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Search and the City
Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, P.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
We develop a model of an economy with several regions, which differ in scale. Within each region, workers have to search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is...
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The Last Word on the Wage Curve?
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
In the last decade we have seen extensive international research on the extent to which wages of individuals respond to changing local labour market conditions. For many countries and periods, an inverse relationship between wages and unemployment rates has been found. Following Blanchflower and...
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Economic Impacts of Cultural Diversity in the Netherlands: Productivity, Utility, and Sorting
Bakens, Jessie; Mulder, Peter; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
This discussion paper resulted in an article in the <I>Journal of Regional Science</I> (2013). Volume 53, issue 1, pages 8-36.<P> This paper identifies the role of cultural diversity in explaining spatial disparities in wages and housing prices across Dutch cities, using unique individual panel data of...</p></i>
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Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income
Francois, J.; Rojas-Romagosa, H. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
We explore the relationship between import protection and the household distribution of income. We first develop a … general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine crosscountry …
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
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Wage Dispersion in Russia
Grogan, L.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997
This paper examines the extent to which human capital theory can explain observed wage differentialsin the Russian Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the sixyears since the transition began. Some studies conclude that this is an indicator that Russian...
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Capital-Energy Substitution and Shifts in Factor Demand: A Meta-Analysis
Koetse, Mark J.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
This paper presents results of a meta-regression analysis on empirical estimates of capital-energy substitution. Theoretically it is clear that a distinction should be made between Morishima substitution elasticities and cross-price elasticities. The former represent purely technical...
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Intra-Household Work Timing: The Effect on Joint Activities and the Demand for Child Care
Klaveren, Chris van; Brink, Henriette Maassen van den; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this …
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Diffusion of a Social Norm: Tracing the Emergence of the Housewife in the Netherlands, 1812-1922
Poppel, Frans W.A. van; Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Walhout, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...
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