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The labor market in Poland, 2000-2021
Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)
In the early 2000s, Poland's unemployment rate reached 20%. That is now a distant memory, as employment has increased … noticeably and the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.4% in 2021. The labor force participation of older workers increased … underemployed. During the Covid-19 pandemic the slowdown in economic growth and increase in unemployment were small. …
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Parental leave reform and long-run earnings of mothers
Frodermann, Corinna; Wrohlich, Katharina; Zucco, Aline - 2020
Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of …
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The child penalty: Evidence from Spain
de Quinto, Alicia; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers'...
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Causal effects of subsidized career breaks
Nordström Skans, Oskar; Lindqvist, Linus - 2005
The paper uses a quasi-experimental situation to analyze the effects of career interruptions on future labor market outcomes. Data are generated by a Swedish program that granted career breaks to applicants until funds where exhausted. Comparing approved and declined (due to lack of funds)...
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Changes in the labor supply behavior of married women: 1980 - 2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2006
observed in the 1980s, with an additional factor being that husbands' real wages fell slightly in the 1980s but rose in the … elasticity. And, continuing past trends, women's labor supply also became less responsive to their husbands' wages. Between 1980 … wages and work hours; and omitted variables that affect both wage offers and the propensity to work; as well as when age …
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Labor Market Transparency
Wadensjö, Eskil - 2013
The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and organization of work are important for those who deliver labor, since they are in the work place....
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Structural labor supply models and wage exogeneity
Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014
elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368975
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Structural labor supply models and wage exogeneity
Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014
elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378272
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Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice
Pitts, M. Melinda - 2002
similar or higher expected wages in their chosen occupation compared to nonfemale-dominated occupations. This result indicates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397561
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Structural Labor Supply Models and Wage Exogeneity
Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014
elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398272