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Habit Formation, Work Ethics, and Technological Progress

Faria, Joao Ricardo; Leon-Ledesma, Miguel A. - 2003

Work ethics affects labor supply. This idea is modeled assuming that work is habit forming. This paper introduces working habits in a neoclassical growth model and compares its outcomes with a model without habit formation. In addition, it analyzes the impact of different forms of technical...

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Peer effects in parental leave decisions

Welteke, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016

This paper analyzes to what extent parental leave decisions of mothers with young children depend on the decisions made by their coworkers. The identification of peer effects, which are defined as indirect effects of the behavior of a social reference group on individual outcomes, bears various...

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Peer effects in parental leave decisions

Welteke, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016

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In good company : neighborhood quality and female employment

Bechara, Peggy; Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2015

, wird in diesem Papier der Einfluss der Nachbarschaft auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot von Frauen untersucht. Aufgrund … mit Nachbarschaftsattributen korreliert ist. Während das extensive Arbeitsangebot besonders stark mit der … durchschnittlichen Beschäftigungsquote von Frauen korreliert ist, wird das intensive Arbeitsangebot durch den Anteil der …

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Social Interaction in Labor Supply

Grodner, Andrew; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2011

Our research examines the effect of interdependence on estimation and interpretation of earnings/labor supply equations. We consider the cases of (1) a positive spillover from others’ labor supplied and (2) a need for conformity with others’ labor supplied. Qualitative and quantitative...

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The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratiobetween Reservation and Market Wages andthe Incentives for Labour Supply

Caliendo, Marco; Gambaro, Ludovica; Haan, Peter - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages byanalysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and netmarket wages...

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Staff engagement, job complementarity and labour supply : evidence from the English NHS hospital workforce

Moscelli, Giuseppe; Sayli, Melisa; Mello, Marco - 2022

We investigate the relationship among staff engagement, job complementarities and labour supply in the hospital sector, where excessive turnover of the clinical staff (doctors and nurses) can be detrimental for quality of care. We exploit a unique and rich panel dataset constructed by combining...

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The labor market behavior of married women with young children in the US: Have differences by religion disappeared?

Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian; Chen, Yu - 2013

Using data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, conducted in the United States, we study the role of religious affiliation and participation in the labor supply behavior of non-Hispanic married women with young children. We estimate ordered probit models with a trichotomous...

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Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis: Religion and Female Employment over Time

Fischer, Justina A.V.; Pastore, Francesco - 2015

This study analyses whether the role of religion for employment of married women in Europe has changed over time and along women's life cycles. Using information on 44'000 married European women from the World Values Survey 1981-2013, we find that in OECD-Europe there is little difference among...

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Mothers, Friends and Gender Identity

Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2013

This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...

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