Lorenzo Cappellari

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan

Largo Gemelli, 1

Via Necchi 9

Milan, MI 20123

Italy

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

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Colchester CO4 3SQ

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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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1.

Calculation of Multivariate Normal Probabilities By Simulation, With Applications to Maximum Simulated Likelihood Estimation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2112
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 May 2006
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration
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simulation estimation, maximum simulated likelihood, multivariate probit

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Why so Unhappy? The Effects of Unionisation on Job Satisfaction

CESifo Working Paper No. 1419; IZA Discussion Paper No. 1498
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Feb 2005
Lorenzo Cappellari, Alex Bryson and Claudio Lucifora
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, UCL and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
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job satisfaction, union membership, union recognition, endogeneity

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Friends' Networks and Job Finding Rates

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Friends' Networks and Job Finding Rates

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3243
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Nov 2010
Lorenzo Cappellari and Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Luxembourg
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networks, unemployment, friendship ties

Friends' Networks and Job Finding Rates

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5240
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Oct 2010
Lorenzo Cappellari and Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Luxembourg
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friendship ties, unemployment, networks

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High School Types, Academic Performance and Early Labour Market Outcomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1048
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Apr 2004
Lorenzo Cappellari
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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high school types, academic and economic performance, endogeneity

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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 828
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 01 Jul 2009
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration
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social assistance, welfare benefits, dynamic random effects probit, income dynamics

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3765
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 19 Oct 2008
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration
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social assistance, welfare benefits, dynamic random effects probit, income dynamics

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Modelling Low Pay Transition Probabilities, Accounting for Panel Attrition, Non-Response, and Initial Conditions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1232
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Aug 2004
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration
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Transition probabilities, low pay, attrition, non-response, ignorability

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On Time and Money Donations

CESifo Working Paper No. 2140
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Nov 2007
Lorenzo Cappellari, Paolo Ghinetti and Gilberto Turati
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, University of Piemonte Orientale - Department of Economics and Business Studies and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
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volunteering, money donations, household behaviour

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Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity: A Tale of Two Reforms

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Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity: A Tale of Two Reforms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3520
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Jul 2011
Lorenzo Cappellari, Carlo Dell'Aringa and Marco Leonardi
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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employment contracts, productivity, institutional changes

Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity: A Tale of Two Reforms

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6526
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 May 2012
Lorenzo Cappellari, Carlo Dell'Aringa and Marco Leonardi
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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employment contracts, productivity, institutional changes

Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity: A Tale of Two Reforms

The Economic Journal, Vol. 122, Issue 562, pp. F188-F215, 2012
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Lorenzo Cappellari, Carlo Dell’Aringa and Marco Leonardi
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Università degli Studi di Milano
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Determinants of Grades in Maths for Students in Economics

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 11 May 2008
Lorenzo Cappellari, Claudio Lucifora and Dario Pozzoli
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences
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maths grades, quantile regression, survival analysis

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Earnings Instability and Tenure

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Earnings Instability and Tenure

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2527
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Jan 2007
Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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earnings instability, earnings dynamics, tenure, temporary contracts, minimum distance estimation

Earnings Instability and Tenure

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4145
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Mar 2013
Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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earnings instability, earnings dynamics, tenure, temporary contracts, minimum distance estimation

Earnings Instability and Tenure

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 118, Issue 2, pp. 202-234, 2016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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Earnings dynamics, labor reforms, permanent and transitory variance, temporary contracts

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The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships

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The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6481
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Jun 2017
Andrea Albanese, Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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Apprenticeship, Permanent Work, Youth Employment, Covariate Balancing Propensity Score

The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) Working Paper No. 2017-13
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Oct 2017
Andrea Albanese, Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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Apprenticeship, Permanent Work, Youth Employment, Covariate Balancing, Propensity Score

The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10766
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 May 2017
Andrea Albanese, Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi di Milano
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apprenticeship, permanent work, youth employment, covariate balancing, propensity score

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The Labour Market Effects of Alma Mater: Evidence from Italy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1562
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Apr 2005
Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Cappellari
University of Padua - Department of Economics and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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college education, Italy

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Student Performance May Not Improve When Universities are Choosier

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3264
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Dec 2010
Carmen Aina, Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Francesconi
University of Piemonte Orientale, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Essex
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college student performance, college admission, institutional selectivity, difference-in-difference design

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The 'Bologna Process' and College Enrolment Decisions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3444
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Lorenzo Cappellari and Claudio Lucifora
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
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university reforms, college enrolment, college drop-out

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Flexicurity, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life-Cycle

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Flexicurity, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life-Cycle

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3561
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Sep 2011
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Copenhagen Business School
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unemployment insurance, wage dynamics, wage inequality, wage instability

Flexicurity, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life-Cycle

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3561, Government of the Italian Republic (Italy), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Department of the Treasury Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Apr 2012
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Copenhagen Business School
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Unemployment insurance, wage dynamics, wage inequality, wage instability

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Earnings Mobility Among Italian Low Paid Workers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1068
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Mar 2004
Lorenzo Cappellari
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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low pay, earnings mobility, initial conditions, earnings attrition, education

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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Britain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4457
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration
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benefits, income dynamics, social assistance, welfare, dynamic random effects probit

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Bilingual Schooling and Earnings: Evidence from a Language-in-Education Reform

