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Human capital externalities and employment differences across metropolitan areas of the US
Winters, John V. - 2012
It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … external effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. The empirical results … employment for both women and men. We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289951
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001
employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct … employment boom - contributed only marginally, if at all, to the rise in female labor supply. The increasing proportion of women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262608
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Job Loss : Bridging the Research and Policy Discussion
Lynch, Lisa M. - 2005
In this paper I discuss a structural problem facing the United States with respect to our policy responses in the context of trade and technological change and their impact on workers. Both trade and technological change have put enormous pressure on the U.S. economy to raise the skill level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262228
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Multi-task learning and the reorganization of work: From Tayloristic to holistic organization
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a "Tayloristic" organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a "holistic" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273105
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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2003
time-invariant explanation for skill-biased changes in wages and employment in the Russian economy. The increased skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261607
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Unemployment invariance
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
This paper provides a critique of the ?unemployment invariance hypothesis,? according to which the behavior of the labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and the labor force. Using Solow growth and endogenous growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265548
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The job creation effect of R&D expenditures
Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2010
In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 16 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269701
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How sensitive are retirement decisions to financial incentives: a stated preference analysis
Voòková, Hana; van Soest, Arthur - 2009
structural model is estimated in which utility is the discounted sum of within period utilities that depend on employment status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276701
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Work or Retirement? Exit Routs for Norwegian Elderly
Dahl, Svenn-Åge; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vaage, Kjell - 1999
In this paper we analyse early retirement pathways for Norwegian male and female workers. We apply a multinomial logit model to a data set covering more than 10 500 employees, ages 56-61, in 1989. The aim is to analyse the transition to different destinations, i.e. disability pension,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272303
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Gender Differences in Early Retirement Behaviour
Dahl, Svenn-Åge; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vaage, Kjell - 2002
, spouse income and wealth, and spouses? labour market status. The female participation rate is high in Norway, implying that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272304