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Sample Attrition in the Canadian Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics
Boudarbat, Brahim; Grenon, Lee - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper provides an analysis of the effects of attrition and non-response on employment and wages using the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. We consider a structural model composed of three freely correlated equations for non-attrition/response, employment and wages. The model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633266
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Participation Behaviour of East German Women After German Unification
Bonin, Holger; Euwals, Rob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
simultaneously explains participation, employment and wages. The model, estimated for East and West Germany on the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124026
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Participation Behavior of East German Women after German Unification
Bonin, Holger; Euwals, Rob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
simultaneously explains participation, employment and wages. The model, estimated for East and West Germany on the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566812
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Not So Standard Anymore? Employment Duality in Germany
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of … contributed to the expansion of overall labour market inclusion and job growth in Germany and that at least some forms of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884164
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The Unexpected Appearance of a New German Model
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits growing employment figures and growing shares of low pay and non … institutions, the pattern found in Germany shows sequences of de- and re-regulatory reforms of employment protection and increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196413
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Has Atypical Work Become Typical in Germany?
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labor market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor market reforms promoting in particular non-standard forms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201759
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Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment: Factors of Supply and Demand
Euwals, Rob; Hogerbrugge, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Using the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1991-2001, the authors investigate the incidence of part-time employment in the country with the highest part-time employment rate of the OECD countries. Women fulfil most part-time jobs, but nevertheless a considerable fraction of men works part-time as well....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761645
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Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment: Factors of Supply and Demand
Euwals, Rob; Hogerbrugge, Maurice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Using the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1991-2001, the authors investigate the incidence of part-time employment in the country with the highest part-time employment rate of the OECD countries. Women fulfil most part-time jobs, but a considerable fraction of men works part-time as well. Evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504407
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Retaining through training; even for older workers
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual heterogeneity. We also take into account that there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008921779
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The Risk and Return of Human Capital Investments
Koerselman, Kristian; Uusitalo, Roope - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Investing in human capital increases lifetime income, but these investments may involve substantial risk. In this paper we use a Finnish panel spanning 22 years to predict the mean, the variance and the skew of the present value of lifetime income, and to calculate certainty equivalent lifetime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960122