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Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development
Smith, Stephen C.; Rothbaum, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio-economic issues: the lack of jobs, economic and social inequality, educational mobility, and the priority need for innovations. We present recent data on the amount and types of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884382
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A New Continuous Distribution and Two New Families of Distributions Based on the Exponential
Jasso, Guillermina; Kotz, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Recent work on social status led to derivation of a new continuous distribution based on the exponential. The new variate, termed the ring(2)-exponential, in turn leads to derivation of two closely-related new families of continuous distributions, which we call the mirrorexponential and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761641
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Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; López, Marta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703315
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Emigration and the Age Profile of Retirement among Immigrants
Cobb-Clark, Deborah; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
for Australia. We find that immigrants, particularly immigrant women, are more likely to be retired than are native …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822022
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Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Occupational Mobility: A Test of the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical … includes data on pre-immigration occupation, the "first" occupation in Australia (at 6 months) and the occupation after about 3 ….5 years in Australia. The hypotheses are supported by the empirical analysis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005823006
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Immigrant Wage and Employment Assimilation: A Comparison of Methods
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over 2001–2009 for a large, nationally-representative sample of immigrants. Previous assimilation estimates have been mainly based on cross-sectional data and have therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598557
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Labour Force Participation of Mature Age Men in Australia: The Role of Spousal Participation
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Zhu, Rong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper we estimate the interdependence of labour force participation decisions made by Australian couples from 2001 to 2011. We focus on couples with a mature age husband, and estimate the interdependence of the participation decision of the couple. We find that the decision of a wife to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128042
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Long-Term Health Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service: A Quasi-Experiment Using Australian Conscription Lotteries
Johnston, David W.; Shields, Michael A.; Siminski, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183123
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Does the Military Train Men to Be Violent Criminals? New Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries
Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon; Paull, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam …-era conscription lotteries for identification and criminal court data from Australia's three largest states, we seek to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604671
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Gender Differences in Rates of Job Dismissal: Why Are Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs?
Wilkins, Roger; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
of detailed investigation. In this paper, household panel survey data from Australia are used that also find higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403381