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1204 Anna M. Falzoni
Alessandra Venturini
Claudia Villosio
Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996
In this paper we use individual micro data on workers combined with industry and regional data to study the dynamics of the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers in Italy in the ...
(published as 'Skilled and unskilled wage dynamics in Italy in the 1990s: changes in individual characteristics, institutions, trade and technology' in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25 (4), 441 – 463, )
J31, F4, O33
1203 Armin Falk
Michael Kosfeld
Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control
We show experimentally that a principal’s distrust in the voluntary performance of an agent has a negative impact on the agent’s motivation to perform well. Before the agent chooses his ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630)
C7, C9, M5
1202 Rafael Lalive
Alois Stutzer
Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’ approval of an ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 933-962)
I31, J16, J31, J70, Z13
1199 Peter J. Sloane
Nigel C. O'Leary
The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more ...
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 193 (1), 75-89)
I2, J0, J3
1198 John S. Earle
Klara Sabirianova Peter
Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia
We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer’s arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local ...
(revised version published as' Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation' in: Review of Economicss and Statistics, 2009, 91(4), 832 - 849)
A12, B52, J30, K42, L14, O17, P31, P37
1197 Filipe Almeida-Santos
Karen A. Mumford
Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998 to analyse the incidence and duration of employee training in Britain. We find ...
(revised version published in: Manchester School, 2005, 73 (3), 321-342)
J24, J31, J41
1196 M. Hashem Pesaran
Davide Pettenuzzo
Allan Timmermann
Forecasting Time Series Subject to Multiple Structural Breaks
This paper provides a novel approach to forecasting time series subject to discrete structural breaks. We propose a Bayesian estimation and prediction procedure that allows for the possibility of ...
(published in Review of Economic Studies, 2006, 73 (4), 1057-1084)
C11, C15, C53
1195 Panu Poutvaara
Tuomas Takalo
Candidate Quality
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of ...
(published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2007, 14 (1), 7-27)
D70, D72, D79, J24, J4
1193 Steffen Huck
Andrew Seltzer
Brian Wallace
Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets
This paper examines the relationship between firms’ wage offers and workers’ supply of effort using a three-period experiment. In equilibrium, firms will offer deferred compensation: first period ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843)
C91, J31, J41, M51, M52
1192 Yann Algan
Pierre Cahuc
Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis
This paper shows that employment protection is influenced by the male breadwinner conception which is itself shaped by religions. First, by using international individual surveys, we document that ...
(published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 390-410)
J16, J20, J71
1191 Tor Eriksson
Marie Claire Villeval
Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Variable pay not only creates a link between pay and performance but may also help firms in attracting the more productive employees (Lazear 1986, 2000). However, due to lack of natural data, ...
(revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.)
M52, J33, J31, C81, C91
1190 Bruno Amable
Donatella Gatti
Labour and Product Market Reforms: A Case for Policy Complementarity
This paper is a contribution to the debate on policy complementarity in relation to deregulation in the product and labour markets. We develop a model of dynamic efficiency wages and monopolistic ...
(published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15(1), 101-122)
E24, J41, J63, L13
1189 Gueorgui Kambourov
Iourii Manovskii
Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality
In this study we argue that wage inequality and occupational mobility are intimately related. We are motivated by our empirical findings that human capital is occupation-specific and that the ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2009, 76 (2), 731-759)
E20, E24, E25, J24, J31, J62
1188 John T. Addison
Paulino Teixeira
The Effect of Worker Representation on Employment Behavior in Germany: Another Case of -2.5%
Despite recent changes in the relationship between unionism and various indicators of firm performance, there is one seeming constant in the Anglophone countries: unions at the workplace are ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2006, 45 (1), 1-25)
J23, J51
1187 Manuela Angelucci
Aid and Migration: An Analysis of the Impact of Progresa on the Timing and Size of Labour Migration
This paper models the short and medium-run impact of aid on migration, considering alternatively the effect of unconditional and conditional cash transfers to financially constrained households. ...
