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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey

Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34

Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...

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Wage discrimination over the business cycle

Biddle, Jeff E.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-20

Using CPS data from 1979–2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic men and women, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Women’s relative earnings are harmed by...

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An empirical investigation of parametric and semiparametric estimation methods in sample selection models

Fernández-Sainz, Ana I.; Rodríguez-Póo, Juan M. - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 10 (2010), pp. 99-120

In this paper we analyze empirically different specifications of a sample selection model. We are interested in how the estimates vary across alternative assumptions concerning the joint conditional distribution of the sample selection equation errors, such us the specification of error...

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Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa : Jugendliche sind viel stärker betroffen als Erwachsene

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 30, pp. 3-12

professional training, employment prospects are not as poor as in those focusing predominantly on educational qualifications …

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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy

Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14

for the design of selected labor market policies including unemployment compensation, employment services and job search …

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The impact of economic crisis on unemployment and labor migration in the northeast of Thailand

Sricharoen, Thitiwan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 103-122

This study aims to examine the characteristics of unemployment and migration of labor in the Northeastern of Thailand and to study the unemployment problems faced by local workers. The samples used in the study were 455 unemployed workers in Khon Kaen province, that is, 204 male and 251 female...

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Reforming an insider-outsider labor market : the Spanish experience

Benrolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-29

This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labor market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees, makes real reform much harder, and leads to purely marginal changes that do not alter...

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The costs of worker displacement in urban labor markets of China

Ge, Yuhao; Lehmann, Hartmut - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

employment relationships or self-employed or less happy than their non-displaced counterparts. We also look at health and psychic … migrants among the displaced experience a lowered incidence of self-employment. Also, health costs and psychic costs can be …

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Skilled migration and the transfer of institutional norms

Beine, Michel; Sekkat, Khalid - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the...

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The effects of active labour market policies for immigrants receiving social assistance in Denmark

Heinesen, Eskil; Husted, Leif; Rosholm, Michael - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-22

We estimate the effect of active labour-market programmes on the exit rate to regular employment for non … largest for subsidized employment programmes, but effects are also large and significant for direct employment programmes and … illustrated by calculating effects on the duration to regular employment over a five-year period. …

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