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New Men and New Women? A Comparison of Paid Work Propensities from a Panel Data Perspective

Booth, Alison L; Jenkins, Stephen P; Serrano, Carlos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, the paper also...

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Human Resources & the Labour Force: Issues for Contemporary & Comparative Research

Ermisch, John F; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

affecting the quantity and quality of employment on the demand side of the economy; and c) factors affecting processes of … 'unemployment' and 'poverty' traps, geographical mobility of residence and employment pay discrimination, the 'discouraged worker …

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Wage Structure and Public Sector Employment: Sweden versus the United States 1970-2002

Domeij, David; Ljungqvist, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …

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Aggregate Labor Market Outcomes: The Role of Choice and Chance

Krusell, Per; Mukoyama, Toshihiko; Rogerson, Richard; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

employment and unemployment. We use a model that features both frictions and an operative labor supply margin to examine the … effects of frictions on steady state employment relative to the simplest matching model, and two common extensions. We also … find that the presence of empirically plausible frictions has virtually no impact on the response of aggregate employment …

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The Career Costs of Children

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Stevens, Katrien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper analyzes the life-cycle career costs associated with child rearing and decomposes their effects into unearned wages (as women drop out of the labor market), loss of human capital, and selection into more child-friendly occupations. We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of fertility,...

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The Predictive Value of Subjective Labour Supply Data: A Dynamic Panel Data Model with Measurement Error

Euwals, Rob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper tests the predictive value of subjective labour supply data for adjustments in working hours over time. The idea is that if subjective labour supply data help to predict next year’s working hours, such data must contain at least some information on individual labour supply...

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Insurance and Opportunities: The Welfare Implications of Rising Wage Dispersion

Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper analyses the welfare effects of changes in cross-sectional wage dispersion, using a class of tractable heterogeneous-agent economies. We emphasize a trade-off in the welfare calculation that arises when labour supply is endogenous. On the one hand, as wage uncertainty rises, so does...

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Career Progression and Formal versus On-the-Job Training

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We develop a dynamic discrete choice model of training choice, employment and wage growth, allowing for job mobility …

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Tax Reform and the Dutch Labour Market: An Applied General Equilibrium Approach

Bovenberg, A Lans; Mooij, Ruud A de; Graafland, Johan J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

less effective in reducing unemployment and in raising unskilled employment and female labour supply. …

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Trends in Hours and Economic Growth

Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We study long-run trends in aggregate market hours of work and shifts across economic sectors within the context of balanced aggregate growth. We show that a model of many goods and uneven TFP growth in market and home production can rationalize the observed falling or U-shaped aggregate hours...

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