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The effect of unobservables on labour supply decisions: the formal and informal sector during transition
Namazie, Ceema Zahra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
The transition from a command economy in the FSU resulted in increased activities in the informal sector. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125949
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Latvia: Working Too Hard?
Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005
This paper provides an assessment of employment and working conditions in Latvia before and immediately after the EU accession. The issues addressed include self-employment, multiple jobs, fixed-term contracts, unreported wages, overtime, unsocial working hours, health and safety at work, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076524
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The Decision of Work and Study and Employment Outcomes
Peng, Amy; Yang, Ling - Department of Economics, Ryerson University - 2009
The paper studies factors that contribute to student's work study decision while attending postsecondary institutions using SLID and YITS data. It further tests that how the work decision can affect their future employment outcomes.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469725
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352240
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Encouraging women’s labor force participation in transition countries
Pignatti, Norberto - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
with highly educated women and an aging population. Women’s participation varies across transition countries, driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573654
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Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
The Mincer equation—arguably the most widely used in empirical work—can be used to explain a host of economic, and even non-economic, phenomena. One such application involves explaining (and estimating) employment earnings as a function of schooling and labor market experience. The Mincer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573668
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Women's employment, children and transition: an empirical analysis on Poland
Bardasi, Elena; Monfardini, Chiara - 2004
The effect of transition from centrally planned to market economies on female employment is unclear a-priori. Many …'s employment. A frequently mentioned potential explanation of the lower female participation during the transition period is … having two earners during the turbulent transition period. The aim of this paper is to give an empirical assessment on how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266836
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Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China: 1982 - 2000
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Lan, Chen; … - 2009
We employ data from the three most recent Chinese population censuses to consider married, urban women's labor force participation decisions in the context of their families and their residential locations. We are particularly interested in how the presence in the household of preschool and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269124
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Encouraging women's labor force participation in transition countries
Pignatti, Norberto - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
with highly educated women and an aging population. Women's participation varies across transition countries, driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266236
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Childcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China: 1982 - 2000
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Chen, Lan; … - 2009
We employ data from the three most recent Chinese population censuses to consider married, urban women's labor force participation decisions in the context of their families and their residential locations. We are particularly interested in how the presence in the household of preschool and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859380