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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
10661 Daniel Kühnle
Michael Oberfichtner
Does Early Child Care Attendance Influence Children's Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skill Development?
While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio-economic and non-native backgrounds in the short-run, it remains unclear whether such ...
(published as 'Does Starting Universal Childcare Earlier Influence Children's Skill Development?' in: Demography, 2020, 57 (1), 61-98.)
J13, I21, I38
10660 Andrey Launov
Working Time Accounts and Turnover
Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms smoothing their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit ...
(substantially revised version published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021, 123 (3), 1025 - 1056)
J23, J63
10659 Alex Bryson
Christine Erhel
Zinaďda Salibekyan
The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality: A Comparative Study for Britain and France
Using linked employer-employee data from two comparable surveys this article examines the links between non-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with ...
(published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, 27 (2), 113-129 )
I31, J30, J81
10658 Holger Görg
Aoife Hanley
Firms' Global Engagement and Management Practices
We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 155, 80–83)
F2, L2, M2
10657 Luca Gambetti
Julián Messina
Evolving Wage Cyclicality in Latin America
Examines the evolution of the cyclicality of real wages and employment in four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro-cyclical ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, (323), 709-726.)
E24
10656 Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Sergio Firpo
Julián Messina
Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10 ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 37-67)
D31, J31
10655 David McKenzie
How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence
Jobs are the number one policy concern of policymakers in many countries. The global financial crisis, rising demographic pressures, high unemployment rates, and concerns over automation all make it ...
(published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2017, 32(2), 127-54)
O15, J08, J68
10653 Melisa Bubonya
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
David C. Ribar
The Bilateral Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Employment Status
This paper analyzes the bilateral relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status. We find that severe depressive symptoms are partially a consequence of economic inactivity. The ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 35, 96-106 )
J01, J64, I14
10652 Kamila Cygan-Rehm
Daniel Kühnle
Michael Oberfichtner
Bounding the Causal Effect of Unemployment on Mental Health: Nonparametric Evidence from Four Countries
An important, yet unsettled, question in public health policy is the extent to which unemployment causally impacts mental health. The recent literature yields varying findings, which are likely due ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2018, 26(12), 1844-1861)
I12, J64
10651 Silvia Mendolia
Thi Nguyen
Oleg Yerokhin
The Impact of Parental Health on Children's Schooling and Labour Force Participation: Evidence from Vietnam
This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and labour market, using a panel data survey of Vietnamese families, interviewed between ...
(published as 'The impact of parental illness on children’s schooling and labour force participation: evidence from Vietnam' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2019, 17, 469 - 492)
I10, I14, I24
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