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Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Polidano, Cain - 2011

panel econometric estimation with longitudinal data from Australia to show that vocational education has a considerable and …

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The dynamic effect of disability on work and subjective wellbeing in Australia

Jones, Melanie; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - 2015

Using longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2013) we …

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Inequality and employment in a dual economy : enforcement of labor regulation in Brazil

Almeida, Rita (contributor); Carneiro, Pedro (contributor) - 2007

This paper studies the impact of an increase in the enforcement of labor regulations on unemployment and inequality, using city level data from Brazil. We find that stricter enforcement (affecting the payment of mandated benefits to formal workers) leads to: higher unemployment, less income...

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Enforcement of labor regulation and informality

Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - 2011

Enforcement of labor regulations in the formal sector may drive workers to informality because they increase the costs of formal labor. But better compliance with mandated benefits makes it attractive to be a formal employee. We show that, in locations with frequent inspections workers pay for...

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Trade and labor reallocation with heterogeneous enforcement of labor regulations

Almeida, Rita; Poole, Jennifer P. - 2013

This paper revisits the question of how trade openness affects labor market outcomes in a developing country setting. We explore the fact that plants face varying degrees of exposure to global markets and to the enforcement of labor market regulations, and rely on Brazil's currency crisis in...

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Disability and labor market performance

Collischon, Matthias; Hiesinger, Karolin; Pohlan, Laura - 2023

This paper analyzes the individual-level effects of disability onset on labor market outcomes using novel administrative data from Germany. Combining propensity score matching techniques with an event-study design, we find lasting negative impacts on employment and wages. One important mechanism...

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The effects of health and health shocks on hours worked

Cai, Lixin (contributor); Mavromaras, Kostas G. (contributor) - 2008

We investigate the impact of health on working hours in recognition of the fact that leaving the labour market due to persistently low levels of health stock or due to new health shocks, is only one of the possibilities open to employees. We use the first six waves of the HILDA survey to...

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The scarring effects of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in Australia compared

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; Zhang, Wei - 2013

Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits …

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Disability and job mismatches in the Australian labour market

Jones, Melanie; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - 2011

data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we do not find any …

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The problem of overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2007

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general patterns of … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in …

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