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Title:Time-consistent institutional design Author(s):BRENDON, Charles
; ELLISON, MartinDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2014/21Abstract:We propose a new normative approach to designing institutional commitments in environments that are subject to a time inconsistency problem, à la Kydland and Prescott (1977). This approach captures the idea that institutions ...

Title:The effect of job-polarizing skill demands on the US wage structure Author(s):KANTENGA, Kory
Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/03Abstract:I present a quantitative model which accounts for changes in occupational wages, occupational employment shares, and the overall wage distribution. The model reproduces numerous aspects of US cross sectional data observed ...

Title:The effect of the increasing demand for elite schools on stratification Author(s):ESTRADA, RicardoDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2016/02Abstract:I use detailed applications data to document a case in which, contrary to prevailing concerns, increasing school stratification by ability co-existed with stable stratification by family income: Mexico City public high ...
Title:Rules rather than discretion : teacher hiring and rent extraction Author(s):ESTRADA, RicardoDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/14Abstract:Because of data limitations, there is little empirical research on how firms conduct hiring and the merits of different recruitment strategies. In this paper, I take advantage of a unique setting that allows me to compare ...
Title:Characterization and uniqueness of equilibrium in competitive insurance Author(s):FARINHA LUZ, VitorDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/15Abstract:This paper provides a complete characterization of equilibria in a game-theoretic version of Rothschild and Stiglitz (1976)’s model of competitive insurance. I allow for stochastic contract offers by insurance firms and ...
Title:Asymmetric effects of trade and FDI : South America versus Europe Author(s):ALLUB, Lian
Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/16Abstract:The gains from openness to trade and multinational production (MP) depend largely on country size. A large country may attract more foreign firms by closing itself to trade, while a small country may attract a larger amount ...

Title:Hard evidence and welfare in adverse selection environments Author(s):PRAM, Kym
Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2017/10Abstract:I consider environments in which an agent with private information can acquire arbitrary hard evidence about his type before interacting with a principal. In a broad class of screening models, I show that there is always ...

Title:The effect of computer use on job quality : evidence from Europe Author(s):MENON, Seetha
; SALVATORI, Andrea; ZWYSEN, WouterDate:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/02Abstract:This paper studies changes in computer use and job quality in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2015. We document that while the proportion of workers using computers has increased from 40% to more than 60% over twenty years, ...

Title:Educational disparities in the battle against infertility : evidence from IVF success Author(s):SANTAEULÀLIA-LLOPIS, Raül; IORIO, Daniela
; GROES, Fane; LEUNG, Man Yee MalloryDate:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2017/05Abstract:Using administrative data from Denmark (1995-2009) we find that maternal education significantly determines IVF success (live birth). Compared with high school dropouts, patients with a college (high school) degree have a ...

Title:Contracting with type-dependent naïveté Author(s):FOSCHI, Matteo
Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2017/04Abstract:I analyse the optimal contracting behaviour of an employer who faces workers with different, incorrect beliefs about their productivity (naïve workers). Researchers in contract theory have analysed cases where the principal ...
