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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform
Blundell, Richard; Meghir, Costas; Dias, Monica Costa; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We estimate a dynamic model of employment, human capital accumulation - including education, and savings for women in the UK, exploiting policy changes. We analyze both the incentive effects and the welfare implications of tax credits and income support programs and we account for their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011254925
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Wage Dynamics and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Time Preference of Learning Ability?
Munasinghe, Lalith; Sicherman, Nachum - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
A large portion of the variation in wages and wage growth rates among individuals is due to "unobserved" heterogeneity … sources of heterogeneity (both of which can clearly account for the variation in wages and wage growth rates): learning … ability and workers' inter-temporal preferences (discounting). We apply this test to the large observed differences in wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005580675
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Career Progression, Economic Downturns, and Skills
Adda, Jerome; Meghir, Costas; Dustmann, Christian; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper analyzes the career progression of skilled and unskilled workers, with a focus on how careers are affected by economic downturns and whether formal skills, acquired early on, can shield workers from the effect of recessions. Using detailed administrative data for Germany for numerous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010618278
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The Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Labor Market Outcomes
Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
While several types of mental illness, including substance abuse disorders, have been linked with poor labor market outcomes, no current research has been able to examine the effects of childhood ADHD. As ADHD has become one of the most prevalent childhood mental conditions, it is useful to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105938
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Insurance and Opportunities: A Welfare Analysis of Labor Market Risk
Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
second moments of the joint distribution over individual wages, consumption and hours. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005050143
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Consumption and Labor Supply with Partial Insurance: An Analytical Framework
Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
initial heterogeneity in wages and preferences. Equilibrium allocations and variances and covariances of wages, hours and … wages and hours, and cross-sectional data on consumption. The model is estimated on US data. Second moments involving hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037702
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Prizes and Productivity: How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output
Borjas, George; Doran, Kirk B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Knowledge generation is key to economic growth, and scientific prizes are designed to encourage it. But how does winning a prestigious prize affect future output? We compare the productivity of Fields medalists (winners of the top mathematics prize) to that of similarly brilliant contenders. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950810
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Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform
Lavy, Victor Chaim; Danzer, Natalia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper investigates the question whether long-term human capital outcomes are affected by the duration of maternity leave, i.e. by the time mothers spend at home with their newborn before returning to work. Employing RD and difference-in-difference approaches, this paper exploits an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951144
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Ziliak, James P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
In this chapter I provide a brief history of the TANF program, including changes made as part of the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act. I then present a variety of program statistics, including trends in aggregate and state-level caseloads and spending, along with changes in the demographic composition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271423
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The Marriage Market, Labor Supply and Education Choice
Meghir, Costas; Chiappori, Pierré-Andre; Dias, Monica Costa - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and the labor market. They then match based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252666