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Bilingual Schooling and Earnings: Evidence from a Language-in-Education Reform

XREAP WP 2015-03
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Oct 2015
Lorenzo Cappellari and Antonio Di Paolo
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Barcelona
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Bilingual education, returns to schooling, language-in-education reform, Catalonia

Bilingual Schooling and Earnings: Evidence from a Language-in-Education Reform

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9431
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Oct 2015
Lorenzo Cappellari and Antonio Di Paolo
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Barcelona
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bilingual education, returns to schooling, language-in-education reform, Catalonia

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Unemployment Insurance, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life Cycle

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Unemployment Insurance, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life Cycle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7128
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Jan 2013
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Copenhagen Business School
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unemployment insurance, wage dynamics, wage inequality, wage instability

Unemployment Insurance, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life Cycle

The Economic Journal, Vol. 123, Issue 568, pp. 341-372, 2013
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Apr 2013
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Copenhagen Business School
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Alike in Many Ways: Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations of Brothers' Earnings

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3994
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Nov 2012
Paul Bingley and Lorenzo Cappellari
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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intergenerational transmission, sibling correlations, life-cycle earnings

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Volunteer Labour Supply: The Role of Workers Motivations

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 619-643, December 2004
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Nov 2004
Lorenzo Cappellari and Gilberto Turati
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
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Do Market Incentives for Hospitals Affect Health and Service Utilization? Evidence from PPS-DRG Tariffs in Italian Regions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5804
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Apr 2016
Lorenzo Cappellari, Anna S. De Paoli and Gilberto Turati
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
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health reforms, subjective health perceptions, utilization of health care services

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Union Activism, Workers' Satisfaction and Organizational Change

Labour, Vol. No. 1, No. 18, pp. 1-28, March 2004
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Apr 2004
Lorenzo Cappellari, Claudio Lucifora and Giulio Piccirilli
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and Università degli Studi di Milano - Istituto di Economia dell'Impresae del Lavoro
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Who Stays Poor? Who Becomes Poor? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Economic Journal, Vol. 112, pp. C60-C67, 2002
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Dec 2002
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration
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Does Union Membership Really Reduce Job Satisfaction?

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 439-459, September 2004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Sep 2004
Alex Bryson, Lorenzo Cappellari and Claudio Lucifora
UCL, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
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Workers, Firms and Life-Cycle Wage Dynamics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11402
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Apr 2018
Paul Bingley and Lorenzo Cappellari
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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wage inequality, wage dynamics, co-workers' covariance

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Correlations of Brothers' Earnings and Intergenerational Transmission

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6473
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jun 2017
Paul Bingley and Lorenzo Cappellari
Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI) and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Sibling Correlations, Intergenerational Transmission

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Do Market Incentives in the Hospital Industry Affect Subjective Health Perceptions? Evidence from the Italian Pps-Drg Reform

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8636
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Nov 2014
Lorenzo Cappellari, Anna S. De Paoli and Gilberto Turati
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
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health reforms, self-assessed health

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Parents, Siblings and Schoolmates: The Effects of Family-School Interactions on Educational Achievement and Long-Term Labor Market Outcomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11200
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Cappellari
University of Padua, University of Padua - Department of Economics and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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education peer effects, gender, parental background, human capital production, long term outcomes

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Family, Community and Long-Term Earnings Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10089
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Aug 2016
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari and Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Luxembourg
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sibling correlations, neighborhoods, schools, life-cycle earnings, inequality

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Do the 'Working Poor' Stay Poor? An Analysis of Low Pay Transitions in Italy

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 64, pp. 87-110, 2002
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Mar 2003
Lorenzo Cappellari
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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Family, Community and Life-Cycle Earnings: Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6743
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Jan 2018
Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari and Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Danish National Institute of Social Research (SFI), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Luxembourg
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sibling correlation, neighborhoods, schools, long-term inequality

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Correlations of Brothers' Earnings and Intergenerational Transmission

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10761
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 May 2017
Paul Bingley and Lorenzo Cappellari
Aarhus University - National Centre for Register-Based Research and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
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sibling correlations, intergenerational transmission, life-cycle earnings

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Linguistic Skills and the Intergenerational Transmission of Language

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11793
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Ramon Caminal, Lorenzo Cappellari and Antonio Di Paolo
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Institut d'Analisi Economica, CSIC, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and University of Barcelona
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language, intergenerational transmission, language proficiency, language-in-education reform

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Why so Unhappy? The Effects of Unionization on Job Satisfaction

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 72, Issue 3, pp. 357-380, June 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Apr 2010
Alex Bryson, Lorenzo Cappellari and Claudio Lucifora
UCL, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
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Workers' Perceptions of Job Insecurity: Do Job Security Guarantees Work?

LABOUR, Vol. 23, Issue s1, pp. 177-196, March 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Alex Bryson, Lorenzo Cappellari and Claudio Lucifora
UCL, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
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Earnings and Labour Market Volatility in Britain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7491
Posted: 20 Jul 2013
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration

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labour market volatility, earnings volatility, earnings instability, BHPS

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Modelling Low Income Transitions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 504
Posted: 23 Jul 2002
Lorenzo Cappellari and Stephen P. Jenkins
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration

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Poverty Dynamics, State Dependence, First-order Markov, Simulated Maximum Likelihood