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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
1432 Alicia Adsera
Barry R. Chiswick
Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations?
The paper uses the 1994-2000 waves of the European Community Household Panel to conduct a systematic analysis of the earnings of immigrants as compared to native workers, in particular to test ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 495-526 )
J1, J61, F22
1431 Friedrich Schneider
The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003
Using the DYMIMIC approach, estimates of the shadow economy in 145 developing, transition, developed OECD countries, South Pacific islands and still communist countries are presented. The average ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 495 - 526)
O17, O5, D78, H2, H11, H26
1430 David B. Huffman
Matias Barenstein
Riches to Rags Every Month? The Fall in Consumption Expenditures Between Paydays
This paper finds declining consumption expenditure between paydays, for a typical household in the working population of the UK. The magnitude is inconsistent with exponential time preference, but ...
(revised version: "A Monthly Struggle for Self-Control? Hyperbolic Discounting, Mental Accounting, and the Fall in Consumption Between Paydays")
B49, D11, D12, J33
1429 Santiago Budrķa
Pedro T. Pereira
On the Returns to Training in Portugal
This paper investigates the earnings effects of training in the Portuguese labour market. We use the Portuguese Labour Force Survey to classify training according to multiple criteria, including ...
(published as "The wage effects of training in Portugal: differences across skill groups, genders, sectors and training types" in: Applied Economics, 2007, 39 (6), 787-807)
J7, J24, J31, I2
1428 David Neumark
Olena Y. Nizalova
Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run
Exposure to minimum wages at young ages may lead to longer-run effects. Among the possible adverse longer-run effects are decreased labor market experience and accumulation of tenure, lower current ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (2), 435-452)
J22, J23, J38
1427 Timothy Dunne
Kenneth Troske
Technology Adoption and Workforce Skill in U.S. Manufacturing Plants
This paper examines the relationship between technology adoption and workforce skill in US manufacturing plants. Using information on the use and adoption of seven different information technologies, ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 52 (3), 387-405)
J2, O3
1424 Gaėlle Pierre
Stefano Scarpetta
Employment Regulations through the Eyes of Employers: Do They Matter and How Do Firms Respond to Them?
In this paper, we present evidence on how employers perceive labor regulations and react when these are perceived to constrain the operation of their firm. The paper draws from harmonized surveys of ...
(revised version published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2013, 2:15)
J23, J65, K31
1423 Dirk Sliwka
On the Notion of Responsibility in Organizations
We derive a natural definition of responsibility in a formal model where employees care for their career prospects: A superior holds a subordinate responsible for a task, when she announces her ...
(published in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2006, 22(2), 523-547)
D23, M12
1422 Simon Commander
Rupa Chanda
Mari Kangasniemi
L. Alan Winters
Must Skilled Migration Be a Brain Drain? Evidence from the Indian Software Industry
We provide a first empirical attempt at understanding the scale and type of skilled migration from the Indian software sector and the consequences for firms experiencing loss of skilled workers. ...
(published in: World Economy, 2008, 31 (2), 187-211)
J31, J61
1421 David Card
Sara de la Rica
The Effect of Firm-Level Contracts on the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
In Spain, as in several other European countries, sectoral bargaining agreements are automatically extended to cover all firms in an industry. Employers and employees can also negotiate ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (4), 573-592)
J31, J51
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