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Estimating employment dynamics across occupations and sectors of industry
Cörvers, Frank; Dupuy, Arnaud - 2009
In this paper, we estimate the demand for workers by sector and occupation using system dynamic OLS techniques to account for the employment dynamics dependence across occupations and sectors of industry. The short run dynamics are decomposed into intra and intersectoral dynamics. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899791
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The evolution of gender gaps in industrialized countries
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2016
Women in developed economies have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century, but remaining gender differences in pay and employment seem remarkably persistent. This paper documents long-run trends in female employment, working hours and relative wages for a wide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450096
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The determinants of part-time work in EU countries : empirical investigations with macro-panel data
Buddelmeyer, Hielke (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper aims to identify the contribution of the business cycle and structural factors to the development of part-time employment in the EU-15 countries, through the exploitation of both cross-sectional and time series variations over the past two decades. Key results include that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002475352
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Industries, mega firms, and increasing inequality
Haltiwanger, John C.; Hyatt, Henry R.; Spletzer, James - 2022
Most of the rise in overall earnings inequality is accounted for by rising between-industry dispersion from about ten percent of 4-digit NAICS industries. These thirty industries are in the tails of the earnings distribution, and are clustered especially in high-paying high-tech and low-paying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172845
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Short-term impacts of targeted cash grants and business development services: experimental evidence from entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso
Grimm, Michael; Soubeiga, Sidiki; Weber, Michael - 2021
. All firms operate in agribusiness or related activities in a semi-urban area. An assessment of the short-term impacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705581
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The quantity-quality tradeoff of children in a developing country : identification using Chinese twins
Li, Hongbin (contributor); Zhang, Junsen (contributor);  … - 2007
attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries. -- Quantity-quality tradeoff ; twins ; China …
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Urban-rural consumption inequality in China from 1988 to 2002 : evidence from quantile regression decomposition
Qu, Zhaopeng (contributor); Zhao, Zhong (contributor) - 2008
One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large … ; consumption ; quantile regression decomposition ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752846
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Regional price differences in urban China 1986 - 2001 : estimation and implication
Honge Gong, Cathy (contributor); Meng, Xin (contributor) - 2008
Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003753767
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Tournaments and managerial incentives in China's listed firms : new evidence
Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2008
an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759900
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Revolution and family in rural China: influence of family background on current family wealth
Satō, Hiroshi (contributor); Li, Shi (contributor) - 2007
This paper examines the influence of family human capital on offspring's economic status in post reform rural China by …
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