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Analyzing female labor supply -- Evidence from a Dutch tax reform

Bosch, Nicole; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Among OECD countries, the Netherlands has average female labor force participation, but by far the highest rate of part-time work. This paper investigates the extent to which married women respond to financial incentives. We exploit the exogenous variation caused by a substantial Dutch tax...

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How Large are Search Frictions?

Gautier, Pieter A; Teulings, Coen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

be attributed to unobserved components in those characteristics. An assignment model with search frictions provides a …. The impact of search frictions on wages is large. Our results relate to the literature on industry wage differentials, on … structural identification in hedonic models, and on wage posting versus Nash bargaining in search models. …

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How Large are Search Frictions?

Gautier, Pieter A; Teulings, Coen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

the US we find strong evidence for a systematic concave relation. An assignment model with search frictions provides a …

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A Contribution to Unemployment Dynamics

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper views movements in unemployment as the result of the interaction between: (a) lags in labour market decisions; and (b) labour market shocks with temporary and permanent components. Two features of unemployment dynamics are examined: (i) `unemployment persistence', arising when...

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Participation Behaviour of East German Women After German Unification

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

The Paper studies the determinants of labour force participation by East German women after unification. To isolate the role of preferences on labour force participation from individual characteristics, we develop a panel data model that simultaneously explains participation, employment and...

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The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labour Supply

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper examines differences in the labour supply of women of different religions in Israel. We estimate religious differentials in the effect of husband’s income, number of children, education, and age on married women’s labour supply. It is suggested that labour supply patterns of wives...

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Long-Term Unemployment, Excess Demand and the Wage Equation in Britain, 1925-39

Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986

The relationship between unemployment and the rate of change of money wages in interwar Britain is re-examined. It is argued that improved estimates of the wage equation can be obtained by taking account explicitly of factors which change the level of excess demand associated with the measured...

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Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience

Bentolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labour market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees makes real reform much harder, and leads to purely marginal changes that do not alter...

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Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa

Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

What happens when a previously uncovered labour market is regulated? We exploit the introduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages for domestic workers and find no statistically significant effects on the intensive or...

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Regulation And Labour Market Performance

Boeri, Tito; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

The increasing literature on the interactions between liberalization-integration of product markets and labour market reforms is often highly speculative and draws on a rather weak empirical basis. Cross-country indicators of regulatory frameworks are often lacking, making it difficult to...

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