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Life cycle employment and fertility across institutional environments
Del Boca, Daniela (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper, we formulate a dynamic utility maximization model of female labor force participation and fertility choices and estimate approximate decision rules using data on married women in Italy, Spain and France. The pattern of estimated state dependence effects across countries is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467010
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Earnings over the lifecycle : the Mincer earnings function and its applications
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2007
In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings are distributed across the population. In the years since Mincer's seminal work, he as well as his students and colleagues extended the original human capital model, reaching important conclusions about a whole array...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586565
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Household saving and full consumption over the life cycle
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2001
This paper extends the standard model of life cycle consumption, saving and labor supply in a number of directions. First, it argues that consumption should be defined as expenditure on household production as well as on market goods, that is, we are interested in life cycle profiles of full...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401086
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Skill policies for Scotland
Heckman, James J. (contributor);  … - 2004
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002540578
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Market characteristics, intra-firm coordination, and the choice of human resource management systems : evidence from new Japanese data
Kato, Takao (contributor); Ōwan, Hideo (contributor) - 2007
in firms with joint labor-management committees. We also confirm implications from our theory that firms in more … coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices … complementarity involving task coordination modes, HRMPs, training and hiring, and management strategies, and illustrates how such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561667
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On the identification of Frisch labor supplies
Donni, Olivier (contributor) - 2006
This paper examines how Frisch labor supplies, and other structural components of the intertemporal model of labor supply, can be recovered from estimates obtained with the approach developed by Heckman and MaCurdy. -- labor supply ; Frisch ; life cycle ; identification
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323161
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The impact of wealth on job exit rates of elderly workers
Bloemen, Hans G. (contributor) - 2006
In the literature theoretical models have appeared that predict a positive impact of the level of individual wealth on the job exit probability. Empirically this prediction is most likely to be relevant for elderly workers who have been able to accumulate wealth throughout their working life and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355646
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On the definition and measurement of chronic poverty
Aaberge, Rolf (contributor); Mogstad, Magne (contributor) - 2007
As an alternative to the conventional methods for measuring chronic poverty, this paper proposes an interpersonal comparable measure of permanent income as a basis for defining and measuring chronic poverty. This approach accounts for the fact that individuals regularly undertake inter-period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539181
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Location-specific human capital, location choice and amenity demand
Krupka, Douglas D. (contributor) - 2007
The role of amenities in the flow of migrants has been debated for some years. This paper advances an original model of amenities that work through household production instead of directly through the utility function. Area characteristics (amenities) affect household production, causing certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539346
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The design of unemployment transfers : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2010
In this paper we use a dynamic structural life-cycle model to analyze the employment, fiscal and welfare effects induced by unemployment insurance. The model features a detailed specification of the tax and transfer system, including unemployment insurance benefits which depend on an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941763