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Pulls, Pushes and Entitlement Failures in Labor Markets: Does the State of Development Matter?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233812
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Entrepreneurship from Scratch: Lessons on the Entry Decision into Self-Employment from Transition Economies
Earle, John S.; Sakova, Zuzana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
earnings provide evidence on the demand and supply factors affecting the decision to become an entrepreneur. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703823
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Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763855
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Revealed Informal Activity
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
expenditure surveys. We apply this method to the case of Bulgaria using LSMS income and expenditure surveys before and after a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922973
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External Monetary Shocks and Monetary Integration: Evidence from the Bulgarian Currency Board
Minea, Alexandru; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Starting July the 1st 1997, Bulgaria adopted a Currency Board (CB) monetary system. This paper aims at investigating if … better (with respect to other CEEC) monetary integration of Bulgaria with the European Monetary Union (EMU). Since Bulgarian … terms of integration of Bulgaria into the EMU. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147299
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Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students’ mathematical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700899
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Incentive Effects on Risk Attitude in Small Probability Prospects
Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Vieider, Ferdinand M.; Villeval, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Most studies on the role of incentives on risk attitude report data obtained from within-subject experimental investigations. This may however raise an issue of sequentiality of effects as later choices may be influenced by earlier ones. This paper reports instead between-subject results on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527318
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Regional Unemployment, Gender and Time Allocation of the Unemployed
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between time allocation decisions of the unemployed, gender, and regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990932
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Part-time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990941
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Inputs, Gender Roles or Sharing Norms? Assessing the Gender Performance Gap Among Informal Entrepreneurs in Madagascar
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Vaillant, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
gender performance gap. After controlling for business and entrepreneur characteristics, female-owned businesses exhibit a …-employment raises the gap by 5 percentage points. We then investigate the role of sharing norms and gender-differentiated allocation of … time within the household in the gender performance gap, by estimating their effect on the technical inefficiency of female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884089