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Evaluation of the Underground Economy in Quebec: A Microeconomic Approach
Fortin, Bernard; Lacroix, Guy; Pinard, Dominique - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
The main purpose of this paper is to estimate the size and the growth of Quebec’s underground economy, and the corresponding loss of taxes for the government. Our approach is based on a method developed by Pissarides and Weber (1989) and extended by Lyssiotou et al. (2004). The basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777154
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
probability models and matching suggest a qualitatively negative relation between the age at school entry and educational outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822052
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Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
Galdo, Jose; Smith, Jeffrey Andrew; Black, Dan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
using matching methods. Because precise estimation of the expected counterfactual is particularly important in regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822100
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Labor Search and Matching in Macroeconomics
Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The labor search and matching model plays a growing role in macroeconomic analysis. This paper provides a critical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822179
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Telling the Truth May Not Pay Off: An Empirical Study of Centralised University Admissions in Germany
Braun, Sebastian; Kübler, Dorothea; Dwenger, Nadja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We investigate the matching algorithm used by the German central clearinghouse for university admissions (ZVS) in … criteria applied for admission they all make use of priority matching. In priority matching schemes, it is not a dominant … applicants, we are able to detect some amount of strategic behaviour which can lead to inefficient matching. Alternative ways to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822191
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Job Creation and Job Destruction over the Life Cycle: The Older Workers in the Spotlight
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Chéron, Arnaud; Langot, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper extends the job creation - job destruction approach to the labor market to take into account the life-cycle of workers. Forward looking decisions about hiring and firing depend on the time over which to recoup adjustment costs. The equilibrium is typically featured by increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822261
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A Positive Analysis of Targeted Employment Protection Legislation
Dolado, Juan J.; Jansen, Marcel; Jimeno, Juan F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
groups of workers. This paper builds a simple matching model with heterogeneous workers in order to analyze this feature of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822296
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Efficiency in a Search and Matching Model with Endogenous Participation
Albrecht, James; Navarro, Lucas; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We show that in a search/matching model with endogenous participation in which workers are heterogeneous with respect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822510
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Efficiency in a Matching Model with Heterogeneous Agents: Too Many Good or Bad Jobs?
Blázquez, Maite; Jansen, Marcel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper analyses the efficiency of the equilibrium allocation in a matching model with two types of workers and jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822529
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Optimal Redistributive Taxation in a Search Equilibrium Model
Hungerbühler, Mathias; Lehmann, Etienne; Parmentier, Alexis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper characterizes optimal non-linear income taxation in an economy with a continuum of unobservable productivity levels and endogenous involuntary unemployment due to frictions in the labor markets. Redistributive taxation distorts labor demand and wages. Compared to their efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822583