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Asymmetric labor force participation decisions over the business cycle: Evidence from US microdata
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Robertson, John C. - 2006
asymmetry and sensitivity of labor force participation decisions are found across gender, age, and education groups, and these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292322
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The importance of education for the reallocation of labor: Evidence from Swedish linked employer-employee data 1986 - 2002
Gartell, Marie; Jans, Ann-Christin; Persson, Helena - 2007
Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job flows and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educational levels. We find that job and worker flows vary by educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317963
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The Gender Wage Gap and Discrimination, East Germany 1990-1997
Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2000
East Germany underwent rapid transition from a socialist to a market economy since the fall of the Berlin Wall. We are interested in whether women are better off or worse off relative to men as a result of this transition. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel Data 1990-1997 to study wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334351
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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment: Some cross-country evidence
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2009
objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273947
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Where to work?: The role of the household in explaining gender differences in labour market outcomes
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John S. - 2006
With the use of panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys, this paper explores the sectoral reallocation of labour by gender. In Bulgaria, men and women started the transition on an almost equal standing, allowing us to concentrate our attention on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274520
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334299
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The duration of paid parental leave and cildren's scholastic performance
Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009
parental earnings or fathers' education, or relative to other predictors of child perforÿ­mance. We find no effects on …' mental health. Overall the results suggest positive causal interaction effects between mothers' education and the amount of … between matÿ­ernal education and school outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273952
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Does a pint day affect your childs pay? The effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on adult outcomes
Nilsson, J. Peter - 2008
This paper utilizes a Swedish alcohol policy experiment conducted in the late 1960s to identify the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on educational attainments and labor market outcomes. The experiment started in November 1967 and was prematurely discontinued in July 1968 due to a sharp...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317912
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Trading off or having it all? Completed fertility and mid-career earnings of Swedish men and women
Boschini, Anne; Håkanson, Christina; Rosén, Åsa; … - 2011
have changed for Swedish men and women born 1945-1962 by documenting changes in education, assortative mating patterns …-professionals, and there appears to be a convergence in the life-choices of women across education groups. Despite these different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321156
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Inventions and their commercial exploitation in academic institutions: Analysing determinants among academics
Bijedić, Teita; Chlosta, Simone; Werner, Arndt - 2016
Institutions of higher education are considered as an important source of innovation. Consequently, big efforts are … factors affect the innovation and knowledge transfer activities of male and female academics. We show that Gender differences … as well as career and human capital related factors (e.g. scope of employment, professional experience, and leadership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535490