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The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis

Hacker, Jacob S.; Huber, Gregory Alain; Nichols, Austin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …

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Growth, Volatility and Political Instability: Non-Linear Time-Series Evidence for Argentina, 1896-2000

Campos, Nauro F.; Karanasos, Menelaos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly … or indirectly, through volatility? This paper tries to answer such questions using a power-ARCH framework with annual … legislative changes) has an indirect (through volatility) negative impact. We also find preliminary support for the idea that …

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How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?

Frazis, Harley; Stewart, Jay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Time-use researchers are typically interested in the time use of individuals, but time use data are samples of person-days. Given day-to-day variation in how people spend their time, this distinction is analytically important. We examine the conditions necessary to make inferences about the time...

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A Structural Empirical Model of Firm Growth, Learning, and Survival

Abbring, Jaap H.; Campbell, Jeffrey R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

We present a structural model of firm growth, learning, and survival and consider its identification and estimation. In …

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Transitions in Labour Market Status in the EU

Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie E.; Macchiarelli, Corrado - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper presents information on labour market mobility in 23 EU countries, using Eurostat's Labour Force Survey (LFS) data over the period 1998-2008. More specifically, it discusses alternative measures of labour market churning; including the ease with which individuals can move between...

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Sorting in the Labor Market: Do Gregarious Workers Flock to Interactive Jobs?

Krueger, Alan B.; Schkade, David A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with …

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Choice Over Time

Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

they are really the most challenging ones for conventional theory. New developments are emerging both at the theoretical …

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Neighbourhood Effects Research at a Crossroads: Ten Challenges for Future Research

van Ham, Maarten; Manley, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Neighbourhood effects research is at a crossroads since current theoretical and empirical approaches do not seem to be moving the debate forward. In this paper, we present a set of ten challenges as a basis for a new research agenda which will give new direction to the neighbourhood effects...

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