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Dynamic Incentive Contracts under Parameter Uncertainty

Jovanovic, Boyan; Prat, Julien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We analyze a long-term contracting problem involving common uncertainty about a parameter capturing the productivity of the relationship, and featuring a hidden action for the agent. We develop an approach that works for any utility function when the parameter and noise are normally distributed...

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Taxes, Benefits, and Careers: Complete Versus Incomplete Markets

Ljungqvist, Lars; Sargent, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

An incomplete markets life-cycle model with indivisible labour makes career lengths and human capital accumulation …

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Choosing to Compete: How different are girls and boys?

Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

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Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?

Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in … than coed girls. Moreover, gender differences in preferences for risk-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of the …

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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?

Booth, Alison L; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

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Culture, Policies and Labor Market Outcomes

Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the …

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

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Part-Time Jobs: What Women Want?

Booth, Alison L; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Part-time jobs are popular among partnered women in many countries. In the Netherlands the majority of partnered working women have a part-time job. Our paper investigates, from a supply-side perspective, if the current situation of abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a...

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Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle

Booth, Alison L; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Using fixed effects ordered logit estimation, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and working hours satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men and women from the British Household Panel...

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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