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The joint estimation of a non-linear labour supply function and a wage equation using simulated response probabilities
Bloemen, H.G.; Kapteyn, A.J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091170
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Employee-friendly labour time: a key element to a sustainable pattern of production and consumption
Groezinger, Gerd; Matiaske, Wenzel; Tobsch, Verena - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 357-372
Whereas the preferences of consumers are a cornerstone of market economies, the preferences of employees, e.g., regarding the preferred amount of paid labour, usually are not. However, we have strong evidence that differences between aspired and actually worked weekly hours have a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353045
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Chomage: tendances, causes et possibilites d'action; observations faites en republique federale d'allemagne, en France et aux Pays-Bas.
W, Van Ginneken - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1981
ILO pub. Article on comparison of causes and economic policy implications concerning unemployment in Germany, Federal …, considers effects of wages and social security benefits on labour mobility, analyses structural unemployment and frictional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690085
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Germany : a job-centred approach
Escudero, Verónica; Ha, Byung-jin; Khatiwada, Sameer; … - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2011
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Der Wert der Arbeit
Hemmer, Edmund - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004193087
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The threat effect of participation in active labor market programs on job search behavior of migrants in Germany
Bergemann, Annette; Caliendo, Marco; Berg, Gerard J. van den - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 777-795
Purpose – Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. The aim of this paper is to study whether such ex ante effects differ according to ethnic origin. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a method that relates self-reported perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539772
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The labour supply of nurses in the UK: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
Rice, Nigel - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2005
This paper investigates the determinants of the labour supply of nurses in the UK. Attention focuses on the elasticity … nature of wages by using 2- stage least squares. Tests for and control of selection bias are achieved using methods based on … variable addition tests for panel data. We find that the elasticity of hours supplied with respect to wage is 0.40 suggesting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328376
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China, South Africa and the Lewis Model
Knight, John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
-urban divides, forms of migrant labour, rapid rural-urban migration, and high and rising real wages in the formal sector, the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604971
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Women's Wages in Full- and Part-Time Jobs in Great Britain
Ermisch, John F; Wright, Robert E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
An analysis of hourly pay that allows for the choice of whether to work full-time, part-time or not at all (using the 1980 Women in Employment Survey) finds significant sample selection bias for women in full-time jobs. Part of the observed differential between the hourly pay of full-timers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498008
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Cohort Size and Female Labor Supply
Gustafsson, Siv - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and … female net wages therefore stimulate female labor supply. The example of Sweden shows that pronatalist policies can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662066