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Who Moves and For How Long: Determinants of Different Forms of Migration

Borodak, Daniela; Piracha, Matloob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper analyses the determinants and correlates of different forms of migration, including circular, temporary and permanent. Using Moldovan data we show that age, education, number of children in a household and social as well as economic development in the region of origin play a crucial...

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Remittances and Migration Intentions of the Left-Behind

Piracha, Matloob; Saraogi, Amrita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Moldova and employing simultaneous equations model we show that there exists a dual causality between receipt of remittances …

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Occupational Choice of Return Migrants in Moldova

Borodak, Daniela; Piracha, Matloob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

in Moldova, we find that those who stayed illegally in the host country tend to go in wage employment on return to the …

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Motivations for Remittances: Evidence from Moldova

Piracha, Matloob; Saraogi, Amrita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper explores the factors that account for the receipt of remittances across households in Moldova who have … behaviour in Moldova. Drawing from these estimates, we conclude that altruism and investment (proxied by the level of economic … development at the regional level) are the two main motives behind remittance flows to Moldova. …

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Relative Consumption, Working Time, and Trade Unions

Goerke, Laszlo; Hillesheim, Inga - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Status considerations with respect to consumption give rise to negative externalities because individuals do not take into account that their decisions affect the relative consumption position of others. Further, status concerns create incentives for excessive labour supply in competitive...

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Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes

Sojourner, Aaron J.; Frandsen, Brigham R.; Town, Robert J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper studies the effects of nursing home unionization on numerous labor, establishment, and consumer outcomes using a regression discontinuity design. We find negative effects of unionization on staffing levels and no decline in care quality, suggesting positive labor productivity effects....

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Heterogeneity in Union Status and Employee Well-Being

Haile, Getinet Astatike; Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper examines if workplace and co-worker union status affect employee wellbeing. In contrast to the literature focusing on links between one’s own membership status and wellbeing, we focus principally on non-union employees. We find that being in a union workplace and having union...

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Spillover Effects of Unionisation on Non-members' Well-being

Haile, Getinet Astatike; Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The paper investigates whether unionisation has a spillover effect on wellbeing by comparing non-members in union and non-union workplaces. To this end, it adapts the social custom model of trade unions and goes on to conduct empirical analyses using linked employer-employee data and alternative...

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Risk Aversion and Trade Union Membership

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel...

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Tax Evasion in a Unionised Economy

Goerke, Laszlo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

In a unionised labour market, a substitution of a payroll for an income tax will not alter employment if tax obligations are fulfilled. However, if workers or firms can evade taxes this irrelevance result might no longer apply. This will especially be the case if the fine for tax evasion depends...

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