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The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?

Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

. This paper argues that family labour supply interactions and cross-country heterogeneity in family culture are key for … shaped by national features. We also document that cross-country differences in family culture cause cross …

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When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net, while in societies with strong ties they replicate...

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Laws and Norms

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences (values), material or other explicit incentives (laws) and social sanctions or rewards (norms). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals’ behaviors...

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Mothers, Friends and Gender Identity

Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...

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Does Culture Affect Unemployment? Evidence from the Röstigraben

Brügger, Beatrix; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings … indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20 %. Moreover, we find that …

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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...

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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...

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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 Jewish workers in Israel over the 13-year time period, 1983-95. Work histories are constructed from a new joint database, unique in Israel, which was derived from a linkage of 1995...

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The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labour Supply

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper examines differences in the labour supply of women of different religions in Israel. We estimate religious differentials in the effect of husband’s income, number of children, education, and age on married women’s labour supply. It is suggested that labour supply patterns of wives...

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Recent Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender: A Look Across the Atlantic

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

In this Paper, we analyse the recent patterns of occupational segregation by gender in the EU countries vis-á-vis the US. Given the lack of long time-series data on homogeneous LFS data about occupations and educational attainments for male and female workers in EU countries, we use a single...

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