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Bullying at School and Labour Market Outcomes
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment … outlines why bullying might affect employment outcomes through differences in skills and traits. Using Bivariate and Heckit … labour force participation, employment rate and hourly wages are negatively affected by bullying. In addition, men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960118
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Migrant Women on the Labour Market: On the Role of Home- and Host-Country Participation
Kok, Suzanne; Bosch, Nicole; Deelen, Anja; Euwals, Rob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The behaviour of migrant women on the labour market is influenced by a variety of factors, among which the culture of the home and host country. Part of the literature investigates the role of home-country culture. This study extends the literature by including a measure for the influence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151022
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Female Labour Force Participation in MENA's Manufacturing Sector: The Implications of Firm-Related and National Factors
Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region falls behind several other geo-economic regions in terms of women's participation rates in the labour market. This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123407
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The Trend in Female Labour Force Participation: What Can Be Expected for the Future?
Euwals, Rob; Knoef, Marike; Vuuren, Daniel van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
is in line with results of studies on social norms and attitudes towards the combination of female employment and family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566327
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Determinants of South African Women’s Labour Force Participation, 1995-2004
Ntuli, Miracle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
A striking feature of labour supply in South Africa is the phenomenal expansion in the labour force participation of women from 38 percent in 1995 to 46 percent in 2004. Even so, their participation has been persistently lower than that of men whose participation rates were 58 percent and 62...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822348
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The Productivity of Working Hours
Pencavel, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Observations on munition workers, most of them women, are organized to examine the relationship between their output and their working hours. The relationship is nonlinear: below an hours threshold, output is proportional to hours; above a threshold, output rises at a decreasing rate as hours...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884279
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Stature and Life-Time Labor Market Outcomes: Accounting for Unobserved Differences
Böckerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884131
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Minimum Wage: Does It Improve Welfare in Thailand?
Del Carpio, Ximena; Messina, Julián; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the causal impact of the minimum wage on employment and welfare in Thailand using a difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884132
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Minimum Wages and Employment in China
Fang, Tony; Lin, Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
and a longitudinal household survey from 16 representative provinces to estimate the employment effects of minimum wage …-level data, we present evidence that minimum wage changes have significant adverse effects on employment in the Eastern and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884148
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Using Spatial Econometric Techniques to Analyze the Joint Employment Decisions of Spouses
Kalenkoski, Charlene M.; Lacombe, Donald J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Studies of the joint time-use decisions of spouses have relied on joint estimation of time-use equations, sometimes assuming correlated errors across spouses' equations and sometimes directly examining the effects of one spouse's time use on another's, relying on panel data or instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884183