(revised version published in: Labour, 2012, 26(1), 124-136)
I38, J18, J16, O15
1185 Thorsten Schank
Claus Schnabel
Joachim Wagner
Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus. First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Do exporters really pay higher wages? First evidence from linked employer-employee data' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72 (1), 52-74)
F10, D21, L60
1184 Tuomas Pekkarinen
Juhana Vartiainen
Gender Differences in Job Assignment and Promotion on a Complexity Ladder of Jobs
This paper studies gender differences in the allocation of workers across jobs of different complexity using panel data on Finnish metalworkers. These data provide a measure for the complexity of ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (2), 285-301)
J0, J7
1182 Belton M. Fleisher
Klara Sabirianova Peter
Xiaojun Wang
Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 351-370)
J31, J24, O15, P2, P3, P5
1181 Jan C. van Ours
Milan Vodopivec
How Changes in Benefits Entitlement Affect Job-Finding: Lessons from the Slovenian "Experiment"
In 1998 the Slovenian UI system was drastically reformed. The reform reduced the potential duration of unemployment benefits substantially and simultaneously improved employment services offered ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24 (2), 351-378)
C41, H55, J64, J65
1176 Bas van der Klaauw
Aico van Vuuren
Peter Berkhout
Labor Market Prospects, Search Intensity and the Transition from College to Work
In this paper we develop a structural model for job search behavior of students entering the labor market. The model includes endogenous search effort and on-the-job search. Since students usually ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (2), 294-316)
C41, I20, J64
1175 Stefan Boes
Rainer Winkelmann
Income and Happiness: New Results from Generalized Threshold and Sequential Models
Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the most well-known representatives being the ordered logit and the ordered probit. ...
(published in: Social Indicators Research, 2010, 95 (1), 111-128)
C25, I31
1174 Steve Bond
Leblebicioglu Asli
Fabio Schiantarelli
Capital Accumulation and Growth: A New Look at the Empirical Evidence
We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker, not only temporarily, but also in the steady state. These results are found ...
(published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2010, 5 (7), 1073-1099)
C23, E22, O40
1173 Giorgio Brunello
Maria De Paola
Training and the Density of Economic Activity: Evidence from Italy
We use a search and matching model to investigate the economic relationship between training and local economic conditions. We identify two aspects of this relationship going in opposite ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 118-140)
J24, R12
1172 Etienne Lehmann
Bruno Van der Linden
On the Optimality of Search Matching Equilibrium When Workers Are Risk Averse
This paper revisits the normative properties of search-matching economies when homogeneous workers have concave utility functions and wages are bargained over. The optimal allocation of resources ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2007, 9 (5), 867-884)
J64, J65, J68, H21, D82
1171 Gerd Muehlheusser
Andreas Roider
Black Sheep and Walls of Silence
In this paper we analyze the frequently observed phenomenon that (i) some members of a team ("black sheep") exhibit behavior disliked by other (honest) team members, who (ii) nevertheless refrain ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65 (3-4), 387-408)
D82, C73
1170 Francis Kramarz
Marie-Laure Michaud
The Shape of Hiring and Separation Costs
In this article, we estimate the structure of costs of hiring, terminating, and retiring employees in France. We use a representative panel data set of French establishments that contains direct ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 27-37)
J30, D21
1167 Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar
Satya Paul
Wahida Yasmeen
Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia
This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique panel data set, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA). This ...
(published in: Singapore Economic Review, 2010, 55 (4), 619-646)
J7, J61, J64, J31
1166 Pernilla Andersson Joona
Eskil Wadensjö
Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment
In most industrialized countries the majority of employed people are full-time employees with a non-temporary job and work at a workplace of the company in which they are employed. They are making ...
(published in: Labour, 2008, 22(3), 495-507)
J15, J23, J40, J61
1165 Miguel Portela
Rob Alessie
Coen Teulings
Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement error. This paper analyses the effect of this measurement error on GDP ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112(3), 618-639)
I2, O4
1163 Konstantinos Tatsiramos
The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Duration and the Subsequent Employment Stability
This paper studies the effect of unemployment benefits on the unemployment and subsequent employment duration using individual data from the European Community Household Panel, for France, Germany, ...
(substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 2280)
J64, J65, C41
1162 Bernard M. S. van Praag
The Connexion between Old and New Approaches to Financial Satisfaction
In this paper we compare the new satisfaction evaluation approach, developed in the nineties by Oswald, Clark, Blanchflower and others with the older income evaluation (IEQ) approach, developed by ...
(published in: Luigino Bruni and Pierluigi Porta (eds.), Economics and Happiness. Framing the Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2005)
C24, C25, D31, H31, I31, I39
1160 T. H. Gindling
Katherine Terrell
Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
This paper contributes to our understanding of the impact of institutions on incomes of workers in developing countries by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages ...
(published in: Michigan Journal of International Law, 2004, 26(1), 245-269)
J23, J31, J38
1159 T. H. Gindling
Katherine Terrell
The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings among workers covered by minimum wage legislation as well as those for whom it ...
(revised version published as 'The effects of multiple minimum wages throughout the labor market: The case of Costa Rica ' in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 485-511)
J23, J31, J38
1158 Ralitza Dimova
Ira N. Gang
Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35 (3), 612-629 )
J21, J23, J31
1157 Leonor Modesto
Unions, Firing Costs and Unemployment
In this paper we conduct an analysis of the effects of firing costs in models that consider simultaneously worker heterogeneity, imperfect information on their productivity and union power. We ...
