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2016

Gender differences in risk attitudes pp. 100

Antonio Filippin

Start-up subsidies for the unemployed: Opportunities and limitations pp. 200

Marco Caliendo

Feminization of migration and trends in remittances pp. 220

Maëlan Le Goff

Wage coordination in new and old EU member states pp. 222

Riccardo Rovelli

Should firms allow workers to choose their own wage? pp. 223

Gary Charness

Profit sharing: Consequences for workers pp. 225

Tony Fang

Can “happiness data” help evaluate economic policies? pp. 226

Robert MacCulloch

Income contingent loans in higher education financing pp. 227

Bruce Chapman

Female education and its impact on fertility pp. 228

Jungho Kim

What is the economic value of literacy and numeracy? pp. 229

Anna Vignoles

Working-time autonomy as a management practice pp. 230

Michael Beckmann

Parental employment and children’s academic achievement pp. 231

Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

Do skills matter for wage inequality? pp. 232

Stijn Broecke

The labor market consequences of impatience pp. 233

Brian Cadena

Employee incentives: Bonuses or penalties? pp. 234

Daniele Nosenzo

Job search requirements for older unemployed workers pp. 235

Hans Bloemen

Gender differences in competitiveness pp. 236

Mario Lackner

Internal hiring or external recruitment? pp. 237

Jed DeVaro

Incentives for prosocial activities pp. 238

Nicola Lacetera

Gravity models: A tool for migration analysis pp. 239

Raul Ramos

University autonomy: Improving educational output pp. 240

Jo Ritzen

Do childcare policies increase maternal employment? pp. 241

Daniela Vuri

Effects of entering adulthood during a recession pp. 242

Lisa Dettling

The effects of minimum wages on youth employment and income pp. 243

Charlene Kalenkoski

Can market mechanisms solve the refugee crisis? pp. 244

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga

Legalizing undocumented immigrants pp. 245

Cynthia Bansak

Do in-work benefits work for low-skilled workers? pp. 246

Bruno Van der Linden

Age at school entry: How old is old enough? pp. 247

Elizabeth Dhuey

The effects of recessions on family formation pp. 248

Ayako Kondo

Are part-time workers less productive and underpaid? pp. 249

Andrea Garnero

Using instrumental variables to establish causality pp. 250

Sascha Becker

How can temporary work agencies provide more training? pp. 251

Alexander Spermann

Financing high-potential entrepreneurship pp. 252

Ramana Nanda

Disability and labor market outcomes pp. 253

Melanie Jones

The rise and fall of piecework pp. 254

Robert Hart

Conditions for high-potential female entrepreneurship pp. 255

Siri Terjesen

Should common law marriage be abolished? pp. 256

Shoshana Grossbard

Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship pp. 257

Joern Block

Institutions and the support for market reforms pp. 258

Irina Denisova

Disentangling policy effects into causal channels pp. 259

Martin Huber

Performance measures and worker productivity pp. 260

Jan Sauermann

Income inequality and social origins pp. 261

Lorenzo Cappellari

Do family and kinship networks support entrepreneurs? pp. 262

Christophe Nordman

Do economic reforms hurt or help the informal labor market? pp. 263

Saibal Kar

Encouraging women’s labor force participation in transition countries pp. 264

Norberto Pignatti

Impacts of regulation on eco-innovation and job creation pp. 265

Jens Horbach

Do product market reforms stimulate employment, investment, and innovation? pp. 266

Fabio Schiantarelli

Is maternal employment related to childhood obesity? pp. 267

Wencke Gwozdz

Are apprenticeships beneficial in sub-Saharan Africa? pp. 268

Francis Teal

Integrating refugees into labor markets pp. 269

Pieter Bevelander

Labor market policies, unemployment, and identity pp. 270

Ronnie Schöb

Employment and rebellion in conflicted and fragile states pp. 271

Michael J. Gilligan

Trade liberalization and poverty reduction pp. 272

Devashish Mitra

Can higher education reduce inequality in developing countries? pp. 273

Abebe Abebe

Access to public transport and labor informality pp. 274

Ana Moreno-Monroy

Efficiency wages: Variants and implications pp. 275

Ekkehart Schlicht

Low-wage employment pp. 276

Claus Schnabel

The dynamics of training programs for the unemployed pp. 277

Aderonke Osikominu

Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation pp. 278

Harry Patrinos

Parental leave and maternal labor supply pp. 279

Astrid Kunze

Cash wage payments in transition economies: Consequences of envelope wages pp. 280

