|
No.
|
Author(s)
|
Title
|
JEL Class.
|
|
5880
|
Ohyun
Kwon
Belton
M.
Fleisher
Deng
Quheng
|
Evolution of the Industrial Wage Structure in China Since 1980
Industry mean wages in China have exhibited sharply increased dispersion since the early 1990s. The upward trend in differences of average wages among major industry groups parallels increases in ...
(substantially revised version published in: Pacific Economic Review, 2015, 20(1), 17–44 (co-authored by Simon Chang))
|
J31, D22, D33, L16, O53
|
|
5879
|
Peter
Fredriksson
Björn
Öckert
Hessel
Oosterbeek
|
Long-Term Effects of Class Size
This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a maximum class size rule. ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128 (1), 249-285)
|
I21, I28, J24, C31
|
|
5878
|
Mihails
Hazans
Kaia
Philips
|
The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets
We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that ...
(published in: Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds), EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration, Berlin - Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, 255-304)
|
J61, J15
|
|
5877
|
Stephen
Drinkwater
|
Informal Caring and Labour Market Outcomes Within England and Wales
This paper focuses on the links between informal care provision and labour market activity at the sub-national level. Within-country analysis of this issue has been very limited to date despite the ...
(published in: Regional Studies, 2015, 49 (2), 273-286)
|
J22, R23
|
|
5875
|
Boris
Hirsch
Claus
Schnabel
|
Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously: The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009
Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength ...
(substantially revised version published as 'What Can We Learn from Bargaining Models about Union Power? The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009' in: Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 347-362)
|
J50, J51
|
|
5874
|
David
W.
Johnston
Carol
Propper
Stephen
Pudney
Michael A.
Shields
|
Child Mental Health and Educational Attainment: Multiple Observers and the Measurement Error Problem
We examine the effect of survey measurement error on the empirical relationship between child mental health and personal and family characteristics, and between child mental health and educational ...
(published in: BJIR, 2014, 29 (6), 880-900)
|
C30, I10, I21, J24
|
|
5873
|
Francine
D.
Blau
Lawrence
M.
Kahn
|
The Feasibility and Importance of Adding Measures of Actual Experience to Cross-Sectional Data Collection
We use Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics data and data from a 2008 telephone survey of adults conducted by Westat for the Princeton Data Improvement Initiative (PDII) to explore the importance ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (2, Part 2), 17-58)
|
C81, J16, J24
|
|
5872
|
Mihails
Hazans
|
What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth
European Social Survey data on 30 countries, covering years 2004-2009, are used to look into joint institutional [and other macro] determinants of the rates of dependent employment without a ...
(published as: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5917, 2011/12)
|
J08, J21, J51, J61, K31
|
|
5871
|
Mihails
Hazans
|
Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 Countries
The European Social Survey data are used to analyze informal employment at the main job in 30 countries. Overall, informality decreases from South to West to East to North. However, dependent work ...
(extended version published as 'Informal workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 European countries', as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5912, 2011/12)
|
J21, J24, J61, J71, O17, O52
|
|
5870
|
Massimiliano
Bratti
Mariapia
Mendola
|
Parental Health and Child Schooling
Evidence on the role of parental health on child schooling is surprisingly thin. We explore this issue by estimating the short-run effects of parents’ illness on child school enrollment. Our analysis ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 35, 94-108)
|
I21, O15
|
13003Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
|
|
|
