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Knight, John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

The paper uses the Lewis model as a framework for examining the labour market progress of two labour-abundant countries, China and South Africa, towards labour shortage and generally rising labour real incomes. In the acuteness of their rural-urban divides, forms of migrant labour, rapid...

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Japanese Labour Markets: Can we Expect Significant Change?

Rebick, Marcus - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2000

I examine recent changes in labour markets and employment practices in Japan. I find little evidence that Japan is converging towards an Anglo-American type labour market. Mobility rates continue to be low, and there is little indication that this will change greatly in the future. Large firms...

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Social Norms and Household Time Allocation

Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena; Fernandez, Cristina - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2006

Economic theories of the household predict that increases in female relative human capital lead to decreases in female housework time. However, longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence seems to contradict this implication. Women`s share of home time fails to decrease despite increases in...

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Japanese Labour Markets: Can we Expect Significant Change?.

Rebick, M. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2000

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Division of Household Labor and Cross-Country Differences in Household Formation Rates

Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

This paper explains the existing cross-country differences in household formation rates in industrialized countries by highlighting how an individual`s probability to form a household may be affected by social norms toward the household division of labor. Because social norms are to a large...

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Working Women, Men`s Home Time and Lowest Low Fertility

Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena; Laat, Joost de - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

Southern Europe`s rapid fertility decline has resulted in a positive cross-country correlation between female labor force participation and fertility. We develop a model with heterogeneity in attitudes towards women`s home time and a social externality associated to men`s home production to...

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Distributional Impact of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

and mining and not agricultural commodities. A sustained increase in the price of renewables (wool ) reduces inequality … whereas the same for non-renewable resources (minerals) increases inequality. We expect that the initial distribution of land …

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Growth, Growth Accelerations and the Poor: Lessons from Indonesia

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Resosudarmo, Budy P. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

We study the impact of growth and growth accelerations on poverty and inequality in Indonesia using a new panel dataset …-mining sectors of the economy. We find that growth in non-mining significantly reduces poverty and inequality. In contrast, overall … growth and growth in mining appears to have no effect on poverty and inequality. We also identify growth acceleration …

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Distributional Impact of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Willliamson, Jeffrey G. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

inequality whreas the same for non-renewable resources (minerals) increases inequality. We expect that the initial distribution …

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Towards an Objective Account of Nutrition and Health in Colonial Kenya: A Study of Stature in African Army Recruits and Civilians, 1880-190

Moradi, Alexander - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

How well did Kenyans do under colonial rule? It is common sense that Kenyans suffered under exploitative colonial policies. The overall impact, however, is uncertain. This study presents fresh evidence on nutrition and health in colonial Kenya by (1) using a new and comprehensive data set...

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