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Participation Behavior of East German Women after German Unification
Bonin, Holger; Euwals, Rob - 2001
simultaneously explains participation, employment and wages. The model, estimated for East and West Germany on the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262614
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„Arbeitsplatzausstattung“ und „Arbeitsplatzlücke“ nach Geschlechtern in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich; Fuchs, Johann; Lang, Cornelia - 2006
The paper investigates (a) the number and structure of available jobs by gender in East and West Germany, (b) the gap … between the supply and demand of jobs by gender in both regions and (c) the reasons for the wider "job gap" in East Germany … compared with West Germany. The paper uses data from the Regional National Accounts and the Federal Labor Office. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269955
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Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment : Factors of Supply and Demand
Hogerbrugge, Maurice; Euwals, Rob - 2004
Using the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1991-2001, the authors investigate the incidence of part-time employment in the country with the highest part-time employment rate of the OECD countries. Women fulfil most part-time jobs, but nevertheless a considerable fraction of men works part-time as well....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261877
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Alternative approaches to evaluation in empirical microeconomics
Blundell, Richard W.; Dias, Monica Costa - 2002
Four alternative but related approaches to empirical evaluation of policy interventions are studied: social experiments, natural experiments, matching methods, and instrumental variables. In each case the necessary assumptions and the data requirements are considered for estimation of a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318482
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On the interplay between Keynesian and supply side economics
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
Conventional wisdom suggests that nominal, demand-side shocks have only temporary effects on real macroeconomic magnitudes and that the duration of their effects depends on the degree of nominal inertia. It is also argued that, in the absence of unit roots, temporary supply-side shocks also have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293971
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Estimation of wage equations for New Zealand
Mercante, Joseph; Mok, Penny - 2014
This paper estimates wage equations for New Zealand based on pooled data from the Household Economic Survey (HES) from 2006/07 to 2010/11. Equations are estimated separately for couple men and women, single men and women and sole parents. The results are compared to previous New Zealand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115676
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Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison
Dupuy, Arnaud; Borghans, Lex - 2003
In this paper, we develop an allocation model of workers differentiated by their field of study to test whether international differences in the wage structure can be explained by differences in labor demand and supply in each country. The model explicitly takes into account the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261618
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Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - 2004
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261906
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Labor Supply Dynamics, Unemployment and Human Capital Investments
Wasmer, Etienne - 2002
In the last decades, the OECD labor markets faced important labor supply changes with the arrival of women and the cohorts of the baby-boom. Using a survey where workers declare their true employment experience, this paper argues that these supply trends imply more inexperienced workers. It then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262787
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Self-Selection And Earnings During Volatile Transition
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - 2004
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263229