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An Empirical Analysis of the Time Allocation of Italian Couples: Are Italian Men Irresponsive?

Bloemen, Hans G.; Pasqua, Silvia; Stancanelli, Elena G.F. - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while Italian women have the lowest market employment rates....

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How do Parents allocate Time ?

Bloemen, Hans G.; Stancanelli, Elena G.F. - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

This paper focuses on the time allocation of spouses and the impact of economic variables. We present a stylized model of the time allocation of spouses to illustrate the expected impact of wages and non-labour income. The empirical model simultaneously specifies three time-use choices -paid...

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Which Industries are shifting the Beveridge Curve?

Barnichon, Regis; Elsby, Michael; Hobijn, Bart; Sahin, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

The negative relationship between the unemployment rate and the job openings rate, known as the Beveridge curve, has been relatively stable in the U.S. over the last decade. Since the summer of 2009, in spite of firms reporting more job openings, the U.S. unemployment rate has not declined in...

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Models as Measuring Instruments

Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

- provided the models is calibrated - this suffice for measurement. This paper explores this construction of a measuring device … in models by analysing the measurement of duration dependence of unemployment. Since search theory can’t be made … measurement to take place by modelling behaviour according to some assumptions, which operate as constraints. While this Weibull …

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Tracing the Changing Measures of Unemployment in Dutch Unemployment Statistics 1900-1940

Rodenburg, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

In the period before the second World War, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics had developed two sets of indicators of unemployment in the Netherlands. One was based on statistical data of unemployment insurance funds of trade unions and the other one on statistical data of labour exchanges. This...

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Errors in Judicial Decisions

Sonnemans, Joep; Dijk, Frans van - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective …

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Investment, Resolution of Risk, and the Role of Affect

Winden, Frans van; Krawczyk, Michal; Hopfensitz, Astrid - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants’ preferences for resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …

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Monitoring and Pay: An Experiment on Employee Performance under Endogenous Supervision

Dittrich, Dennis; Kocher, Martin G. - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

maximization problem of the firm. As a result, monitoring and pay should be complements. In our experiment, between and within …

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Social Preferences in Private Decisions

Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - Tinbergen Institute - 2012

Social preference models were originally constructed to explain two things: why people spend money to affect the earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental situation where participants face a risky decision that...

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‘Let me dream on!’ Anticipatory Emotions and Preference for Timing in Lotteries

Kocher, Martin; Krawczyk, Michal; Winden, Frans van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …

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