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Research Findings in the Economics of Aging
Atlas, Steven J. (contributor);  … - 2010
The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, a group of leading researchers takes an eclectic view of the subject....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487899
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Research findings in the economics of aging
Wise, David A. (ed.) - 2010
Disability, work and retirement -- New age thinking: alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor force participation, government policies, and GDP / John B. Shoven -- Comment / Erzo F. P. Luttmer -- Work disability: the effects of demography, health, and disability insurance /...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003840826
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900521
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The returns to seniority in France (and why are they lower than in the United States?)
Beffy, Magali; Buchinsky, Moshe; Fougère, Denis; … - 2006
We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our model makes it possible to distinguish between unobserved person heterogeneity and state-dependence. We estimate the model using state of the art Bayesian methods employing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274184
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The Returns to Seniority in France (and Why are They Lower than in the United States?)
Beffy, Magali; Buchinsky, Moshe; Fougère, Denis; … - 2021
We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our model makes it possible to distinguish between unobserved person heterogeneity and state-dependence. We estimate the model using state of the art bayesian methods employing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318035
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Using tax deductions to promote lifelong learning : real and shifting responses
Berge, Wiljan van den; Jongen, Egbert L. W.; Wiel, … - 2017
Policymakers are concerned about potential underinvestment in lifelong learning. In this paper we study to what extent a tax deduction helps to stimulate post-initial training. Specifically, we employ a regression kink and regression discontinuity design as jumps in tax bracket rates generate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704275
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Opening the black box : task and skill mix and productivity dispersion
Blackwood, G. Jacob; Cunningham, Cindy; Dey, Matthew S.; … - 2022
important gap in most empirical studies of establishment-level productivity is the limited information about workers …' characteristics and their tasks. Skill-adjusted labor input measures have been shown to be important for aggregate productivity …-access establishment-level productivity dataset created by the BLS-Census Bureau Collaborative Micro-productivity Project. We take a first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412738
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Schooling externalities, technology and productivity : theory and evidence from US states
Iranzo, Susana (contributor); Peri, Giovanni (contributor) - 2006
technologies, associated with high total factor productivity and high returns to skills, are complementary to highly educated …. - Externalities ; Total Factor Productivity ; Schooling Laws ; College Graduate Immigrants ; Land Grant Colleges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728009
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Human capital risk and the firmsize wage premium
Leung, Danny (contributor);  … - 2008
that it is solely due to differences in labor market uncertainty. -- Economic models ; Labour markets ; Productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773015
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Occupational Preferences, Segregation, and Wage Inequality - Empirical Evidence from Europe and the United States
Eberharter, Veronika V. - 2012
Based on longitudinal data (CNEF 1980-2010) the paper analyzes the structuring effects of individual and family background characteristics on occupational preferences, and the influence of occupational segregation on gender wage differentials in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098238