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The stagnant labor market: some aspects of the bleak picture
Jayadev, Arjun; Konczal, Michael - In: Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 33 (2011) 3, pp. 435-450
In this paper, we examine the labor market during the Great Recession and find some startling features underlying the stagnation and decline of 2007-10. The population in the labor force has stagnated while the population that is out of the labor force has grown sharply. For the first time since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353085
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Minimum Wages and Female Labor Supply in Germany
Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study the effects of minimum wages on labor supply using a structural household model where we distinguish between married and single households. In the model, labor supply of married...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212753
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GENDER FEATURES OF TIME ALLOCATION, GENDER STEREOTYPES AND LABOUR SUPPLY
Arnania-Kepuladze, Tamila - In: Equilibrium 6 (2011) 3, pp. 85-101
Securing the well-being, protection of human rights and equality on the ground of age, gender, race, nationality etc … along with sustainable economic development becomes the most important goal for any country. Gender differences in labor … economic development. Despite longstanding striving for gender equality, the inequality manifests itself in labor markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274669
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Household Models: An Historical Perspective
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - CESifo - 2007
This paper is a survey of the literature on theoretical models of the household, paying particular attention to some of the earlier contributions, and using them to place the current state of the theory in perspective. One of its aims is to suggest that the literature’s neglect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005249452
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International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market: Evidence from Albania
Mendola, Mariapia; Carletto, Gero - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009
This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018088
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Substitution Between Individual and Cultural Capital: Pre-Migration Labor Supply, Culture and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Woman
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225774
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Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective
Humpert, Stephan; Pfeifer, Christian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
, we use German survey data to analyze age and gender differences in reservation and entry wages, preferred and actual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550327
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Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective
Humpert, Stephan; Pfeifer, Christian - 2011
, we use German survey data to analyze age and gender differences in reservation and entry wages, preferred and actual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009279915
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Market hours, household work, child care, and wage rates of partners: an empirical analysis
Bloemen, Hans; Stancanelli, Elena - In: Review of Economics of the Household 12 (2014) 1, pp. 51-81
The aim of this paper is to provide new evidence on the effect of partners’ wages on partners’ allocation of time. Earlier studies concluded that wage rates are an important determinant of partners’ hours of market and non-market work and also that house work may lower married women’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010867598
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Gender Features of Time Allocation, Gender Stereotypes and Labour Supply
Arnania-Kepuladze, Tamila - In: Equilibrium 6, Issue 3 (2011), pp. 85-101
Securing the well-being, protection of human rights and equality on the ground of age, gender, race, nationality etc … along with sustainable economic development becomes the most important goal for any country. Gender differences in labor … economic development. Despite longstanding striving for gender equality, the inequality manifests itself in labor markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010671556