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Poverty and Survival
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765232
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The Effects of European Economic and Monetary Union on Wage Behaviour
Lauer, Charlotte - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
This paper evaluates the possible consequences of the forthcoming European and Monetary Union on wage behavior. It will be shown that EMU does not influence wage policy directly, but rather indirectly through its implications on other areas of economic policy, predominantly on monetary policy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762303
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Bonus Payments, Hierarchy Levels and Tenure: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Grund, Christian; Kräkel, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using data on executive compensation for the German chemical industry, we investigate the relevance of two theoretical approaches that focus on bonuses as part of a long term wage policy of a firm. The first approach argues that explicit bonuses serve as substitutes for implicit career concerns....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683663
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Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)
Campos, Nauro F.; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform? This paper sheds light on this question using a unique data set and procedure to reduce sample selection bias. Our evidence is from consistently coded, non-retrospective data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822217
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Crises, What Crises?
Campos, Nauro F.; Hsiao, Cheng; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types of reform. Is it economic or political crises that are the most important drivers of structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763747
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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to implement policies effectively and provide a supportive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002818
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A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and decomposes these differences into treatment and endowment effects using the technique developed by Borooah and Iyer (2005). Population census data are used to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012889
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Expropriation with Hukou Change: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Akgüc, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the labor market outcomes of males aged 18-60 obtaining an urban hukou as a result of land expropriation across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that those obtaining an urban hukou have better labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105049
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Mehr und bessere Daten für die Arbeitsmarktforschung: Vorschläge zur effizienten Erschließung der amtlichen Statistik
Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Die ökonomische Beurteilung von Vorgängen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt erfordert eine solide und aussagekräftige Datengrundlage. Eine Kerngröße zu deren Verständnis bilden Stundenlöhne. Stundenlöhne erklären beispielsweise, ob und in welchem Umfang Menschen arbeiten und konsumieren, warum und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615420
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Peer Effects in the Workplace
Cornelissen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
workers, firms, and occupations with a focus on peer effects in wages rather than productivity. Our estimation strategy … – which links the average permanent productivity of workers' peers to their wages – circumvents the reflection problem and … accounts for the endogenous sorting of workers into peer groups and firms. On average, we find only small peer effects in wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884194