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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
1439 Ansgar H. Belke
Jens M. Heine
Specialisation Patterns and the Synchronicity of Regional Employment Cycles in Europe
This paper examines the degree of correlation of EU regional employment cycles and attempts to show whether these cycles reflect changing patterns of specialisation. By focusing on the regional level ...
(published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2006, 3 (2), 91-104)
E32, F15, R23
1438 Andrew E. Clark
Claudia Senik
The (Unexpected) Structure of "Rents" on the French and British Labour Markets
This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages ...
(published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 180-196)
C30, J28, J31, J41, M51
1437 Flavio Cunha
James J. Heckman
Salvador Navarro
Separating Uncertainty from Heterogeneity in Life Cycle Earnings
This paper develops and applies a method for decomposing cross section variability of earnings into components that are forecastable at the time students decide to go to college (heterogeneity) and ...
(published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2005, 57 (2), 191-261)
C33, D84, I21
1435 Christian Dustmann
Uta Schönberg
Training and Union Wages
This paper tests the hypothesis that unions, through imposing wage floors that lead to wage compression, increase on-the-job training. Our analysis focuses on Germany which provides an interesting ...
(revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 363-376)
J24, J40, J51, I2
1434 Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar
Stephane Mahuteau
Do Migrants Get Good Jobs? New Migrant Settlement in Australia
This paper investigates the ease with which recent immigrants to Australia from different countries and with different visa categories enter employment at an appropriate level to their prior ...
(published in: Economic Record, 2005, 81 (s1), S34-S46)
J61, J68, C25
1433 Javier Ortega
Thomas P. Tangerås
Unilingual Versus Bilingual Education System: A Political Economy Analysis
We consider an economy with two language groups, where only agents who share a language can produce together. Schooling enhances the productivity of students and may modify their language endowment. ...
(revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6(5), 1078-1108)
I2, J15
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 Budría
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
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