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Coming Out of the Shadows: Learning About Legal Status and Wages from the Legalized Population.
Kossoudji, S.A.; Cobb-Clark, D.A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
In 1986, Congress attempted to reduce the incentives for unauthorized migration by eliminating U.S. employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971349
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The Decline in Unskilled Employment in UK Manufacturing.
Haskel, J. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
This paper analyses the decline in unskilled employment in UK manufacturing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971427
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Intermittent Employment: Work Histories of Israeli Men and Women, 1983-1995
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This study examines the extent, duration and timing of employment breaks amongst a large representative sample of …, unique in Israel, which was derived from a linkage of 1995 Population Census data with monthly employment records of the …, particularly those relating to the considerable amount of intermittent employment found amongst Israeli male workers. Also, women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136575
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New Men and New Women? A Comparison of Paid Work Propensities from a Panel Data Perspective
Booth, Alison L; Jenkins, Stephen P; Serrano, Carlos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, the paper also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504535
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Training and Unions
Booth, Alison L; Chatterji, Monojit - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper examines the optimal level of training investment when trained workers are mobile, wage contracts are time-consistent, and training comprises both specific and general skills. It is shown that, in the absence of a social planner, the firm has ex-post monopsonistic power that drives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666579
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Reassessing the Role of Child Care Costs in the Work and Care Decisions of Australian Families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah; Liu, Amy; Mitchell, Deborah - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1999
This paper reassesses how the costs associated with child care influence Australian families’ decisions about their work and child care arrangements. Using data from the Negotiating the Life Course Survey, we suggest that the cost of care may not be an important barrier to labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971306
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Gender Roles and Technological Progress
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an effective breast milk substitute. In addition, improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666426
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Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination and Selectivity
Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
The purpose of this Paper is to investigate wage structures of professional workers in the Israeli labour market, using data from the most recent 1995 Census and correcting for selectivity at the stage of entrance into the occupation. The sample of professionals is decomposed into several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124131
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Trends in Hours and Economic Growth
Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We study long-run trends in aggregate market hours of work and shifts across economic sectors within the context of balanced aggregate growth. We show that a model of many goods and uneven TFP growth in market and home production can rationalize the observed falling or U-shaped aggregate hours...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124281
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The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
OECD countries faced largely divergent employment rates during the last decades. But the whole bulk of the cross … account for cross-country variations in both the level and the dynamics of employment rates of demographic groups. Second, we …-national differences in family attitudes. Studying the correlation between employment rates and family attitudes, we then show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124400