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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
1114 Alessandro Cigno
The Supply of Child Labour
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than ...
(edited version published as Chapter 2 of: A. Cigno and F. C. Rosati (eds.), The Economics of Child Labour, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005)
D13, I12, J13, J22, J24, J82, O12
1111 Massimiliano Bratti
Emilia Del Bono
Daniela Vuri
New Mothers' Labour Force Participation in Italy: The Role of Job Characteristics
In this paper we use newly available individual-level data from the Longitudinal Survey of Italian Households to investigate the factors affecting female labour force participation after the birth ...
(revised version published in: Labour, 2005, 19 (s1), 79–121)
J13, J21, J23, O17, C3
1110 Gueorgui Kambourov
Iourii Manovskii
Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States: 1968-1993
We analyze the dynamics of worker mobility in the United States over the 1968-1993 period at various levels of occupational and industry aggregation. We find a substantial overall increase in ...
(revised version published as 'Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States, 1968 - 97' in: International Economic Review, 2008, 49 (1), 41-79)
E20, J21, J24, J44, J45, J62, J63
1109 Karen A. Mumford
Peter N. Smith
The Gender Earnings Gap in Britain
The earnings gap between male and female employees is substantial and persistent. Using new data for Britain, this paper shows that an important contribution to this gap is made by the workplace in ...
(revised version published as 'The Gender Earnings Gap in Britain: Including the Workplace' in: Manchester School, 2007, 75 (6), 653-672)
J3, J7
1108 M. Hashem Pesaran
Allan Timmermann
Real Time Econometrics
This paper considers the problems facing decision makers using econometric models in real time. It identifies the key stages involved and highlights the role of automated systems in reducing the ...
(published in: Econometric Theory, 2005, 21 (1), 212-231)
C51, C52, C53
1107 Lex Borghans
Bas ter Weel
The Diffusion of Computers and the Distribution of Wages
When workers adopt technology at the point where the costs equal the increased productivity, output per worker increases immediately, while the productivity benefits increase only gradually if the ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (3), 715-748)
J31, O15, O33
1106 Holger Bonin
Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes: Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?
Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten Arbeitsmarktreformen. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die hiervon zu erwartenden ...
(published in: R. Zwengel (ed.), Gesellschaftliche Perspektiven: Jahrbuch der Hessischen Gesellschaft für Demokratie und Ökologie, 2004, 5, 55-71)
J23, J38, K31
1105 Thomas K. Bauer
Stefan Bender
Holger Bonin
Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small ...
(published in: Economica, 2007, 74 (296), 804-821)
J21, J23, J58
1104 Peder J. Pedersen
Mariola Pytlikova
Nina Smith
Selection or Network Effects? Migration Flows into 27 OECD Countries, 1990-2000
Recent migration patterns show growing migration pressure and changing composition of immigrants in many Western countries. During the latest decade, an increasing proportion of the OECD immigrants ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2008, 52 (7), 1160-1186)
J61, F22, O15
1103 Janet Currie
The Take-Up of Social Benefits
This paper offers a review of recent literature regarding the take up of social programs in the U.S. and U.K. A few general conclusions are drawn: First, take up is enhanced by automatic or default ...
(published in: A.J. Auerbach et al. (eds), Public policy and the income distribution, New York: Russel Sage, 2006)
I38
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