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Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting …

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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis

Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however fulltime employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfer-system, we perform a comparative...

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Can Pro-Marriage Policies Work? An Analysis of Marginal Marriages

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies …, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and … a marriage that would have been formed even in the absence of a state intervention (average marriage). In this paper, we …

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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We analyse the effect of strong and weak ties on the individual probability of finding a job. Using the dynamic model of Calvó-Armengol and Jackson (2004), two results are put forward: (i) the individual probability of finding a job is increasing in the number of strong and weak ties; (ii) the...

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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...

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Does City Structure Affect the Labor Market Outcomes of Black Workers?

Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In this paper, location choices are driven by households (both blacks and whites) consciously choosing to trade off proximity to neighbors of similar racial backgrounds for proximity to jobs. Because of coordination failures in the location choices, multiple urban equilibria emerge. There is a...

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How Important Is Access to Jobs? Old Question - Improved Answer

Åslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

spatial mismatch, endogenous location, natural experiment

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Racial Identity and Education

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We investigate the sources of differences in school performance between students of different races by focusing on identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers’ test score while having a negative effect on blacks’ test...

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High Relocation Costs in Search-Matching Models: Theory and Application to Spatial Mismatch

Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We develop a standard search-matching model in which mobility costs are so high that it is too costly for workers to relocate when a change in their employment status occurs. We show that, in equilibrium, wages increase with distance to jobs and commuting costs because firms need to compensate...

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Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration?

Bisin, Alberto; Verdier, Thierry A.; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Using the UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities, we explore the determinants of religious identity for Muslims and non-Muslims. We find that Muslims integrate less and more slowly than non-Muslims. A Muslim born in the UK and having spent there more than 50 years shows a comparable...

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