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3463 Timothy J. Halliday
Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health
We investigate the evolution of health over the life-cycle. We allow for two sources of persistence: unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence. Estimation indicates that there is a large degree ...
(published in: Econometrics Journal, 2008, 11(3), 499-516)
I1, C5
3462 Santiago Budría
Pedro T. Pereira
The Contribution of Vocational Training to Employment, Job-Related Skills and Productivity: Evidence from Madeira Island
In this paper, we analyze the transition to the labour market of participants in vocational training in Madeira Island. In a first stage, we investigate how the employment status at different dates ...
(published in: International Journal of Training and Development, 2009, 13(1), 53-72)
C35, I21, J64
3461 Hakan Berument
Nukhet Dogan
Aysit Tansel
Macroeconomic Policy and Unemployment by Economic Activity: Evidence from Turkey
This paper investigates how macroeconomic policy shocks in Turkey affect the total unemployment and provides evidence on the differential responses of the unemployment by sectors of economic ...
(published in: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2009, 45(3), 21-34)
E60, E24
3460 Guillermina Jasso
Shall We Kill or Enslave Caesar? Analyzing the Caesar Model
When a society overthrows a ruler – call the ruler Caesar – what determines whether Caesar is killed or enslaved? This paper presents a model of killing versus enslaving Caesar, based on a new theory ...
(published in: Advances in Group Processes, 2008, 25, 327-343)
D6, I3, N40
3459 Simon Appleton
Lina Song
Qingjie Xia
Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty ...
(published in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 665-678)
O15, J38, O38
3458 Timothy J. Halliday
Michael C. Kimmitt
Selective Migration and Health
Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we investigate the impact of health on domestic migration within the United States. We find that, for men below 60 years of age, a move from the ...
(published as: 'Selective Migration and Health in the USA, 1984 - 93' in: Population Studies, 2007, 61 (3), 321 - 334)
J61
3457 Francesco Pastore
Alina Verashchagina
The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates have reduced, in the case of Belarus women’ activity rate has been practically ...
(published in: Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.), Labour Markets and Economic Development, London: Routledge, 2009)
J13, J16, J22, P20, P52
3456 Milan Vodopivec
Nisha Arunatilake
The Impact of Population Aging on the Labor Market: The Case of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s population is predicted to age very fast during the next 50 years, bringing a slowdown of labor force growth and after 2030 its contraction. Based on an original, 2006 representative ...
(published in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2011, 4 (3), 141-163)
J11, J14, J26
3455 Hans Bloemen
Elena G. F. Stancanelli
Modelling the Employment and Wage Outcomes of Spouses: Is She Outearning Him?
This paper is focused on couple households where the wife is the main earner. The economic literature on this subject is particularly scant. According to our estimates, the wife was the main earner ...
(published as 'Toyboys or supergirls? An analysis of earnings and employment outcomes of spouses' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2015, 13 (3), 501-530)
D1, J12, J21
3454 Simon Appleton
John Knight
Lina Song
Qingjie Xia
The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
Why is it that, as the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip, abandoned its core beliefs, and marketized the economy, its membership has risen markedly along with the economic benefits of ...
(published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (2), 256-275)
J31, J40, J71, P20, P30
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