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Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Quispe-Agnoli, Myriam; Rios-Avila, … - 2012

Using administrative, individual-level, longitudinal data from the state of Georgia, this paper finds that a documented worker employed by a firm that hires undocumented workers can expect to earn 0.15 percent less than if employed by a firm that does not hire undocumented workers. However, in...

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Unemployed, now what? The effect of immigration on unemployment transitions of native-born workers in the United States

Rios-Avila, Fernando; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo - 2016

Although one would expect the unemployed to be the population most likely affected by immigration, most of the studies … have concentrated on investigating the effects immigration has on the employed population. Little is known of the effects … of immigration on labor market transitions out of unemployment. Using the basic monthly Current Population Survey from …

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The measurement of labour content: A general approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013

This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content in the context of general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical...

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The Measurement of Labour Content: A General Approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013

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The measurement of labour content: A general approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2017

This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content for general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical foundations. The...

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Is the persistent gender gap in income and wages due to unequal family responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

born, the male-female gender gaps in income and wages have increased with 35 and 10 percentage points, respectively. In … line with a collective labor supply model, the magnitude of these effects depends on relative incomes or wages within the …

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A semi-parametric approach to the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition with continuous group variable and self-selection

Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2019

the impact of obesity on wages (Cawley 2004), using body mass index (BMI) as the continuous group variable. The results … suggest that body weight does have a negative impact on wages for white women, but the impact decreases for higher BMI levels …

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Can sickness absence be affected by information meetings? Evidence from a social experiment

Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2010

During the last decade several empirical studies have stressed the importance of norms and social interactions for explaining sickness absence behavior. In this context public discussions about the intentions of the insurance, and of the rights and duties of the receivers, may be important for...

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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...

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