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Occupational tasks and changes in the wage structure
Firpo, Sérgio Pinheiro; Fortin, Nicole Marie; Lemieux, … - 2011
important factor from the 1990s onwards. -- wage inequality ; polarization ; occupational tasks ; offshoring ; RIF-regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232294
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The vanishing procyclicality of labor productivity
Galí, Jordi; Rens, Thijs van - 2010
vanished, (ii) the relative volatility of employment has risen, and (iii) the relative (and absolute) volatility of the real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779865
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Where to work? : The role of the household in explaining gender differences in labour market outcomes
Dimova, Ralitza (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor);  … - 2006
With the use of panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys, this paper explores the sectoral reallocation of labour by gender. In Bulgaria, men and women started the transition on an almost equal standing, allowing us to concentrate our attention on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003504665
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Time for children : trends in the employment patterns of parents, 1967-2009
Fox, Liana; Han, Wen-jui; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2011
children's well-being: time and money. We document trends in parental employment, from the perspective of children, and show … coordinating employment schedules for some dual-earner families. -- parental employment ; child care time ; work family balance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307989
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Inequality and employment sensitivities to the falling labour share
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector - 2011
inequality and employment. To this end, we use annual data for the US, UK and Sweden over the past forty years and estimate … contributions of the labour share to the trajectories of inequality and employment during specific time intervals in the post-1990 … years. We find that during the nineties the cost of a one percent increase in employment was in the range of 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309510
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Just the facts, ma'am : postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the US
Holzer, Harry J.; Dunlop, Erin - 2013
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date snapshot of the most important postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the U.S. using two nationally representative sources of data: The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and The National Educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729020
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Migraine headache and labor market outcomes
Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
While migraine headache can be physically debilitating, no study has attempted to estimate its effects on labor market outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of migraine headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674962
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The impact of non-parental child care on child development : evidence from the summer participation "dip"
Herbst, Chris M. - 2012
; maternal employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675523
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The effects of female labor force participation on obesity
Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro; Mitnik, Oscar A.; Peralta-Alva, … - 2011
This paper assesses whether a causal relationship exists between recent increases in female labor force participation and the increased prevalence of obesity amongst women. The expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 1980s and 1990s have been established by prior literature as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516883
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International labour force participation rates by gender : unit root or structural breaks?
Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysıt - 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/10009516900