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Job and wage mobility in a search model with non-compliance (exemptions) with the minimum wage
Eḳshṭain, Tsevi (contributor); Ge, Suqin (contributor);  … - 2006
How well does a simple search on-the-job model fit the eighteen years of job and wage mobility of high school graduates? To answer this question we are confronted from the data with a prevalent non-compliance and exemptions from the minimum wage. We incorporate this observation in a job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309273
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Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle
Koenig, Felix; Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2016
Wages are only mildly cyclical, implying that shocks to labour demand have a larger short-run impact on unemployment rather than wages, at odds with the quantitative predictions of the canonical search model - even if wages are only occasionally renegotiated. We argue that one source of the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446155
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Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle
Koenig, Felix; Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2016
Wages are only mildly cyclical, implying that shocks to labour demand have a larger short-run impact on unemployment rather than wages, at odds with the quantitative predictions of the canonical search model – even if wages are only occasionally renegotiated. We argue that one source of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452214
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The ins and outs of European unemployment
Petrongolo, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we study the contribution of inflows and outflows to the dynamics of unemployment in three European countries, the United Kingdom, France and Spain. We compare performance in these three countries making use of both administrative and labor force survey data. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652692
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Can helping the sick hurt the able? : incentives, information and disruption in a disability-related welfare reform
Bagaria, Nitika; Petrongolo, Barbara; Van Reenen, John - 2015
numbers on these benefits stopped rising when a welfare reform was introduced that integrated disability benefits with … unemployment insurance (UI). This policy reform improved job information and sharpened bureaucratic incentives to find jobs for the … six years for the estimated benefits of the reform to exceed its costs, which is beyond the time horizon of most policy-makers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532554
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Can helping the sick hurt the able? : incentives, information and disruption in a disability-related welfare reform
Bagaria, Nitika; Petrongolo, Barbara; Van Reenen, John - 2015
numbers on these benefits stopped rising when a welfare reform was introduced that integrated disability benefits with … unemployment insurance (UI). This policy reform improved job information and sharpened bureaucratic incentives to find jobs for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508486
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The economic consequences of family policies : lessons from a century of legislation in high-income countries
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2017
We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with a discussion of the historical introduction of family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607454
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The economic consequences of family policies : lessons from a century of legislation
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2017
We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with a discussion of the historical introduction of family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596290