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Calidad de los vecindarios y oferta laboral femenina en un contexto urbano: un caso aplicado a la ciudad de Medellín
Morales, Leonardo Fabio; Cardona-Sosa, Lina - BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA - 2015
En este trabajo evaluamos como la calidad del vecindario afecta resultados laborales de una muestra aleatoria de individuos en la ciudad de Medellín. El trabajo profundiza el análisis para el caso de las mujeres, cuyo estatus en el mercado laboral (participación, horas laboradas y...
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The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics on Wages and Labor Supply in an Urban Context: The Case of a Latin-American City
Morales, Leonardo Fabio; Cardona-Sosa, Lina Marcela - BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA - 2014
characteristics determines wages and labor supply for workers in the city. We use GIS data to construct measures of the quality of … environments where workers live. This paper focuses in the impact in labor supply and wages of the following set of characteristics … estimation of linear equations for wages and worked hours, and we control for the selection of individuals into the neighborhoods …
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Metodologia - O Sector Informal em Moçambique: Resultados do Primeiro Inquérito Nacional (2005)
Calzaroni, Manlio; Cappiello, Antonio; Della Rocca, Giorgio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The Republic of Mozambique is experiencing a significant social and economic change and needs an updated informative base to allow policy-makers to found their decision on reliable and comparable data. The fast development of the Non Observed Economy (NOE) was one of the most important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837422
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The Microcredit Puzzle: Labour Supply Behaviour of Rural Households in Bangladesh
Islam, Asadul; Pakrashi, Debayan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2014
Using a unique panel dataset collected from rural households in Bangladesh, we examine the role of microcredit in the intra-household and inter-sectoral distribution of labour supply. The data also enables us to discuss seasonality in labour supply. We find robust evidence that the effects of...
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Female labour supply in india: proximate determinants
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Traditional official definition of ‘work’ in developing countries excludes large number of activities that are predominantly performed by women. Naturally official Female Labour Force Participation Rate is quite low in such countries. Women who are officially in the labourforce must...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259044
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Reference-dependent behaviour of paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand
Eggert, Håkan; Kahui, Viktoria - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2011
We study dynamic labour supply using data on paua (abalone) divers in New Zealand. The divers face stable, flat prices per kilogram after each catch, but experience transitory wage changes due to varying weather and water conditions, and are free to vary their daily working hours and display an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274564
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Female labor supply and the demand for housing
Aldershof, T.; Alessie, R.J.M.; Kapteyn, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1997
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Determinants of Wages and Labour Supply in the UK.
Bhattarai, K.R.; Wisniewski, T. - Centre d'Études sur l'Économie Internationale et … - 2000
We explore characteristics of the UK labour market with special emphasis on explanation of the existing wage inequalities, determinants of participation and variation in the magnititude of hours of labour supplied among individuals.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486734
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Labour Supply Elasticities: Theory and Evidence from Switzerland.
Ramirez, J.V. - Institut d'Economie et Econométrie, Université de Genève - 2000
In this paper we analyse the labour supply in a static framework, examining the two basic components of labour services, effort and working time. We discuss how the method chosen by firms to extract effort from the workers affects the relationship between the hourly wage offered and the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584323
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Health Care Prices, Health and Labor Outcomes : Experimental Evidence.
Dow, W; Gertly, P; Schoeni, R-F; Strauss, J; Thomas, D - Labor and Population Program, RAND - 1997
user fees on health outcomes or other dimensions of well-being such as labor supply and wages. Drawing on evidence from … indicators fo health status, labor force participation and wages of men and women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638545