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This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment … outlines why bullying might affect employment outcomes through differences in skills and traits. Using Bivariate and Heckit … labour force participation, employment rate and hourly wages are negatively affected by bullying. In addition, men …
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We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our … population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of … general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties …
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A striking feature of labour supply in South Africa is the phenomenal expansion in the labour force participation of women from 38 percent in 1995 to 46 percent in 2004. Even so, their participation has been persistently lower than that of men whose participation rates were 58 percent and 62...
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correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of … imprecise. In sum, reductions in cohort size are associated with moderate improvements in employment outcomes for youth in …
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-century statistics on regional population/land ratios linked to anthropological measures of caste-system rigidity. Both the longitudinal …
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There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household level. We put forward an identification strategy that relies on the fact that variation of wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among "comparable households. We...
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in daytime population in Washington, DC caused by the government shutdown of October 1-16, 2013. We derive implications …
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We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of …
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We study the causal impact of the minimum wage on employment and welfare in Thailand using a difference …
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and a longitudinal household survey from 16 representative provinces to estimate the employment effects of minimum wage …-level data, we present evidence that minimum wage changes have significant adverse effects on employment in the Eastern and …
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