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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
5832 Mary C. Daly
Bart Hobijn
Robert G. Valletta
The Recent Evolution of the Natural Rate of Unemployment
The U.S. economy is recovering from the financial crisis and ensuing deep recession, but the unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high. Some have argued that the persistent elevation of ...
(published as 'A Search and Matching Approach to Labor Markets: Did the Natural Rate of Unemployment Rise?' in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26 (3), 3-26 )
E24, J3, J6
5831 Heather Antecol
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Eric Helland
Bias in the Legal Profession: Self-Assessed versus Statistical Measures of Discrimination
Legal cases are generally won or lost on the basis of statistical discrimination measures, but it is workers' perceptions of discriminatory behavior that are important for understanding many ...
(published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2014, 43(2), 323-357)
J71, J15, J16, J44
5830 Amanda H. Goodall
Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?
Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital performance, there is no published empirical work on the hypothesis. This cross-sectional ...
(published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2011, 73 (4), 535 - 539)
I19, M12, M51
5829 Oliver Falck
Stephan Heblich
Susanne Link
The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?
Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic ...
(published as 'Forced Migration and the Effects of an Integration Policy in Post-WWII Germany' in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2012, 12(1))
N30, J61, D04
5828 Giovanni Russo
Wolter Hassink
Multiple Glass Ceilings
Both vertical (between job levels) and horizontal (within job levels) mobility can be sources of wage growth. We find that the glass ceiling operates at both margins. The unexplained part of the wage ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2012, 51 (4), 892–915)
J31, J24, J22
5827 Simonetta Longhi
Mark P. Taylor
Employed and Unemployed Job Seekers: Are They Substitutes?
The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of unemployed people finding a job. However, there is no evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are ...
(published as 'Employed and Unemployed Job Seekers and the Business Cycle' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76 (4), 463-483 )
J29, J60
5825 Brindusa Anghel
Sara de la Rica
Juan J. Dolado
The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes
This paper addresses the role played by Public Sector (PS) employment across different OECD labour markets in explaining: (i) gender differences regarding choices to work in either PS or private ...
(published in: I. Sanchez de Madariaga, S. de la Rica and J. Dolado (Eds.), Libro Blanco sobre la Situación de la Mujer en la Ciencia Espaniola. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Madrid, 2011)
J45, J16, J31
5822 John Cawley
J. Catherine Maclean
Unfit for Service: The Implications of Rising Obesity for U.S. Military Recruitment
This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of unhealthy behaviors and poor health by examining a previously underappreciated consequence of the rise in obesity in the ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2012, 21 (11), 1348-1366)
I1, H56, J11, J18, J2, J45, N32
5820 Olivier B. Bargain
Kristian Orsini
Andreas Peichl
Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US
Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, ...
(revised version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 6735; published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(3), 723-838)
C25, C52, H31, J22
5819 Paul Frijters
David W. Johnston
Michael A. Shields
Destined for (Un)Happiness: Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction?
In this paper we address the question of how much of adult life satisfaction is predicted by childhood traits, parental characteristics and family socioeconomic status. Given the current focus of ...
(published as 'Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction? Evidence from British Cohort Surveys' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F688-F719)
I1, J1
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