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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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What explains trends in labor force participation of older men in the United States?
Blau, David (contributor); Goodstein, Ryan (contributor) - 2007
After nearly a full century of decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We use a time series of cross sections from 1962 to 2005 to model the LFPR of men aged 55-69, with the aim of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003637447
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Older women : pushed into retirement by the Baby Boomers?
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
. -- Retirement ; women’s labor supply ; labor force participation ; relative cohort size ; relative wage ; part-time employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929119
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Older men : pushed into retirement by the baby boomers?
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
participation ; relative cohort size ; relative wage ; part-time employment ; bridge jobs ; baby boom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929123
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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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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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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