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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis

Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

The “prospect of upward mobility” (POUM) hypothesis formalised by Benabou and Ok (2001a) finds explicit assumptions … provided the mobility process is concave in expectations, redistribution policies are expected to last for a sufficiently long … where the concavity of the mobility process, the degree of social mobility, the knowledge of personal income and the degree …

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Education and Mobility

Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to …

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How General Is Specific Human Capital?

Gathmann, Christina; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

patterns in mobility and wages to analyze how portable specific skills are in the labor market. The empirical analysis combines …

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Sin City

Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? We investigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners by moving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danish couples. We find that of the couples who married in the...

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Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration

Wildasin, David E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

heterogeneity, and that mobility provides a form of insurance for investment in risky human capital. Mobility also constrains the …

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Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison

Ridder, Geert; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require...

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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality

Biewen, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...

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IAB Employment Subsample 1975-1995 Opportunities for Analysis Provided by the Anonymised Subsample

Bender, Stefan; Haas, Anette; Klose, Christoph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

The IAB employment subsample is now available for researchers in a third, anonymised version. Following the so-called basic file and the regional file from the IAB employment subsample, which encompassed the years 1975 to 1990, the actualized version of the basic file covers now the years 1975...

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Marriage and the City

Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In cities singles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are therefore prepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, the marriage market benefits disappear while the housing...

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Does High Home-Ownership Impair the Labor Market?

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

potential concerns: (i) lower levels of labor mobility, (ii) greater commuting times, and (iii) fewer new businesses. Our …

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