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Monetary policy rules in theory and in practice : evidence from the UK and the US
Paez-Farrell, Juan - In: Applied economics 41 (2009) 16/18, pp. 2037-2046
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882969
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Why has wage inequality increased more in the USA than in Europe? : An empirical investigation of the demand and supply of skill
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 7, pp. 771-788
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003324835
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An application of maximum entropy estimation : the demand for meat in the United Kingdom
Fraser, Iain M. - In: Applied economics 32 (2000) 1, pp. 45-59
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001466814
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Assessing inflation expectations anchoring for heterogeneous agents : analysts, businesses and trade unions
Miyajima, Ken; Yetman, James - In: Applied economics 51 (2019) 41, pp. 4499-4515
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012197032
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Quashing demand criminalizing clients? : evidence from the UK
Della Giusta, Marina; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Jewell, Sarah - 2019
We discuss changes in the demand for paid sex accompanying the criminalization of prostitution in the United Kingdom … Lifestyles (Natsal2, conducted in 2000-2001 and Natsal3, conducted in 2010-2012) to illustrate the changes in demand that have … taken place across the two waves. We do not find demand decreasing in our sample and find a shift in the composition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022726
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Pulls, pushes and entitlement failures in labor markets : does the state of development matter?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the 1990s. The model's parameters are estimated separately for each of the three different waves of the Bulgarian Integrated Household Survey, each reflecting remarkably different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355652
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Transition with heterogeneous labor
Balla, Katalin (contributor); Köllő, János (contributor);  … - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994), assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers' productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003339774
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832116
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Household labor supply and home services in a general-equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents
Bredemeier, Christian (contributor);  … - 2009
We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in particular for the increase in married women's labor supply over time. We argue that this increase as well as the relative constancy of other groups' hours are optimal reactions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794136
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Dynamic female labor supply
Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2009
The increase in female employment and participation rates is one of the most dramatic economic changes to have taken place during the last century. However, while the employment rate of married women more than doubled during the last fifty years, that of unmarried women remained almost constant....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910297