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This paper addresses the implications of transitory changes in labor market conditions for low versus high educated workers on the decision to acquire education. To identify this effect, I use the improvement in the labor market prospects of low educated workers motivated by the increases in...
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Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...
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From 1860 to 1913 the six colonies that became states of Australia strove to attract migrants from the UK with a … to Australia reduced the need for assisted migration, slumps in the UK increased the take-up of assisted passages …
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times for emigrants from the UK traveling to the United States and to Australia. Between 1853-7 and 1909-13 the voyage time … times are explained with a focus on the relative efficiency of sail and steam and (for Australia) the use of the Suez Canal … voyages. Econometric analysis of UK emigration to the US, Canada and Australia supports the view that time costs mattered …
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We analyze the effect of growing up on welfare on young people's involvement in a variety of social and health risks. Young people in welfare families are much more likely to take both social and health risks. Much of the apparent link between family welfare history and risk taking disappears,...
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This paper considers the potential for the cultural transmission of attitudes toward work, welfare, and individual responsibility to explain the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt. Specifically, we investigate whether 18-year olds' views about social benefits and the drivers of...
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data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. We control for work hours preferences in …
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. The paper uses data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to estimate a random effects …
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The debate in Australia on the (constant-output) elasticity of labour demand with respect to wages has wrongly … area which is particularly relevant for Australia. This paper attempts to fill this void by estimating a multi …
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longitudinal data from Australia. We also examine how the evolution of marital satisfaction over time depends on LOC. LOC indicates …
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