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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
6271 Aysit Tansel
Elif Öznur Acar
Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, 44 (4), 617-635.)
J21, J24, J40, J63, O17
6270 C. Sofia Machado
Miguel Portela
Hours of Work and Retirement Behavior
Using a novel dataset from the 2006 Portuguese Labor Force Survey this paper examines the impact of a voluntary reduction in hours of work, before retirement, on the moment of exit from the labor ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3 (16), 1-22)
J14, J26, J22, J21
6268 Jason Gagnon
Theodora Xenogiani
Chunbing Xing
Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant workers, particularly to their working conditions and pay. This paper uses data from ...
(published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:17)
O15, R23, J24, J71
6267 Marco Stampini
Ron Leung
Setou M. Diarra
Lauréline Pla
How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African ...
(revised version published in: South African Journal of Economics, 2013, 81 (1), 140-165)
H10, J21, O10, O55, P17, Y10
6265 Richard Akresh
Joyce J Chen
Charity Moore
Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households
Altruism among family members can, in some cases, inhibit cooperation by increasing the utility that players expect to receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we examine agricultural ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 64(4), 661-696)
D13, D70, J12, O13, O55
6264 Sarah Marchal
Ive Marx
Natascha Van Mechelen
Do Europe's Minimum Income Schemes Provide Adequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis and How, If at All, Have Governments Responded?
The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changes that have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens with adequate resources for ...
(revised version published as 'The great wake-up call? Social citizenship and minimum income provisions in Europe in times of crisis' in: Journal of Social Policy, 2014, 43 (2), 247-267)
I38, H75, H12
6263 Biwei Su
Almas Heshmati
Development and Sources of Labor Productivity in Chinese Provinces
As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform and openness, the development and sources of labor productivity has gradually come to the forefront. This paper studies ...
(published in: China Economic Policy Review, 2014, 2 (2), 1-30.)
C23, J24, R23, O15
6262 David A. Jaeger
Zahra Siddique
Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban
Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics ...
(revised version published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2018, 64(4), 667-697)
C32, D74
6261 Christian Dustmann
Tommaso Frattini
Immigration: The European Experience
This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures ...
(published in David Card and Steve Raphael (eds.), Immigration, Poverty, and Socioeconomic Inequality, Russell Sage Foundation, 2013)
J15, J61, J62
6260 Martin Kahanec
Anna Myunghee Kim
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State
This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The ...
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (1), 39-55.)
J15, J71, J78
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