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European vs. American hours worked: assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François; Quintero-Rojas, Coralia - 2008
that the two dimensions of the extensive margin, the employment rate and the participation rate, explain the most of the …
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Time to work or time to play: the effect of student employment on homework, sleep, and screen time
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2009
Surveys (ATUS) to investigate the effects of employment on the time a student spends on homework and other major activities … outcomes. Our results suggest that employment decreases the time that high school students spend on human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269483
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Human capital externalities and employment differences across metropolitan areas of the US
Winters, John V. - 2012
It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … external effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. The empirical results … employment for both women and men. We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits. …
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Occupational tasks and changes in the wage structure
Firpo, Sergio; Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas - 2011
This paper argues that changes in the returns to occupational tasks have contributed to changes in the wage distribution over the last three decades. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, we first show that the 1990s polarization of wages is explained by changes in wage setting between and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278329
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An evaluation of the employment effects of barriers to outsourcing
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Marjit, Sugata; Yang, Lei - 2011
through outsourcing. The objective is to raise domestic employment. Given that many of the important international markets … that even if a unilateral tax by the US raises its employment, this may turn around in a Nash policy equilibrium, where the … in recent years) and increased product differentiation tend to worsen the employment effects of the outsourcing tax. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274650
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Mothers, Friends and Gender Identity
Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 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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What explains trends in labor force participation of older men in the United States?
Blau, David M.; Goodstein, Ryan - 2007
After nearly a full century of decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We use a time series of cross sections from 1962 to 2005 to model the LFPR of men aged 55-69, with the aim of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268202
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The transmission of women's fertility, human capital and work orientation across immigrant generations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Liu, Albert Yung-Hsu - 2008
Using 1995 - 2006 Current Population Survey and 1970 - 2000 Census data, we study the intergenerational transmission of fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women's fertility and labor supply are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268682
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Child care subsidies and child development
Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2008
Child care subsidies are an important part of federal and state efforts to move welfare recipients into employment. One …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269366
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Older men: pushed into retirement by the baby boomers?
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
The United States has experienced over the past forty years an apparent correspondence between the pattern of retirement among men aged 55-69, and the proportion of workers aged 25-34 working part-year and/or part-time. The latter was an effect of overcrowding among the baby boomers as they...
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