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The Political Economy of Social Exclusion with Implications for Immigration Policy
Gradstein, Mark; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
participation, access to public services and more. This paper studies the dynamics of minority exclusion. From the viewpoint of the … analysis also has implications for immigration policies which have to take this group dynamics into account. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761816
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The Identification and Economic Content of Ordered Choice Models with Stochastic Thresholds
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J.; Navarro, Salvador - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper extends the widely used ordered choice model by introducing stochastic thresholds and interval-specific outcomes. The model can be interpreted as a generalization of the GAFT (MPH) framework for discrete duration data that jointly models durations and outcomes associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762237
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A Dynamic Model of Demand for Private Health Insurance in Ireland
Finn, Claire; Harmon, Colm - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Irish health care system offers a tax financed, universal entitlement to public care at a nominal user fee, nonetheless 50% of the Irish population purchase private health insurance. This paper empirically models the propensity to insure as a function of individual and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703221
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Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries
Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971– 96. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762400
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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umana-Aponte, Marcela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470355
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Why Are There So Few Women in Executive Positions? An Analysis of Gender Differences in the Life-Cycle of Executive Employment
Frederiksen, Anders; Halliday, Timothy J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
"Glass ceilings" and "sticky floors" are typical explanations for the low representation of women in top executive positions, but a focus on gender differences in promotions provides only a partial explanation. We consider the life-cycle of executive employment, which allows for a full...
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Estimating Workforce Disposal in the Italian Labour Market
Contini, Bruno; Grand, Elisa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Italy's labour market suffers from a serious pathology, in addition to the increasing precariousness of the young workforce common to all EU member countries: flows from regular employment to non-employment are very often dead-ends. A vast number of young individuals who lose their job only a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884397
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What Happens to the Careers of European Workers When Immigrants "Take Their Jobs"?
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
market. They are also more likely to start a self-employment activity. As a consequence of this upward mobility their income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885182
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Homeownership and Labour Market Outcomes: Micro versus Macro Performances
Beugnot, Julie; Lacroix, Guy; Charlot, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
depends crucially on the importance of mobility costs; (2) while higher homeownership may harm macroeconomic labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959797
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Does Development Reduce Migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic … development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility … explain the mobility transition and numerous tests of its existence and characteristics in both macro- and micro-level data …
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