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Excess Commuting in the US: Differences between the Self-Employed and Employees
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2015
differences between the self-employed and employees in the US. In a theoretical framework where self-employed workers minimize … their commuting time, employees do not minimize their commuting time because they lack full information, and thus the … difference between the time devoted to commuting by self-employed workers and employees is modeled as wasteful commuting (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401705
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The Origins and Extent of Entrepreneurial Action-Orientedness: An Experimental Study
Barirani, Ahmad; Sloof, Randolph; van Praag, Mirjam C. - 2017
experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and employees. Our experimental results show that entrepreneurs are indeed more … curiosity. Our empirical test results show that (i) entrepreneurs score indeed higher, on average, than managers and employees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653226
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The Return to Labor Market Mobility: An Evaluation of Relocation Assistance for the Unemployed
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Mahlstedt, Robert - 2015
In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. This is somewhat surprising and raises the question of why only minor shares of unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307385
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Youth Unemployment and Active Labor Market Policies in Europe
Caliendo, Marco; Schmidl, Ricarda - 2015
Since the economic crisis in 2008, European youth unemployment rates have been persistently high at around 20% on average. The majority of European countries spends significant resources each year on active labor market programs (ALMP) with the aim of improving the integration prospects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401758
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The IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey: A Scientific Use File
Arni, Patrick; Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; … - 2014
This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333279
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Active Labor Market Policies
Crépon, Bruno; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2016
individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy …
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Past, Present and Future Compensation Research: Economist Perspectives
Gibbs, Michael - 2017
At the 2016 Academy of Management Conference, a group of distinguished compensation researchers held a panel discussion on the future of compensation research. Their remarks were compiled into an article published in this issue. Soon after the panel, Charles Fay commissioned a similar discussion...
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Evaluation of the Reggio Approach to Early Education
Biroli, Pietro; Del Boca, Daniela; Heckman, James J.; … - 2017
We evaluate the Reggio Approach using non-experimental data on individuals from the cities of Reggio Emilia, Parma and Padova belonging to one of five age cohorts: ages 50, 40, 30, 18, and 6 as of 2012. The treated were exposed to municipally offered infant-toddler (ages 0 3) and preschool (ages...
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The Causal Effects of the Minimum Wage Introduction in Germany: An Overview
Caliendo, Marco; Schröder, Carsten; Wittbrodt, Linda - 2018
wages and satisfaction. We also discuss difficulties in the implementation of the minimum wage and the measurement of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984603
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Assessing the Impact of Off- and On-The-Job Training on Employment Outcomes: A Counterfactual Evaluation of the PIPOL Program
Pastore, Francesco; Pompili, Marco - 2019
This evaluation study aims to assess the impact of PIPOL, an integrated program of active labor policies, on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984634