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Failure to launch: Cross-national trends in the transition to economic independence
Bell, Lisa; Burtless, Gary; Gornick, Janet; Smeeding, … - 2007
, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper compares trends in the household living arrangements, employment … this general pattern. Between the mid-1980s and 2000 employment rates improved among young Americans in their late 20s and … early 30s, and earnings levels either remained stable or increased modestly. The stability of U.S. employment levels helped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335462
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Reproducing occupational inequality: Marriage, parenthood and the gender divide in occupations
Hook, Jennifer L.; Pettit, Becky - 2008
It is well established that class and gender predict occupational placement across advanced industrialized countries. In exploratory analyses the authors document a third dimension to occupational segregation associated with family responsibilities, and consider explanations for cross- national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335586
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How Much does Work Matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective
Osberg, Lars - 2002
.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653052
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Are Labor Force Participation Rates Really Non-Stationary? Evidence from Three OECD Countries
Özdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcılar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysıt - 2012
rate (LFPR) series of Australia, Canada and the USA. Therefore we allow for endogenously determined multiple structural … previous research the LFPRs of Australia, Canada and the USA are stationary implying that the informational value of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320491
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International Labour Force Participation Rates by Gender: Unit Root or Structural Breaks?
Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011
in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320532
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Multilateral solutions to the erosion of non-reciprocal preferences in NAMA
Low, Patrick; Piermartini, Roberta; Richtering, Jurgen - 2005
This paper analyzes the risks of preference erosion arising from MFN trade liberalization in manufactured products. It focuses on developing countries that receive non-reciprocal preferences in the markets of United States, EU, Japan, Canada and Australia. The paper estimates preference margins...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326698
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Non-reciprocal preference erosion arising from MFN liberalitzation in agriculture: What are the risks?
Low, Patrick; Piermartini, Roberta; Richtering, Jurgen - 2006
This paper estimates the risk of preference erosion for non-reciprocal preference recipients in the agricultural sector as a consequence of MFN tariff cuts. It is based on a simulation of a single tariff-cutting scenario. The measure of preference erosion risk is the difference in preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326702
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New evidence on preference utilization
Keck, Alexander; Lendle, Andreas - 2012
We analyse the degree of preference utilization in four major importing countries (Australia, Canada, EU and US) and provide evidence that preferences are more widely used than previously thought. For Australia and Canada, we have obtained a new dataset on imports by preferential regime that has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326798
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Income distribution, weekly hours of work, and time for child rearing: The US experience in a cross-national context
Burtless, Gary; Gornick, Janet; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2008
part of the U.S. distribution derive an important advantage from devoting so much of their time to paid employment: They …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335350
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Sliding into poverty? Cross-national patterns of income source change and income decay in old age
Williamson, James; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2004
In this article we examine the change in the mix of income and benefits that older adults receive as they age, with a focus on older women. Our study is a crossnational comparison of five OECD countries using the Luxemburg Income Study database. We investigate the change of private income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335361