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Marriage and the city
Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005
distinction between efficient (cities) and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276796
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Marriage and the city
Gautier, Pieter; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005
distinction between efficient (cities)and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is thatsingles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343296
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Identification of "wasteful commuting" using search theory
Ommeren, Jos van; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2005
In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is … argued that the commute of the self-employed is the result of a search process for vacant workplaces, whereas employees … search for vacant jobs through space. Because the arrival rate of workplaces is much higher than the arrival rate of jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346473
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Marriage and the City
Teulings, Coen N.; Svarer, Michael; Gautier, Pieter A. - 2005
distinction between efficient (cities) and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262207
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Return migration of foreign students
Bijwaard, Govert; Wang, Qi - 2013
Using unique administrative micro panel data, this paper presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of the return of recent foreign students in The Netherlands. The life course experiences of these students in the host, both on the labour market and in marriage formation, impact their decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699446
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Does it pay for women to volunteer?
Sauer, Robert M. - 2012
This paper estimates the economic and non-economic returns to volunteering for prime-aged women. A woman's decision to engage in unpaid work, and to marry and have children, is formulated as a forward-looking discrete choice dynamic programming problem. Simulated maximum likelihood estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580551
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Return Migration of Foreign Students
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2013
Using unique administrative micro panel data, this paper presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of the return of recent foreign students in The Netherlands. The life course experiences of these students in the host, both on the labour market and in marriage formation, impact their decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087401
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Does it Pay for Women to Volunteer?
Sauer, Robert M. - 2013
This paper estimates the economic and non-economic returns to volunteering for prime-aged women. A woman's decision to engage in unpaid work, and to marry and have children, is formulated as a forward-looking discrete choice dynamic programming problem. Simulated maximum likelihood estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089972
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Marriage and the City
Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2021
distinction between efficient (cities) and less efficient (non-cities) search markets. One implication of the model is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318738
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Understanding the mechanisms of parental divorce effects on child's higher education
Chen, Yen-Chien; Fan, Elliott; Liu, Jin-tan - 2021
We combine multiple administrative datasets from Taiwan to evaluate the degree to which the adverse divorce effect on the child's higher education operates through deprivation of economic resources. Using one million siblings, we find that parental divorce occurring at ages 13-18 significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431896