CEP Discussion Paper
How to Improve Tax Compliance? Evidence from Population-wide Experiments in Belgium
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Clement Imbert, Maarten Luts, Johannes Spinnewijn and Teodora Tsankova May 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1621:
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Tags: tax compliance; field experiments; simplification; enforcement

CEP Discussion Paper
Trade Blocs and Trade Wars during the Interwar Period
David S. Jacks and Dennis Novy
May 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1620:
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Tags: commonwealth; distance; gravity; interwar period; trade blocs; trade wars

CEP Discussion Paper
Tales of the City: What Do Agglomeration Cases Tell Us About Agglomeration in General?
Giulia Faggio, Olmo Silva and William C. Strange May 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1619:
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Tags: agglomeration; microfoundations; heterogeneity; industrial clusters

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Trainspotting: 'Good Jobs', Training and Skilled Immigration
Andrew Mountford and Jonathan Wadsworth
May 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1618:
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Tags: immigration; training; income distribution

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Parents, Schools and Human Capital Differences across Countries
Marta De Philippis and Federico Rossi
May 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1617:
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Education and Geographical Mobility: The Role of Wage Rents
Michael Amior
May 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1616:
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Tags: geographical mobility; job matching; education

CEP Discussion Paper
Jihadi Attacks, Media and Local Hate Crime
Ria Ivandic, Tom Kirchmaier and Stephen Machin
April 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1615:
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Tags: islamophobic hate crime; jihadi terror attacks; media

CEP Discussion Paper
The Comparative Advantage of Firms
Johannes Boehm, Swati Dhingra and John Morrow
April 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1614:
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Tags: multiproduct firms; firm capabilities; vertical input linkages; comparative advantage; economies of scope; size-based policies

CEP Discussion Paper
A Tale of Comprehensive Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from the Italian Jobs Act
Tito Boeri and Pietro Garibaldi
April 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1613:
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Tags: labor mobility; jobs act

CEP Discussion Paper
Does Evaluation Distort Teacher Effort and Decisions? Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Policy of Retesting Students
Esteban Aucejo, Teresa Romano and Eric S. Taylor April 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1612:
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