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Who Moves and For How Long: Determinants of Different Forms of Migration

Borodak, Daniela; Piracha, Matloob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper analyses the determinants and correlates of different forms of migration, including circular, temporary and permanent. Using Moldovan data we show that age, education, number of children in a household and social as well as economic development in the region of origin play a crucial...

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The Relative Importance of Local Labour Market Conditions and Pupil Attainment on Post-Compulsory Schooling Decisions

Meschi, Elena; Swaffield, Joanna; Vignoles, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper assesses the relative importance of local labour market conditions and pupil educational attainment as primary determinants of the post-compulsory schooling decision. Using a nested logit model we formally incorporate the structured and sequential decision process pupils engage with....

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Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World: Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist?

Hirsch, Barry - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

performance by union companies. Two industries - automotives and airlines - are used to illustrate these points. If worker …

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Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: Union Power under Product Market Constraints

Hirsch, Barry T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The paper analyzes wages in the U.S. airline industry, focusing on the role of collective bargaining in a changing … product market environment. Airline unions have considerable strike threat power, but are constrained by the financial health … of carriers. Since airline deregulation, compensation has waxed and waned in response to the industry’s economic …

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A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts' Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a 'Truth Commission'

Rendon, Silvio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

I discuss the application of capture-recapture methods to estimating the total number of deaths in armed conflicts, and propose an alternative method based on a trivariate discrete choice model. Data come from the 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' (TRC) of Peru, around 25000 deaths,...

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Pregibit: A Family of Discrete Choice Models

Vijverberg, Chu-Ping C.; Vijverberg, Wim P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

The pregibit discrete choice model is built on a distribution that allows symmetry or asymmetry and thick tails, thin tails or no tails. Thus the model is much richer than the traditional models that are typically used to study behavior that generates discrete choice outcomes. Pregibit nests...

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Five Issues in the Design of Income Support Mechanisms: The Case of Italy

Colombino, Ugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Differently from most European countries and despite the recommendations on the part of the European Commission, Italy still misses a sufficiently systematic and nationwide mechanism of income support. In this paper we want to explore the feasibility, the desirability and the features of a...

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Using Matching, Instrumental Variables and Control Functions to Estimate Economic Choice Models

Heckman, James J.; Navarro-Lozano, Salvador - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates four topics. (1) It examines the different roles played by the propensity score (probability of selection) in matching, instrumental variable and control functions methods. (2) It contrasts the roles of exclusion restrictions in matching and selection models. (3) It...

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Classification Error in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Implications for Female Labor Supply Behavior

Keane, Michael P.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Two key issues in the literature on female labor supply are: (1) if persistence in employment status is due to unobserved heterogeneity or state dependence, and (2) if fertility is exogenous to labor supply. Until recently, the consensus was that unobserved heterogeneity is very important, and...

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Workfare: Eine wirksame Alternative zum Kombilohn

Bonin, Holger; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In the debate on in-work benefits in Germany it is often overlooked that such subsidies may only be effective if basic minimum income is remarkably decreased for those who are employable. However, proposals following this principle will hardly achieve political consensus as can be derived from...

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