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Are shirking and leisure substitutable? : An empirical test of efficiency wages based on urban economic theory
Ross, Stephen L. (contributor); Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003407239
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Are shirking and leisure substitutable? : An empirical test of efficiency wages based on urban economic theory
Ross, Stephen L. (contributor); Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2007
Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using the efficiency wage model as the mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urban economy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to allow for behavioral substitution between leisure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003531704
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Are Shirking and Leisure Substitutable? An Empirical Test of Efficiency Wages Based on Urban Economic Theory
Ross, Stephen L. - 2014
Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using the efficiency wage model as the mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urban economy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to allow for behavioral substitution between leisure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751966
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Spatial productivity differences and the optimal tax treatment of commuting expenses
Zoubek, J. Malte - 2018
Spatial wage differences other incentives to change the location of work either by commuting or by moving to the new … change due to commuting or moving, I study how spatial urban-fringe productivity differences and labor mobility shape optimal … redistribution under tax deduction of commuting expenses. My study underlines the significance of the tax system for local labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011933517
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The Todaro paradox revisited
Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2005
The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to reexamine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003287853
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How do firms redline workers?
Zenou, Yves - 2002
commuting trips provide lower effort levels than those residing closer to jobs. By solving simultaneously for the land and labor … is harmful not because workers have low information about jobs (search) or because commuting costs are too high but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414013
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The Todaro Paradox Revisited
Zenou, Yves - 2005
The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to reexamine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012784075
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Do firms redline workers?
Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; Salas, Luz Magdalena - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117681
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How do firms redline workers?
Zenou, Yves - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268875
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High relocation costs in search-matching models : theory and application to spatial mismatch
Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2007
and commuting costs because firms need to compensate the transportation cost difference between the employed and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003580850