applied to a broad class of assignment models. The results indicate that industries are the loci of sorting-more productive … workers are employed in more productive industries. The evidence confirms assortative matching can be present even when worker …

via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and … over and above any income effect induced by the scheme and is robust to concerns about endogeneity of labour force … which children's educational outcomes improve is empowerment of mothers resulting from better labour market opportunities …

subject to nonconvex adjustment costs. The dataset concerns Norwegian plants operating in manufacturing industries and it … covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital … simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results …

change sign (the wedge may become a premium). In any case, the same pension contribution will discourage labour less if the …

For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring and reallocation of labour … issue of labour market flexibility in transition countries by studying the optimality and efficiency of labour usage among … by value-added and capital stock. Speed of adjustment and labour use optimality and efficiency show much greater …