-158

Marcus Dillender, Carolyn Heinrich and Susan N. Houseman

Demanding occupations and the retirement age pp. 159-170

Niels Vermeer, Mauro Mastrogiacomo and Arthur van Soest

The impact of acute health shocks on the labour supply of older workers: Evidence from sixteen European countries pp. 171-185

Elisabetta Trevisan and Francesca Zantomio

Health shocks, disability and work pp. 186-200

Maarten Lindeboom, Ana Llena-Nozal and Bas van der Klaauw

Volume 42, issue C, 2016

Lifetime inequality measures for an emerging economy: The case of Chile pp. 1-15

Mauricio Tejada

The effect of the potential duration of unemployment benefits on unemployment exits to work and match quality in France pp. 16-29

Thomas Le Barbanchon

Labor markets with endogenous job referral networks: Theory and empirical evidence pp. 30-42

Ian Schmutte

The effect of involuntary maternal job loss on children's behaviour and non-cognitive skills pp. 43-63

Frauke Peter

After-school care and parents' labor supply pp. 64-75

Christina Felfe, Michael Lechner and Petra Thiemann

A simple diagnostic to investigate instrument validity and heterogeneous effects when using a single instrument pp. 76-86

Steven Dieterle and Andy Snell

Family migration and relative earnings potentials pp. 87-100

Mette Foged

The public sector wage premium in Spain: Evidence from longitudinal administrative data pp. 101-122

Laura Hospido and Enrique Moral-Benito

Commitment in the household: Evidence from the effect of inheritances on the labor supply of older married couples pp. 123-137

David Blau and Ryan M. Goodstein

One size fits all? The effects of teachers' cognitive and social abilities on student achievement pp. 138-150

Erik Grönqvist and Jonas Vlachos

Share capitalism and worker wellbeing pp. 151-158

Alex Bryson, Andrew Clark, Richard Freeman and Colin Green

Sanctions and the exit from unemployment in two different benefit schemes pp. 159-176

Henna Busk

Earnings exemptions for unemployed workers: The relationship between marginal employment, unemployment duration and job quality pp. 177-193

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn and Arne Uhlendorff

Do women prefer female bosses? pp. 194-202

Benjamin Artz and Sarinda Taengnoi

Signals matter? Large retirement responses to limited financial incentives pp. 203-212

Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson and Gemma Tetlow

On the firms’ component of wage dispersion: Endogenous effort versus search frictions pp. 213-220

Adrian Masters

Monopsony, minimum wages and migration pp. 221-237

Eric Strobl and Frank Walsh