Ioana Horodnic

Do youths graduating in a recession incur permanent losses? pp. 281

Bart Cockx

Migration and female genital mutilation pp. 282

Sandrine Mesplé-Somps

The relationship between recessions and health pp. 283

Nick Drydakis

Ethnic networks and location choice of immigrants pp. 284

Sholeh Maani

Public or private job placement services—Are private ones more effective? pp. 285

Gesine Stephan

How does migration affect child labor in sending countries? pp. 286

Mariapia Mendola

Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration pp. 287

Simone Schüller

How to minimize lock-in effects of programs for unemployed workers pp. 288

Conny Wunsch

Women’s labor force participation pp. 289

Anne Winkler

Immigrants’ occupational mobility—Down and back up again pp. 290

Aslan Zorlu

Do global value chains create jobs? pp. 291

Thomas Farole

How immigration affects investment and productivity in host and home countries pp. 292

Volker Grossmann

Can cash transfers reduce child labor? pp. 293

Furio Rosati

The effect of the internet on voting behavior pp. 294

Stephan Heblich

How manipulating test scores affects school accountability and student achievement pp. 295

Erich Battistin

What are the consequences of regularizing undocumented immigrants? pp. 296

Sherrie A. Kossoudji

Where do immigrants retire to? pp. 297

Augustin de Coulon

The mortality crisis in transition economies pp. 298

Giovanni Cornia

Does government spending crowd out voluntary labor and donations? pp. 299

Julia Bredtmann

Does unemployment insurance offer incentives to take jobs in the formal sector? pp. 300

Mariano Bosch

What can be expected from productive inclusion programs? pp. 301

Iamele Rigolini

The pros and cons of workplace tournaments pp. 302

Roman Sheremeta

Family structure and children’s educational attainment in transition economies pp. 303

Lucia Mangiavacchi

How do social networks affect labor markets? pp. 304

Ian Schmutte

How do adult returns to schooling affect children’s enrollment? pp. 305

Kenneth Swinnerton

Do schooling reforms improve long-term health? pp. 306

David Madden

The effect of emigration on home-country political institutions pp. 307

Elisabetta Lodigiani

Why do we need longitudinal survey data? pp. 308

Heather Joshi

The effects of privatization on exports and jobs pp. 309

Yasuyuki Todo

Gender wage discrimination pp. 310

Boris Hirsch

Does employee ownership improve performance? pp. 311

Douglas Kruse

Can universal preschool increase the labor supply of mothers? pp. 312

Sarah Cattan

Do social interactions in the workplace lead to productivity spillover among co-workers? pp. 314

Thomas Cornelissen

Are happy workers more productive? pp. 315

Eugenio Proto

What effect do vocational training vouchers have on the unemployed? pp. 316

Anthony Strittmatter

How important is career information and advice? pp. 317

Sandra McNally

Can lab experiments help design personnel policies? pp. 318

Marie Claire Villeval

Childcare expansion and mothers’ employment in post-socialist countries pp. 319

Anna Lovasz

Meta-regression analysis: Producing credible estimates from diverse evidence pp. 320

Chris Doucouliagos

The economics of mental health pp. 321

Richard Layard

The changing nature of citizenship legislation pp. 322

Chiara Strozzi

Privatizing sick pay: Does it work? pp. 324

Pierre Koning

Inequality and informality in transition and emerging countries pp. 325

Roberto Dell’Anno

Measuring entrepreneurship: Type, motivation, and growth pp. 327

Sameeksha Desai