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Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in altruism. We show that allowing for private provision of...
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It is estimated that only 5% of musicians in Italy are regularly employed. In an attempt at understanding such a peculiar situation, we build a theoretical model of the musicians' labour market in which we embed the main institutional features of the Italian system. We notice how the presence of...
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The inter-related dynamics of dual job-holding, human capital and occupational choice between primary and secondary jobs are investigated, using a panel sample (1991-2005) of UK employees from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). A sequential profile of the working lives of employees is...
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We explore three hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human trafficking market - the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers, the relative bargaining strength of traffickers and final buyers, and the elasticity of buyers' demand. In a model of two-way bargaining, the exact...
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mandate, often referred to as moonlighting. Despite the important selection and incentive effects such outside positions might … engender, academic studies evaluating the prevalence, desirability and/or consequences of politicians' moonlighting have …
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Multiple job-holding, or “moonlighting,” is an important form of atypical employment in most economies. New forms of … during economic downturns. Recent literature highlights the significant links between moonlighting and job mobility. Multiple …
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Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we examine the cyclicality by sex of moonlighting and … moonlighting hours. We find that, once we account for the sample selection into employment, both men and women exhibit procyclical … moonlighting probabilities. Likewise, moonlighting hours for male multiple job holders are procyclical. These findings contradict …
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) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the …
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