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All aboard? Commuter train access and labor market outcomes
Åslund, Olof; Blind, Ina; Dahlberg, Matz - 2015
We investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. Our study considers the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390548
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Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed
Ransom, Tyler - 2019
This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US … estimate a dynamic model of individual labor supply and migration decisions. The model incorporates a reduced-form search model … and allows for migration for non-market reasons. My estimates show that moving costs are substantial and that labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870383
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Women and the labour market in East and West Germany : the role of socialist legacy and pre-socialist tradition
Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
There is a successful and growing number of studies published in top-economics journals that exploit the division and re-unification of Germany as a natural experiment for analysing the effects of political regimes on economic behaviour. One strand of the literature shows that socialism shaped...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287659
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Woman and the labour market in East and West Germany : socialist legacy and pre-socialist tradition
Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
There is a large and successful literature exploiting the division and re-unification of Germany as a natural experiment for analysing the effects of political regimes on economic behaviour. This paper contributes to this literature by reassessing the role of legacy effects of socialist labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738576
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Labor market frictions and moving costs of the employed and unemployed
Ransom, Tyler - 2019
This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US … estimate a dynamic model of individual labor supply and migration decisions. The model incorporates a reduced-form search model … and allows for migration for non-market reasons. My estimates show that moving costs are substantial and that labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978361
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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 … and that presence of pre-school age children significantly decreases it. The negative effect on women's labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269124
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The impact of international migration and remittances on the labor-supply behavior of those left behind: evidence from Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Assaad, Ragui - 2009
for men and women separately. Additionally, we examine the labor supply behavior of wives whose husband migrated. We draw … on the 2006 cross section using an instrumental variable approach as well as on the 1998/2006 panel of the Egypt Labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271122
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Trabajo no agrícola de las familias rurales en Bolivia: Un análisis de determinantes y efectos
Andersen, Lykke E.; Valencia, Horacio - 2010
Este documento analiza la oferta de trabajo no agrícola de los hogares rurales en Bolivia. Se observa que aproximadamente el 50% de todos los hogares en el área rural complementan sus ingresos a través del trabajo no agrícola, esta actividad tiende a ocurrir con más frecuencia en los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273905
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Egyptian men working abroad: Labor supply responses by the women left behind
Binzel, Christine; Assaad, Ragui - 2011
Female labor force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration … provides a leeway for women to enter the labor market and/or to increase their labor supply. In line with previous studies, we … women in non-migrant households. Furthermore, we find evidence that this labor supply response is driven by the household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278524
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Commuting time and labour supply: A causal effect?
Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2011
We analyze the causal effect of the length of the worker's commute on worker's productivity, by examining whether commuting time has any effect on worker's labour market supply. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-03, our GMM/IV estimation yields a positive causal impact of commuting time on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278752