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The Pond Separates Cultures but Not Values : A Comparative Look at the French Codification of Right to Withdrawal of Labor and the American Concept of At-Will Employment
Wazlavek, Thomas D. Aaron - 2021
employment. Further, this article demonstrates that these concepts are both divergent and convergent in terms of core shared … common law is that at-will employment is the standard, the French model is a product of generations of social negotiations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228833
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325019
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703595
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The Greatest Artists of the Twentieth Century
Galenson, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
Pablo Picasso was by far the greatest artist of the 20th century: textbooks of art history contain more than twice as many illustrations of his work as of that of his closest rival, Henri Matisse. A survey of textbooks also identifies Jackson Pollock as the greatest American artist, by a narrow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828887
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830000
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The Long and Short of It: Maternity Leave Coverage and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Hashimoto, Masanori; Percy, Rick; Schoellner, Teresa; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We investigate the effects of maternity leave coverage on women’s post-birth wages, job tenure, and labor market attachment. We pay particular attention to unobservable characteristics that are correlated with maternity leave coverage and that affect labor market outcomes. We use a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763466
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Youth Employment in Europe: Institutions and Social Capital Explain Better than Mainstream Economics
Contini, Bruno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Why did employment growth – high in the last decade – take place at the expense of young workers in the countries of … a positive impact on its evolution: population ageing and the demographic decline, low labor cost of young workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543266
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Disposable Workforce in Italy
Contini, Bruno; Grand, Elisa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
short employment spell (< 3 months), 10-year survival does not reach 50%. We show that the order of magnitude of workforce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543268
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IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak?
Björklund, Anders; Hederos Eriksson, Karin; Jäntti, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
For the purpose of understanding the underlying mechanisms behind intergenerational associations in income and education, recent studies have explored the intergenerational transmission of abilities. We use a large representative sample of Swedish men to examine both intergenerational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002822
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The Labor Supply Effects of Welfare Reform
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1998
Will welfare reform increase unemployment and reduce wages? The answer depends in part on how much welfare reform increases labor supply. This paper considers the labor supply effects of the welfare reforms that have occurred since 1993, when President Clinton entered office with a promise to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101981