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Labor market fluctuations in the small and in the large
Rogerson, Richard Donald; Visschers, Lodewijk P.; … - In: International journal of economic theory 5 (2009) 1, pp. 125-137
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Intergenerational Time Transfers and Childcare
Cardia, Emanuela; Ng, Serena - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 6 (2003) 2, pp. 431-454
Although intergenerational transfers of time in the form of grandparenting are substantial, little is known about their role and importance. In this paper, we calibrate an overlapping generations model extended to allow for both time and monetary transfers to the US economy. We use simulations...
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On the time allocation of married couples since 1960
Bar, Michael; Leukhina, Oksana - In: Journal of Macroeconomics 33 (2011) 4, pp. 491-510
In the last half a century, married females more than doubled their workforce participation and significantly reduced their time spent on home production. Using a model of family decision making with home production and individual earnings heterogeneity, we subject two prominent explanations for...
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Evaluating search and matching models using experimental data
Lise, Jeremy; Seitz, Shannon N.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-35
This paper introduces an innovative test of search and matching models using the exogenous variation available in …
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WHY HAS INEQUALITY INCREASED IN CHINA? TOWARD A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL MATCHING
MASKIN, E. - In: Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC) 01 (2005) 01, pp. 67-71
A theory is outlined for why an expansion of international trade may aggravate inequality in developing countries such as China.
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The effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of graduates in the Czech Republic
Sedláček, Jan; Zelenka, Martin - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 21 (2021) 2, pp. 105-150
contextual variables: the share of graduates in the population and the unemployment rate of graduates. The paper is based on …
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Wage bargaining or wage posting? Evidence from the employers' side
Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - In: Labour Economics 29 (2014) C, pp. 41-48
wage posting in the matching process from the employers' side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the …
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A reform agenda for improving the delivery of ALMPs in the MENA region
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Leon-Solano, Rene A. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-25
high unemployment, prevalence of skills mismatches, low labor market mobility, and lack of formal employment networks …
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The opportunity cost(s) of employment and search intensity
Garín, Julio; Lester, Robert - In: Macroeconomic dynamics 23 (2019) 1, pp. 216-239
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Structural or cyclic? Labor markets in recessions
Lazear, Edward P. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …
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