Publications & Papers by Daron Acemoglu

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Table 5: The Effect of State of Birth Compulsory Schooling Laws on Discrete Levels of Schooling Table 6: 2SLS Estimates of Private Returns to Schooling CompSchoolLaws contains data and documentation on compulsory attendance laws by state. three.rar is the micro data set used by the programs posted above.
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

How Large Are Human Capital Externalities Evidence? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

NBER Macroeconomics Annual, pp. 9-59
Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Angrist
January 2001
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Labor Economics

Good Jobs Versus Bad Jobs

Journal of Labor Economics, 19, pp. 1-22.
Daron Acemoglu
January 2001
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Political Economy

Why Did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequlaity and Growth in Historical Perpective

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115, pp. 1167-1199
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
November 2000
Review of Economic Studies
Economic Theory, Labor Economics

Wage and Technology Dispersion

The Review of Economic Studies, 67, pp. 585-608
Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer
October 2000
European Economics Review
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics

Productivity Gains from Unemployment Insurance

European Economics Review, 44, pp. 1195-1224
Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer
June 2000
American Economic Review
Political Economy

Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 90, pp. 126-130
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
May 2000
European Economics Review
Political Economy

Democratization or Repression?

European Economics Review, Papers and Proceedings, 44, 683-693
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
April 2000
European Economics Review
Labor Economics

Certification of Training and Training Outcomes

European Economics Review, Papers and Proceedings, 44, pp. 917-927
Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke
April 2000
American Economic Review
Political Economy

The Choice between Market Failures and Corruption

American Economic Review, 90(1), pp. 194-211
Daron Acemoglu, Thierry Verdier
March 2000
American Economic Review
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence

American Economic Review, 89, pp. 1259-1278
Daron Acemoglu
December 1999
International Economic Review
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Holdups and Efficieny Search Frictions

International Economic Review, 40, pp. 827-850
Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer
November 1999
Journal of Political Economy
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics

Efficient Unemployment Insurance

Journal of Political Economy, 107, pp. 893-928
Daron Acemoglu, Robert Shimer
October 1999
Journal of Political Economy
Labor Economics

The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training

Jounal of Political Economy, 107, pp. 539-572
Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke
June 1999
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Development Economics, Macroeconomics

Information Accumulation in Development

Journal of Economic Growth, 4, pp. 5-38
Daron Acemoglu, Fabrizio Zilibotti
March 1999
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Labor Economics

Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets

Economic Journal, 109, pp. 112-142
Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke
February 1999
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113, pp. 1055-1089
Daron Acemoglu
November 1998
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Political Economy

Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: A General Equilibrium Approach

Economic Journal, 108, pp. 1381-1403
Daron Acemoglu, Thierry Verdier
September 1998
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Labor Economics

Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113, pp. 79-119
Daron Acemoglu, Jorn-Steffen Pischke
February 1998