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This paper exploits survey information on reservation wages and data on actual wages from the European Community … elasticities are computed for the United Kingdom and eleven other European nations. -- Reservation wages ; probability of … reemployment ; accepted wages ; unemployment benefits ; arrival rate of job offers ; wage offer distributions …
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increase in their prices and in German wages. This mechanism is magnified by the low price elasticity of the demand for German …We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in … the case of Germany, which has displayed a significantly lower increase in its labour force than its trade partners …
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countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK. Although differing in labor market …
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In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit a nationwide reform that expanded childcare for 1-2- year-olds in Norway....
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This article investigates the relationship between individual wages and height using the German Socio-Economic Panel … height effects on wages are curvilinear. During the considered period from 1985 to 2004 we observe a slightly nonlinear … falling trend. After controlling for time effects a nonlinear relationship between individual height and wages remains with a …
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can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the …
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Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accounts", which is …
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This paper analyses doctors' supply of after-hours care, and how it is affected by personal and family circumstances as well as the earnings structure. We use detailed survey data from a large sample of Australian General Practitioners to estimate a structural, discrete-choice model of labour...
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