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Family-Friendly Work Practices in Britain: Availability and Perceived Accessibility
Budd, John W.; Mumford, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Using linked data for British workplaces and employees we find a low base rate of workplacelevel availability for five … availability drastically overstate the extent to which employees perceive that family-friendly are accessible to them personally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566819
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128037
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Census of mineral industries / Industry series / Crude petroleum and natural gas
USA / Bureau of the Census - 1987-1992: Washington, DC : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] - 1987 - 1992[?]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002081587
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Census of mineral industries / Industry series / Oil and gas field services
USA / Bureau of the Census - 1987-1992: Washington, DC : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] - 1987 - 1992[?]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002081588
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Census of mineral industries / Industry series / Natural gas liquids
USA / Bureau of the Census - 1987-1992: Washington, DC : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] - 1987 - 1992[?]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002081594
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Did the National Minimum Wage Affect UK Prices?
Wadsworth, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
wage workers could pass on any resulting higher labour costs in the form of higher prices. This study looks at the effects … of the introduction and subsequent uprating of the minimum wage on the prices of UK goods and services, comparing the … prices of goods produced by industries in which UK minimum wage workers make up a substantial share of total costs with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565190
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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024597
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Rent Building, Rent Sharing: A Panel Country-Industry Empirical Analysis
Askenazy, Philippe; Cette, Gilbert; Maarek, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Through panel estimates using OECD country-industry statistics, this paper aims to clarify the determinants of rent creation and the mechanisms of rent sharing, and the role of market regulations in these processes. The empirical analysis is carried out in two steps. The first explains the rent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541268
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A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Today's labor-scarce economies have open trade and closed immigration policies, while a century ago they had just the opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703758