(published in: Labour, 2008, 22 (3), 509 - 546)
D83, E24, J65
1156 Brahim Boudarbat
Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada
In this paper, we estimate a structural model of choice of field of study by community college students. We use data from the Canadian Survey of Graduates for 12,871 individuals who successfully ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (1), 79-93)
J24, J31
1154 Barry Hirsch
Edward J. Schumacher
Classic Monopsony or New Monopsony? Searching for Evidence in Nursing Labor Markets
The market for hospital registered nurses (RNs) is often offered as an example of "classic" monopsony, while a "new" monopsony literature emphasizes firm labor supply being upward-sloping for reasons ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24 (5), 969-989)
J42, I10, J30
1152 Armin Falk
Markus Knell
Choosing the Joneses: Endogenous Goals and Reference Standards
A growing economic literature stresses the importance of relative comparisons, e.g., for savings and consumption or happiness. In this literature it is usually assumed that reference standards ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106 (3), 417-435)
D62, D63, H31, Z13
1150 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Vincent A. Hildebrand
The Wealth of Mexican Americans
This paper analyzes the sources of disparities in the relative wealth position of Mexican Americans. Results reveal that wealth gaps are in large part not the result of differences in conditional ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41 (4), 841-868)
J61, G11, J10
1149 Heather Antecol
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Identity and Racial Harassment
In a 1996 survey of U.S. military personnel, more than 65 percent experienced racially offensive behavior, and approximately one-in-ten reported threatening incidents or careerrelated racial ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 66(3-4), 529-557)
J15, J70, J81
1148 Armin Falk
Charitable Giving as a Gift Exchange: Evidence from a Field Experiment
This study reports data from a field experiment that was conducted to investigate the relevance of gift-exchange for charitable giving. Roughly 10,000 solicitation letters were sent to potential ...
(revised version published as 'Gift Exchange in the Field' in: Econometrica, 2007, 75 (5), 1501-1511)
C93, D63, H41
1147 Raul Eamets
Jaan Masso
Labour Market Flexibility and Employment Protection Regulation in the Baltic States
There is increasing pressure for the flexibility of labour markets both in current EU member states and candidate countries. The paper aims to estimate the strictness of employment protection ...
(revised version published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2005, 11 (1), 71-90)
J23, J32, J8, K31
1146 Joshua Angrist
Victor Lavy
The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial
In many countries, college-bound high school seniors must pass a test or series of tests. In Israel, this requirement is known as the “Bagrut”, or matriculation certificate, obtained by passing a ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (4), 1384-1414)
I21, I28, C93
1145 Charles Bellemare
Sabine Kröger
On Representative Social Capital
This paper analyzes data for a random sample drawn from the Dutch population who reveal their propensity to invest and reward investments in building up social capital by means of an economic ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (1), 183-202)
Z13, C90, C10
1144 Reamonn Lydon
Ian Walker
Welfare-to-Work, Wages and Wage Growth
This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional ...
(published in: Fiscal Studies, 2005, 26 (3), 335–370)
J30, I38
1143 Hans Gersbach
Amihai Glazer
High Compensation Creates a Ratchet Effect
We consider a firm which pays a worker for his effort over several periods. The more the firm pays in one period, the wealthier the worker is in the following periods, and so the more he must be ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (539), 1208 - 1224)
D80, J30, J60
1141 Stephen P. Jenkins
Philippe Van Kerm
Accounting for Income Distribution Trends: A Density Function Decomposition Approach
This paper develops methods for decomposing changes in the income distribution using subgroup decompositions of the income density function. Overall changes are related to changes in subgroup ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2005, 3(1), 43–61)
C14, D31, D33
1140 Francesco Pastore
Alina Verashchagina
The Distribution of Wages in Belarus
This paper uncovers evidence on the distribution of wages in Belarus in the second half of the 1990s. The returns to education and work experience are high and stable, which is atypical for a ...
(published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48 (3), 351-376)
D31, J31, P2
1139 Anna Maria Ferragina
Francesco Pastore
Factor Endowment and Market Size in EU-CEE Trade: Would Human Capital Change the Actual Quality Trade Patterns?
This paper aims to test several hypotheses on the determinants of the quality of trade in cross-country regressions, taking a sample of trade competitors in EU markets. The hypotheses are those ...
(published in: Eastern European Economics, 2005, 43 (1), 5-33)
F10, J30, P23
1138 Martin Biewen
Measuring State Dependence in Individual Poverty Status: Are There Feedback Effects to Employment Decisions and Household Composition?
Using a sample of prime-aged men from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper examines the effects of past poverty experience on future poverty status, future employment status and ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24 (7) 1095-1116 )
C33, D31, I32, J12
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